Patents by Inventor William J. Nellen

William J. Nellen 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).

  • 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
  • Foams and sponge sheet for cigar manufacture
    Patent number: 4002178
    Abstract: Cigar tobacco sheet of low density, smoking articles prepared therewith, and foamed intermediates therefor. Fine-bubble stable foams, wherein at least 80% of the bubbles are less than about 100 microns in normalized dimension are formed in a high shear system utilizing tobacco particles of generally smaller than 100-120 mesh. The foam is cast and dried to form reconstituted cigar tobacco sheet, utilized preferably for wrapper and/or binder in cigars, characterized especially by excellent taste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1977
    Assignee: AMF Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph V. Fiore, T. Kenneth Kelly, William J. Nellen