Opening and moistening tobacco from bales
CA 1079601 A · Owner: Rothmans Of Pall Mall Canada Limited · Inventors: Kuhner, Albert; Brackmann, Warren A.
Overview
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Bales of tobacco are moistened and opened by impinging steam onto one end face of a tobacco bale to cause penetration of steam into the face and removing tobacco from the moistened face. The bale is located on a horizontal surface with the grain of the tobacco layers extending vertically and from one end face to the other. The tobacco is removed from the moistened end face by forces acting transverse to the face perpendicularly to the grain.
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- Granted June 17, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 17, 1997.
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