GB2198968B - Improvements relating to the expansion of particulate tobacco material - Google Patents

Improvements relating to the expansion of particulate tobacco material

Info

Publication number: GB2198968B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: expansion; tobacco material; improvements relating; particulate tobacco; particulate
Prior art date: 1986-12-22
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Lifetime

Application number

GB8728920A

Other versions

GB2198968A (en

GB8728920D0 (en

Inventor

Ian Campbell Brown

Eric Herbert Dennis

David James Molyneux

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

British American Tobacco Investments Ltd

Original Assignee

British American Tobacco Co Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1986-12-22

Filing date

1987-12-10

Publication date

1991-03-06

1987-12-10 Application filed by British American Tobacco Co Ltd filed Critical British American Tobacco Co Ltd

1988-01-27 Publication of GB8728920D0 publication Critical patent/GB8728920D0/en

1988-06-29 Publication of GB2198968A publication Critical patent/GB2198968A/en

1991-03-06 Application granted granted Critical

1991-03-06 Publication of GB2198968B publication Critical patent/GB2198968B/en

2007-12-10 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
- A24B3/00—Preparing tobacco in the factory
- A24B3/18—Other treatment of leaves, e.g. puffing, crimpling, cleaning
- A24B3/182—Puffing
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G53/00—Conveying materials in bulk through troughs, pipes or tubes by floating the materials or by flow of gas, liquid or foam
- B65G53/34—Details
- B65G53/60—Devices for separating the materials from propellant gas

Landscapes

Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Combined Means For Separation Of Solids (AREA)
Manufacture Of Tobacco Products (AREA)
Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
Separating Particles In Gases By Inertia (AREA)
Cigarettes, Filters, And Manufacturing Of Filters (AREA)

GB8728920A 1986-12-22 1987-12-10 Improvements relating to the expansion of particulate tobacco material Expired - Lifetime GB2198968B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB868630656A GB8630656D0 (en)	1986-12-22	1986-12-22	Expansion of particulate vegetable material

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB8728920D0 GB8728920D0 (en)	1988-01-27
GB2198968A GB2198968A (en)	1988-06-29
GB2198968B true GB2198968B (en)	1991-03-06

Family

ID=10609446

Family Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB868630656A Pending GB8630656D0 (en)	1986-12-22	1986-12-22	Expansion of particulate vegetable material
GB8728920A Expired - Lifetime GB2198968B (en)	1986-12-22	1987-12-10	Improvements relating to the expansion of particulate tobacco material

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB868630656A Pending GB8630656D0 (en)	1986-12-22	1986-12-22	Expansion of particulate vegetable material

Country Status (19)

Country	Link
JP (1)	JPS63166472A (en)
AU (1)	AU599176B2 (en)
BE (1)	BE1000541A3 (en)
BR (1)	BR8707064A (en)
CA (1)	CA1327738C (en)
CH (1)	CH676329A5 (en)
DE (1)	DE3742911C2 (en)
DK (1)	DK171507B1 (en)
ES (1)	ES2006001A6 (en)
FI (1)	FI875605A (en)
GB (2)	GB8630656D0 (en)
HK (1)	HK50891A (en)
IN (1)	IN170573B (en)
IT (1)	IT1223544B (en)
MY (1)	MY101948A (en)
NL (1)	NL8703035A (en)
NZ (1)	NZ222862A (en)
SG (1)	SG41391G (en)
ZA (1)	ZA879309B (en)

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB8712618D0 (en) *	1987-05-28	1987-07-01	British American Tobacco Co	Expansion of tobacco
DE4117329A1 (en) *	1991-05-27	1992-12-03	Bat Cigarettenfab Gmbh	DRYING METHOD FOR INCREASING THE FILLABILITY OF TOBACCO MATERIAL AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS METHOD
DE19855030A1 (en) *	1998-11-28	2000-05-31	Mann & Hummel Protec Gmbh	Conveying device for bulk goods with retention device for coarse fraction

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB957767A (en) *	1962-04-11	1964-05-13	Tmm Research Ltd	Apparatus separating textile fibres from a fibre-conveying airstream
US3580644A (en) *	1969-03-04	1971-05-25	Brown & Williamson Tobacco	Pneumatic feed system for uniform supply of tobacco to cigarette making machines
GB1571725A (en) *	1976-02-27	1980-07-16	Rieter Ag Maschf	Method and apparatus for separating air from a transporting duct
GB1575175A (en) *	1978-05-05	1980-09-17	Hambro Machinery Ltd	Separation apparatus
BE904918A (en) *	1985-06-15	1986-10-01	British American Tobacco Co	IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO TREATMENT.

Family Cites Families (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4280903A (en) *	1980-08-06	1981-07-28	Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation	Apparatus for separating sand from botanical fines
DK172024B1 (en) *	1987-07-29	1997-09-22	Bat Cigarettenfab Gmbh	Separator for separating small pieces of tobacco from a tobacco/gas mixture

1986
- 1986-12-22 GB GB868630656A patent/GB8630656D0/en active Pending
1987
- 1987-12-09 IN IN888/MAS/87A patent/IN170573B/en unknown
- 1987-12-10 NZ NZ222862A patent/NZ222862A/en unknown
- 1987-12-10 GB GB8728920A patent/GB2198968B/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-12-10 CA CA000554066A patent/CA1327738C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1987-12-10 ZA ZA879309A patent/ZA879309B/en unknown
- 1987-12-11 MY MYPI87003183A patent/MY101948A/en unknown
- 1987-12-15 AU AU82560/87A patent/AU599176B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1987-12-15 NL NL8703035A patent/NL8703035A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1987-12-17 CH CH4932/87A patent/CH676329A5/fr unknown
- 1987-12-17 DE DE3742911A patent/DE3742911C2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1987-12-18 JP JP62321134A patent/JPS63166472A/en active Granted
- 1987-12-18 IT IT23103/87A patent/IT1223544B/en active
- 1987-12-18 FI FI875605A patent/FI875605A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1987-12-21 ES ES8703658A patent/ES2006001A6/en not_active Expired
- 1987-12-21 DK DK672887A patent/DK171507B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1987-12-21 BR BR8707064A patent/BR8707064A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1987-12-22 BE BE8701470A patent/BE1000541A3/en not_active IP Right Cessation
1991
- 1991-05-29 SG SG413/91A patent/SG41391G/en unknown
- 1991-07-04 HK HK508/91A patent/HK50891A/en not_active IP Right Cessation

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB957767A (en) *	1962-04-11	1964-05-13	Tmm Research Ltd	Apparatus separating textile fibres from a fibre-conveying airstream
US3580644A (en) *	1969-03-04	1971-05-25	Brown & Williamson Tobacco	Pneumatic feed system for uniform supply of tobacco to cigarette making machines
GB1571725A (en) *	1976-02-27	1980-07-16	Rieter Ag Maschf	Method and apparatus for separating air from a transporting duct
GB1575175A (en) *	1978-05-05	1980-09-17	Hambro Machinery Ltd	Separation apparatus
BE904918A (en) *	1985-06-15	1986-10-01	British American Tobacco Co	IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO TREATMENT.
GB2176385A (en) *	1985-06-15	1986-12-31	British American Tobacco Co	Improvments relating to the expansion of tobacco

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
MY101948A (en)	1992-02-15
BE1000541A3 (en)	1989-01-24
NL8703035A (en)	1988-07-18
AU8256087A (en)	1988-06-23
IT1223544B (en)	1990-09-19
DK171507B1 (en)	1996-12-09
ES2006001A6 (en)	1989-04-01
IN170573B (en)	1992-04-11
GB2198968A (en)	1988-06-29
DK672887D0 (en)	1987-12-21
AU599176B2 (en)	1990-07-12
IT8723103A0 (en)	1987-12-18
DE3742911C2 (en)	1994-07-14
ZA879309B (en)	1988-06-06
DE3742911A1 (en)	1988-06-30
FI875605A (en)	1988-06-23
FI875605A0 (en)	1987-12-18
NZ222862A (en)	1989-09-27
DK672887A (en)	1988-06-23
JPS63166472A (en)	1988-07-09
CA1327738C (en)	1994-03-15
GB8630656D0 (en)	1987-02-04
SG41391G (en)	1991-07-26
HK50891A (en)	1991-07-12
CH676329A5 (en)	1991-01-15
GB8728920D0 (en)	1988-01-27
JPH0346195B2 (en)	1991-07-15
BR8707064A (en)	1988-08-02

Publication	Publication Date	Title
GB2176385B (en)	1988-09-14	Improvements relating to the expansion of tobacco
GB2193076B (en)	1990-12-05	Expansion of tobacco
HK27890A (en)	1990-04-20	Improvements relating to the treatment of particulate material
GB2170305B (en)	1988-09-01	Improvements relating to the treatment of particulate materials
GB2141015B (en)	1987-05-20	Expansion of tobacco
GB2205026B (en)	1991-05-29	Improvements relating to the expansion of tobacco
GB2186579B (en)	1990-07-25	Improvements relating to the radio-labelling of proteins
GB8403889D0 (en)	1984-03-21	Drying of tobacco materials
GB2198968B (en)	1991-03-06	Improvements relating to the expansion of particulate tobacco material
GB8510317D0 (en)	1985-05-30	Manufacture of particulate material
GB2160408B (en)	1988-01-20	Improvements relating to the expansion of tobacco
GB2183442B (en)	1989-11-08	Improvements relating to the expansion of vegetable materials
GB2187079B (en)	1990-02-14	Smoking material
GB2142519B (en)	1986-12-10	Improvements relating to the reordering of tobacco
GB2183586B (en)	1989-10-04	Improvements relating to the treatment of particulate material
GB2142328B (en)	1986-11-12	Improvements relating to the manufacture of cement
ZA875846B (en)	1988-04-27	Sampling of particulate material
GB8624883D0 (en)	1986-11-19	Mixtures of particulate materials
GB8805909D0 (en)	1988-04-13	Improvements relating to drying of particulate materials
GB8724422D0 (en)	1987-11-25	Mixtures of particulate materials
GB8323208D0 (en)	1983-09-28	Sampling of particulate material
GB8317565D0 (en)	1983-08-03	Preparation of materials
IE851316L (en)	1985-11-29	Process for the preparation of stable mixtures of coal and¹oil

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2001-08-01	PCNP	Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee	Effective date: 20001210