Expansion of tobacco
CA 1253412 A · Owner: British-American Tobacco Company Limited · Inventors: Molyneux, David J.; Hedge, Roger W.; Brown, Ian C.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
Tobacco expansion apparatus comprises a transport duct in which can be established a flow of hot gaseous medium and into an upstream end of which can be fed particulate tobacco. The downstream end of the duct opens into the casing of a tobacco/gaseous medium separator comprising a separation screen.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted May 2, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 2, 2006.
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Sources & verification
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