Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm James Daly IV
  • Method for expanding tobacco
    Patent number: 6397851
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for expanding foodstuffs and luxury foodstuffs/tobacco materials capable of being expanded, in particular moist tobacco materials, wherein said materials in a carrier flow comprising steam pass through an expansion zone, comprising a Laval nozzle, in which the speed of sound is attained in the narrowest cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Pluckhahn, Gerald Schmekel, Arno Weiss