For instance, a bimodal distribution may correspond effectively to two teams of minimize strips having different average cut lengths , one group being larger than the other. Preferably, the primary tobacco material is shredded into strips from a sheet materials having a thickness of at least about zero.05 mm. More preferably, the primary tobacco materials is shredded into strips from a sheet material having a thickness of a minimum of about 0.1 mm.
Conventionally, reduce filler tobacco merchandise for smoking articles are fashioned predominantly from the lamina portion of the tobacco leaf, which is separated from the stem portion of the leaf throughout a threshing course of. Much of the stem portion that remains after the lamina has been removed and separated isn’t used. However, it isn’t unusual to add some tobacco stems again into the cut filler along with the lamina.
Within a cut strip of tobacco materials, the sectional minimize width could be the considerably identical for all of the strip parts. While this could be preferable, the sectional reduce width may range from one strip portion to another. Typically, prior to being cut, a tobacco material might endure other mechanical operations, corresponding to rolling or extrusion.
In preferred embodiments, the primary tobacco materials is shredded into strips from a sheet material having a thickness from about zero.05 mm to about 1 mm. Even extra preferably, the primary tobacco material is shredded into strips from a sheet materials having a thickness from about zero.1 mm to about 0.three mm, most ideally from a sheet materials having a thickness of about 0.2 mm. A tobacco reduce filler based on any considered one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the primary Filling cut tobacco tobacco material is shredded into strips every comprising no much less than a first strip construction comprising a branching node from which an extra strip construction branches off, forming an angle with the first strip structure. Figures 10 and 12 show two examples of reduce strips together with one or more V-shaped structure. Each V structure contains two considerably straight elements forming an angle.
In some embodiments, tobacco reduce filler according to the invention may be used in the tobacco rod of a flamable smoking article, such as a filter cigarette, cigarillo or cigar. Alternatively, the cut filler may be used to offer the tobacco aerosol generating substrate in a distillation based smoking article, or an electrically heated smoking system. Alternatively, the minimize filler may be used as a roll-your-own or make-your-own product, or unfastened tobacco product for use in a pipe.
According to a facet of the present invention, there’s supplied a tobacco reduce filler comprising a primary tobacco materials reduce in accordance with a first reduce specification, whereby the primary minimize specification units a minimum of predetermined first minimize width and first cut length. U.S. Patent 6,568,104 assigned to Philip Morris Inc., New York, New York, USA. A process for making ready tobacco stem for use as filler for a smoking article consists of classifying the green tobacco stem by diameter to offer a plurality of stem grades and rolling each grade separately. Each grade is rolled underneath rolling conditions optimized for that grade together with rolling the grade via the nip between rollers with the nip size being adjusted for each grade so as to attain a uniform rolled stem thickness and the oven volatiles content of the stem being adjusted before the rolling.
Even extra preferably, the primary tobacco materials is shredded into strips from a sheet material having a thickness of at least about 0.2 mm. In addition, or instead, the primary tobacco material is preferably shredded into strips from a sheet material having a thickness of lower than about 1 mm. More ideally tobacco pipe, the first tobacco materials is shredded into strips from a sheet materials having a thickness of lower than about zero.95 mm. Even more preferably, the first tobacco material is shredded into strips from a sheet material having a thickness of less than about 0.eighty five mm.