A24F23/02

FABRIC HAVING TOBACCO ENTANGLED WITH STRUCTURAL FIBERS

A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.

PRODUCTS WITH ENHANCED SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS

Oral products containing a sensory agent are provided herein, wherein the sensory agent impacts the capsaicin receptors within a consumer's oral cavity, providing a spicy/hot sensation. Some such products are pouched products including an outer water-permeable pouch defining a cavity containing a composition comprising a water-soluble component capable of being released through the water-permeable pouch. Other such products include lozenges, meltable products, chewable products, and the like.

PRODUCTS WITH ENHANCED SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS

Oral products containing a sensory agent are provided herein, wherein the sensory agent impacts the capsaicin receptors within a consumer's oral cavity, providing a spicy/hot sensation. Some such products are pouched products including an outer water-permeable pouch defining a cavity containing a composition comprising a water-soluble component capable of being released through the water-permeable pouch. Other such products include lozenges, meltable products, chewable products, and the like.

TAMP-AND-STIR APPARATUS AND PROCESS THEREFOR

A machine and method for packaging tobacco sachets, comprising a plurality of linearly arranged, multi-functional, vertically moveable chambers having fluid sealing means on lower portions thereof, conveyor means disposed below the plurality of multi-functional, vertically moveable chambers, and a lidding apparatus disposed downstream of and in communication with the plurality of vertically moveable chambers through the conveyor means.

TAMP-AND-STIR APPARATUS AND PROCESS THEREFOR

A machine and method for packaging tobacco sachets, comprising a plurality of linearly arranged, multi-functional, vertically moveable chambers having fluid sealing means on lower portions thereof, conveyor means disposed below the plurality of multi-functional, vertically moveable chambers, and a lidding apparatus disposed downstream of and in communication with the plurality of vertically moveable chambers through the conveyor means.

Pouch for Tobacco with Revertable Pockets
20170347703 · 2017-12-07 ·

A pouch for tobacco with revertable pockets, wherein the pouch comprises a first pocket comprising a front wall, a back wall, a first opening and a flap formed by an elongated part of the back wall to close the first opening; a second pocket comprising a front wall, a back wall and a second opening; wherein the first and the second pocket are connected to each other along a reverting line such that the first pocket and the second pocket are foldable relative to each other along said reverting line in order to revertably oppose the front walls of the first and second pocket or to oppose the back walls of the first and second pocket.

Pouch for Tobacco with Revertable Pockets
20170347703 · 2017-12-07 ·

A pouch for tobacco with revertable pockets, wherein the pouch comprises a first pocket comprising a front wall, a back wall, a first opening and a flap formed by an elongated part of the back wall to close the first opening; a second pocket comprising a front wall, a back wall and a second opening; wherein the first and the second pocket are connected to each other along a reverting line such that the first pocket and the second pocket are foldable relative to each other along said reverting line in order to revertably oppose the front walls of the first and second pocket or to oppose the back walls of the first and second pocket.

SMOKELESS TOBACCO CONTAINER

The present invention provides a container (1) for smokeless tobacco comprising a base defining a cavity arranged to retain smokeless tobacco pouches (8) in use, wherein the cavity further comprises a pole (5), arranged such that the smokeless tobacco pouches are retained in a defined pattern in use.

SMOKELESS TOBACCO CONTAINER

The present invention provides a container (1) for smokeless tobacco comprising a base defining a cavity arranged to retain smokeless tobacco pouches (8) in use, wherein the cavity further comprises a pole (5), arranged such that the smokeless tobacco pouches are retained in a defined pattern in use.

DOSER ASSEMBLIES, APPARATUSES INCLUDING A DOSER ASSEMBLY, AND/OR METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME

In an example embodiment, a doser assembly includes a hopper assembly configured to receive plant material, a bracket assembly connected to the hopper assembly, and a roller in a hopper opening defined by the hopper assembly extending through the hopper assembly. An interior surface of the hopper assembly may define the hopper opening. The bracket assembly may include a shaft extending across a portion of the hopper opening. The roller may be in the portion of the hopper opening of the hopper assembly and may extend between a first part and a second part of the interior surface of the hopper assembly. The roller may be connected to the shaft and may be configured to rotate with rotation of the shaft.