Patents Assigned to John Mohr & Sons
  • Method for treating tobacco
    Patent number: 3931825
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for moistening tobacco in which the non-condensibles in a mass of dry, compressed tobacco are substantially entirely eliminated by subjection to a very low absolute pressure, preferably below 1 in. Hg, followed by a first steaming to a pre-determined temperature under the influence of a maximum pressure differential, holding, re-evacuation, during which a loosening occurs, and a final steaming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1976
    Assignee: John Mohr & Sons
    Inventor: Leonard T. DeCoursey