Patents Assigned to TMCI, Inc.
  • Tobacco product with high filling power and process of making same
    Patent number: 4497331
    Abstract: A tobacco product with a high specific volume and particularly suited for use as cigarette or cigar filler produced by laminating together two sheets of reconstituted tobacco sheet under conditions so that the resulting laminate, after shredding, contains shreds in which the plies are only partly adhered and partly separated, whereby a filler having substantially increased filling power is produced as compared with conventional reconstituted tobacco sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Assignee: TMCI, Inc.
    Inventor: William J. Nellen