In addition, a second couple of blends was used, that contained 70 % by weight of natural tobacco particles and 30 percent by weight of reconstituted tobacco particles minimize in accordance with the specifications of Figures 1 1 and 12, respectively. Thus, the cut width of an individual cut strip is taken on the level along the length of the strip that yields the most important cross-sectional area. Further, the filling power of the shredded first tobacco material can be maximised by choosing an acceptable first minimize specification. This ends in an improved filling energy of the cut filler as an entire, particularly when the primary tobacco materials is blended with no less than another tobacco material.
Even extra ideally, first tobacco material is shredded into strips having a minimize length of no much less than about 15 mm. In addition, or in its place, the first tobacco material is ideally shredded into strips having a reduce size of less than about 60 mm. More ideally, the primary tobacco materials is shredded into strips having a cut size of less than about 50 mm. Even extra ideally, the primary tobacco material is shredded into strips having a minimize size of less than about forty mm. In most well-liked embodiments, the first tobacco material is shredded into strips having a cut size from about 5 mm to about 60 mm. The time period “sectional cut width” is used in the current specification to explain the side- to-side width of 1 such portion of a minimize strip of tobacco materials.
The expressions “final minimize width” and “final cut size” are used herein to describe the minimize width and minimize size of a tobacco materials as present in a tobacco cut filler utilized in a tobacco product. The method might additional comprise a step of conditioning the primary tobacco materials prior to cutting the first tobacco materials. Further, the tactic might comprise a step of controlling the moisture content of the reduce filler by adjusting the moisture content material of the primary tobacco material.
A tobacco reduce filler according to any one of many preceding claims, wherein the primary tobacco material is shredded into strips having a cut size from about 5 mm to about 60 mm. A tobacco minimize filler in accordance with any certainly one of claims 2 to four, wherein the second tobacco materials is a pure tobacco leaf materials. An angle of 90 levels was considered to be undesirable, in that it would lead essentially to a form quite much like the form of Figure 6, and so an angle of 60 degrees was chosen for the “V” elements. Further, the method ideally contains the step of mixing the reduce first tobacco materials and the reduce second tobacco material.
A tobacco reduce filler in accordance with any one of the preceding claims, whereby the primary tobacco materials is a reconstituted tobacco sheet. Preferably, the reduce filler has a filling power of no much less than about three.5 cubic centimetres per gram at a reference moisture value of 12.5 % oven volatiles. More preferably, the cut Filling cut tobacco filler has a filling energy of at least about 4 cubic centimetres per gram at a reference moisture value of 12.5 % oven volatiles. In addition, or instead, the cut filler preferably has a filling power of lower than about 8 cubic centimetres per gram at a reference moisture value of 12.5 p.c oven volatiles.
Figures 1 to 12 reveals cut strips of a primary tobacco material for incorporation in a cut filler in accordance with the current invention. The strips have been cut from a sheet of reconstituted tobacco having a thickness from about zero.05 mm to about 1 mm in accordance with a first cut Fashion tobacco pipe specification, wherein the first cut specification units a predetermined first cut width CW1 and a predetermined first reduce size CL1 . In addition, the first cut specification could additional set a predetermined first sectional reduce width SCW1.
The yield of flat rolled stem which may be used directly as filler is increased, and the average stem length and thus the average size of reduce filler from stem is increased. A tobacco reduce filler according to any one of the previous claims having a filling power of at least 3.5 cubic centimetres per gram at a reference moisture worth of 12.5 % oven volatiles. Accordingly, tobacco particles were ready from the identical sheet of reconstituted tobacco in accordance with the cut specification illustrated in Figure 12, whereby the cut width SCW1 is of zero.9 millimetres, the minimize length CL1 is of four.94 millimetres and the global width CW1 is of 12.50 millimetres.
Even more preferably, the first tobacco material is shredded into strips from a sheet materials having a thickness of at least about 0.2 mm. In addition, or as an alternative, the primary tobacco materials is ideally shredded into strips from a sheet material having a thickness of lower than about 1 mm. More preferably tobacco pipe, the first tobacco material is shredded into strips from a sheet material having a thickness of lower than about 0.ninety five mm. Even more preferably, the primary tobacco materials is shredded into strips from a sheet materials having a thickness of less than about 0.eighty five mm.
The time period “cut specification” is used throughout the specification to refer to the varied geometric parameters characterising the strips obtained by subjecting a tobacco materials to a slicing operation. Thus, in accordance to a given “reduce specification”, a tobacco materials shall be cut or shredded into strips having a predetermined reduce width, minimize size, minimize shape and so forth. Further, it might be desirable to provide one such improved process that enables for a greater management of the form, size and properties of the reconstituted tobacco matter forming a part of the cut filler. At the identical time, it will be desirable to supply one such course of that doesn’t require any major modification of the traditional equipment and amenities used in the major therapy of tobacco.
A tobacco minimize filler according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first tobacco materials is a pre- processed tobacco materials. In a third experiment, the reduce specification no. 10 was barely modified with a view to bettering the resistance of the particles to the stresses involved by the cigarette-making course of. In specific, there was concern that in the course of the cigarette-making course of the tobacco particle would be exposed to high tensions and frictions which might cause particles ready in accordance with the reduce specification no. 10 to interrupt. This may have decreased the benefit coming from the V-shape and shown by the CCV measurements described above. Figure thirteen depicts a schematic view of an apparatus for forming a tobacco reduce filler in accordance with the current invention. Figures depict a number of examples of significantly shapes into which tobacco material for forming a minimize filler in accordance with the present invention could additionally be cut.