Patents by Inventor Leif Anders Hansson

Leif Anders Hansson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and Apparatus for Production of Smokeless Tobacco Products
    Publication number: 20120103349
    Abstract: Methods of processing tobacco for the production of an oral tobacco product and apparatuses for carrying out such methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises transporting tobacco though a duct of a tobacco processing machine with a stream of compressed air, introducing liquid mist into the air stream to lubricate the duct walls to prevent the tobacco sticking thereto, and introducing an additive into the air stream to combine with the tobacco as it passes through the duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventor: Leif Anders Hansson