Abstract: A method of enrobing a product portion in polymer strands includes mounting at least one product portion on a holding device and passing the at least one product portion through a polymer enrobing zone. The polymer enrobing zone can include a flow of polymeric fibers produced by a polymer spray head. The polymer fibers can wraparound the at least one product portion to produce an enrobed product portion. The holding device can hold the at least one product portion by passing at least partially through the body of the product portion. At least a portion of the holding device is removed from the enrobed product portion. In some cases, the at least one product portion includes smokeless tobacco.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 19, 2019
Publication date:
April 23, 2020
Applicant:
Altria Client Serives LLC
Inventors:
Andrew Nathan Carroll, Shannon Maxwell Black, Yan Helen Sun, Wiliam J. Burke, Robert Smith