In most popular embodiments, the primary tobacco material is shredded into strips from a sheet material having a thickness from about 0.05 mm to about 1 mm. Even extra preferably, the first tobacco material is shredded into strips from a sheet material having a thickness from about zero.1 mm to about zero.3 mm, most ideally from a sheet materials having a thickness of about zero.2 mm. A tobacco cut filler according to any certainly one of claims 1 to 9, whereby the first tobacco materials is shredded into strips every comprising no less than a primary strip structure comprising a branching node from which an extra strip construction branches off, forming an angle with the primary strip construction. Figures 10 and 12 present two examples of cut strips including one or more V-shaped construction. Each V construction contains two substantially straight elements forming an angle.
More preferably, the first tobacco material is shredded into strips having a minimize width of less than about 0.95 mm. Even more ideally, the primary tobacco materials is shredded into strips having a minimize width of less than about 0.9 mm. In most well-liked embodiments, the first tobacco material is shredded into strips having a cut width from about zero.2 mm to about 1 mm. Preferably, the second tobacco materials is a natural tobacco leaf materials.
A tobacco reduce filler based on claim 1 or 2, whereby the first tobacco material is a pre- processed tobacco material. In a 3rd experiment, the reduce specification no. 10 was slightly modified with a view to improving the resistance of the particles to the stresses concerned by the cigarette-making course of. In particular, there was concern that during the cigarette-making process the tobacco particle would be exposed to high tensions and frictions which could cause Filling cut tobacco particles ready in accordance with the minimize specification no. 10 to break. This may have lowered the profit coming from the V-shape and shown by the CCV measurements described above. Figure 13 depicts a schematic view of an equipment for forming a tobacco reduce filler in accordance with the current invention. Figures depict a quantity of examples of particularly shapes into which tobacco materials for forming a cut filler in accordance with the present invention may be reduce.
More ideally, the primary tobacco material is shredded into strips having a cut width of at least about 0.25 mm. Even extra preferably, the first tobacco materials is shredded into strips having a cut tobacco pipe width of at least about zero.3 mm. In addition, or instead, the primary tobacco material is preferably shredded into strips having a cut width of lower than about 1 mm.
Suitable pure tobacco leaf supplies embody tobacco lamina, tobacco stem material and tobacco stalk material. The natural tobacco leaf material used because the second tobacco material could embrace any sort of tobacco leaf, including for example Virginia tobacco leaf, Burley tobacco leaf, Oriental tobacco leaf, flue-cured tobacco leaf, or a combination thereof. A tobacco reduce filler according to the present invention comprises a primary tobacco material cut in accordance with a first cut specification, whereby the primary cut specification sets a minimum of predetermined first reduce width and first reduce size. The time period “filling energy” is used to explain the quantity of space taken up by a given weight or mass of a tobacco materials. The greater the filling energy of a tobacco materials, the lower the load of the fabric required to fill a tobacco rod of normal dimensions.
For instance, a bimodal distribution might correspond successfully to 2 groups of reduce strips having different common reduce lengths , one group being bigger than the opposite. Preferably, the primary tobacco material is shredded into strips from a sheet materials Fashion tobacco pipe having a thickness of a minimum of about 0.05 mm. More ideally, the first tobacco materials is shredded into strips from a sheet materials having a thickness of no much less than about 0.1 mm.