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213 results about "Smokeless tobacco" patented technology

Smokeless tobacco is a tobacco product that is used by means other than smoking. Their use involves chewing, sniffing, or placing the product between gum and the cheek or lip. Smokeless tobacco products are produced in various forms, such as chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, and dissolvable tobacco products. Smokeless tobacco products typically contain over 3000 constituents. All smokeless tobacco products contain nicotine and are therefore highly addictive. Quitting smokeless tobacco use is as challenging as smoking cessation.

Smokeless tobacco

A smokeless tobacco product is provided. A water-permeable pouch containing a tobacco formulation and configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of that product is provided. The tobacco formulation includes granular tobacco and a buffer comprised of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate. An outer packaging material enveloping the pouch is provided and is sealed so as to allow a controlled environment to be maintained within.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Smokeless Tobacco Product

The present invention relates generally to a smokeless tobacco product in the form of a completely dissolvable vehicle (1; 11) comprising concentrated tobacco extract contained in a dissolvable matrix. In one embodiment, the vehicle (11) is a multilayer three-dimensional vehicle whose several layers (12, 13, 14) dissolve layer by layer in the mouth of a user.
Owner:NOVUS SCI

Container with pivoting cover

Disclosed is a package for storing a product, such as smokeless tobacco, which includes, inter alia, a container that has opposing upper and lower surfaces, and a container sidewall that extends between the upper and lower surfaces to define an interior for storing a plurality of products. The upper surface of the container has an apex intermediate a first region and a second region and the container sidewall defines an opening sized and configured to release at least one of the products. The package also includes an outer cover having an upper section and a cover sidewall depending from the upper section. The outer cover is configured to retain the container and selectively seal the opening. The container pivots about the apex to transition between open and closed positions.
Owner:MEADWESTVACO CORP

Method for Preparing Flavorful and Aromatic Compounds

The invention provides a method of preparing a purified, pyrazine-containing aqueous composition by mixing a reducing sugar, a base, and an amino acid in water to produce a mixture; heating the mixture for a time and under conditions conducive to Maillard reactions such that a flavorful and aromatic aqueous solution is formed, the aqueous solution comprising a plurality of pyrazines and a first 4-methylimidazole concentration; distilling the aqueous solution to produce an aqueous distillate comprising a plurality of pyrazines and having a second 4-methylimidazole concentration lower than the first 4-methylimidazole concentration; and collecting the aqueous distillate. The invention also includes flavorful and aromatic aqueous compositions formed by this inventive method, as well as tobacco products (e.g., smokable materials, smoking articles, and smokeless tobacco) incorporating the flavorful and aromatic composition.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Thermal treatment process for tobacco materials

ActiveUS20100300463A1Alter natureAlter characterTobacco preparationTobacco treatmentArgininePhenylalanine
A method of thermally processing a tobacco material is provided, the method including the steps of (i) mixing a tobacco material, water, and an additive selected from the group consisting of lysine, glycine, histidine, alanine, methionine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline, phenylalanine, valine, arginine, di- and trivalent cations, asparaginase, saccharides, phenolic compounds, reducing agents, compounds having a free thiol group, oxidizing agents, oxidation catalysts, plant extracts, and combinations thereof, to form a moist tobacco mixture; (ii) heating the moist tobacco mixture at a temperature of at least about 60° C. to form a heat-treated tobacco mixture; and (iii) incorporating the heat-treated tobacco mixture into a tobacco product. Heat-treated tobacco composition prepared according to the method are also provided, such as heat-treated smokeless tobacco composition comprising a tobacco material, water, flavorant, binder, and filler, the heat-treated smokeless tobacco composition having an acrylamide content of less than about 2000 ppb.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Pouch for tobacco or tobacco substitute

InactiveUS20080302682A1Improved degradable smokeless tobacco containerContainers for flexible articlesTobacco treatmentOral medicationSmokeless tobacco
A smokeless tobacco product adapted for oral administration includes a permeable pouch adapted for administration into a user's mouth and adapted to be removed from the mouth and disposed in nature and smokeless tobacco contained in the pouch. The pouch is made from a degradable polymer whose degradation properties allow the pouch to be essentially intact until the time of disposal and allow the pouch to degrade in nature after disposal.
Owner:NOVUS SCI

Smokeless tobacco products and processes

A smokeless tobacco product is provided. A tobacco product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of that product comprises a tobacco formulation including a granular tobacco composition enclosed within a water-permeable pouch that has been treated with a substance selected from the group consisting of: an analgesic, a buffer, a coloring, an effervescent, or an organic acid.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Thermal treatment process for tobacco materials

ActiveUS8434496B2Alter natureAlter characterTobacco preparationTobacco treatmentArgininePhenylalanine
A method of thermally processing a tobacco material is provided, the method including the steps of (i) mixing a tobacco material, water, and an additive selected from the group consisting of lysine, glycine, histidine, alanine, methionine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline, phenylalanine, valine, arginine, di- and trivalent cations, asparaginase, saccharides, phenolic compounds, reducing agents, compounds having a free thiol group, oxidizing agents, oxidation catalysts, plant extracts, and combinations thereof, to form a moist tobacco mixture; (ii) heating the moist tobacco mixture at a temperature of at least about 60° C. to form a heat-treated tobacco mixture; and (iii) incorporating the heat-treated tobacco mixture into a tobacco product. Heat-treated tobacco composition prepared according to the method are also provided, such as heat-treated smokeless tobacco composition comprising a tobacco material, water, flavorant, binder, and filler, the heat-treated smokeless tobacco composition having an acrylamide content of less than about 2000 ppb.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Thermal treatment process for tobacco materials

ActiveUS8991403B2Alter natureAlter characterTobacco preparationTobacco treatmentArginineTobacco product
A method of thermally processing a tobacco material is provided, the method including the steps of (i) mixing a tobacco material, water, and an additive selected from the group consisting of lysine, glycine, histidine, alanine, methionine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline, phenylalanine, valine, arginine, di- and trivalent cations, asparaginase, saccharides, phenolic compounds, reducing agents, compounds having a free thiol group, oxidizing agents, oxidation catalysts, plant extracts, and combinations thereof, to form a moist tobacco mixture; (ii) heating the moist tobacco mixture at a temperature of at least about 60° C. to form a heat-treated tobacco mixture; and (iii) incorporating the heat-treated tobacco mixture into a tobacco product. Heat-treated tobacco composition prepared according to the method are also provided, such as heat-treated smokeless tobacco composition comprising a tobacco material, water, flavorant, binder, and filler, the heat-treated smokeless tobacco composition having an acrylamide content of less than about 2000 ppb.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Smokeless tobacco products and processes

A container for storing smokeless tobacco product is provided. A container for storing a smokeless tobacco product comprises an interior and an exterior, with an onsert attached to the exterior of the container. The onsert comprises a closed end, an open end, and a flap extending from the open end.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Smokeless tobacco products and processes

A method for preventing packing of tobacco in a tobacco hopper is provided. The method comprises the steps of providing a feed screw with a plurality of pins extending from an outer diameter of the feed screw and providing an agitator with a plurality of pins extending from an outer diameter of said outer diameter. The feed screw and said agitator screws are rotated in opposite directions to move tobacco through the hopper.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Nicotine salts, co-crystals, and salt co-crystal complexes

ActiveUS20150344456A1Sufficient amountBiocideSenses disorder1-hydroxy-2-naphthoateTobacco product
The invention provides certain nicotine salts, co-crystals, and salt co-crystals and provides novel polymorphic forms of certain nicotine salts. In particular, nicotine salts with mucic acid, 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, and 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid, and crystalline polymorphic forms of nicotine 4-acetamidobenzoate, nicotine gentisate, and nicotine 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate are described. The invention further provides methods of preparation and characterization of such nicotine salts, co-crystals, and salt co-crystals and polymorphic forms thereof. In addition, tobacco products, including smoking articles, smokeless tobacco products, and electronic smoking articles comprising nicotine salts, co-crystals, and / or salt co-crystals are also provided.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Machine for manufacturing pouches of cohesionless material

Pouches (2) of a smokeless tobacco product are manufactured on a machine comprising an intermittently rotatable dispensing disc (3) with peripheral cavities (4), a station (5) at which each cavity (4) is filled with a given quantity of tobacco equivalent to a single portion, a push rod mechanism (12) by which the portions of tobacco are ejected from each cavity (4) of the disc (3) at a transfer station (6), and a connecting duct (8) through which the portion of tobacco ejected by the push rod from each cavity passes directly to a wrapping station (7) where the pouches (2) are formed, filled with the tobacco product and sealed.
Owner:AZIONARIA CONSTR MASCH AUTOMATICHE A C M A SPA

Container for smokeless tobacco products and related packaged product assembly and method

A container configured to hold one or more units of a product is provided. The container may comprise a lid and a base. The lid may comprise a top wall and one or more lid sidewalls extending to a lower lip. A sealing member may be provided at the top wall in a channel defined therein. The base may comprise a bottom wall and one or more base sidewalls extending to an upper lip. Protrusions may extend from the base sidewalls. The lid may be moveable with respect to the base between a decoupled configuration and a coupled configuration. In the coupled configuration, the upper lip of the base may contact the sealing member of the lid to seal shut a storage compartment defined in the base. Further, the lower lip may engage the protrusions to retain the lid in the coupled configuration. A related method is also provided.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Smokeless Tobacco Product, Smokeless Tobacco Product in the Form of a Sheet, Extrudable Tobacco Composition, Method for Manufacturing a Smokeless Tobacco Product, Method for Delivering Super Bioavailable Nicotine Contained in Tobacco to a User, and Packaged Smokeless Tobacco Product Sheet

ActiveUS20090095313A1Sustained release of nicotine to the userTobacco preparationTobacco treatmentHot meltDissolution
A nonaqueous, extrudable composition includes at least one thermoplastic polymer in an amount of more than 20 wt % of the whole composition and tobacco. A smokeless tobacco product in the form of a sheet can be made by extruding or hot melt shaping a nonaqueous composition comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer and tobacco, the sheet being soluble in a user's mouth and resulting in sustained release of nicotine to the user. The sheet can be in a form that may be placed in the buccal cavity of, on the palate of or sublingually in the user, and have an average dissolution time of 5 to 50 minutes for delivering super bioavailable nicotine to the user.
Owner:PHILIP MORRIS PROD SA

Tobacco Raw Material

An oral smokeless tobacco product comprises bleached tobacco raw material with less than about 4 weight-% fermentable carbohydrates, calculated on dry total weight of the bleached tobacco raw material, with an ISO brightness not less than about 60; nicotine selected from nicotine from tobacco plants and / or synthetic nicotine; and an alginate composition. The alginate composition is distributed in the product and comprises at least water, alginate and an added substance intended to be released from the product when used. The composition contains an alginate matrix that retains at least a major proportion of the added substance so long as the matrix is intact, the alginate matrix being formed so as to disintegrate and / or dissolve in the chemical and physical environment existing in a user's mouth. The alginate contains an alginate salt of monovalent cations and is soluble in cold water. The product has a water content of 5 to 55%.
Owner:WINNINGTON AB

Tobacco-derived cellulose material and products formed thereof

A paper material is provided herein, wherein the paper material includes a fibrous material including at least 5 dry weight percent of fibers derived from a plant of the Nicotiana species; wherein the paper material has a basis weight ranging from about 5 g / m2 to about 450 g / m2; and wherein the paper material has a caliper ranging from about 0.01 mils to about 200 mils. The paper material can be suitable for use in a smoking article in the form of at least one of a tipping material, a plug wrap and a wrapping material. The paper material can be suitable for use in at least one of a soft carton container suitable to house smoking articles, a label, a paper substrate of a barrier layer, a hard carton suitable to house smoking articles and a container suitable to house smokeless tobacco products.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY +1

Transparent moisture barrier coatings for containers

Containers for smokeless tobacco products and other consumer and food products are provided. The containers include a layer of fibrous material, wherein the layer of fibrous material includes a moisture barrier layer imbedded within the layer of fibrous material or carried on an outer surface of the layer of fibrous material as a coating, the moisture barrier layer incorporating at least one of: (i) a triazine-containing compound; (ii) a nano-cellulose material; (iii) a nanoclay material; (iv) a polymer composition comprising one or more of a salt of one or more of myristic, palmitic and stearic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, and a C9-C18 fatty acid complex of a metal ion having an oxidation state of at least three; and (v) an inorganic oxide material.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Modifying taste and sensory irritation of smokeless tobacco and non-tobacco products

ActiveUS20140271946A1Reduce and eliminate sensory irritationLess irritatingTobacco preparationBiocideNicotine replacementsTRPA1 Channel
Tobacco products comprising smokeless tobacco products and active ingredients, including those that antagonize nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, the TRPV1 channel, and / or the TRPA1 channel are disclosed. Nicotine replacement therapies comprising active ingredients, including those that antagonize nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, the TRPV1 channel, and / or the TRPA1 channel. The active ingredient may reduce or eliminate sensory irritation arising due to use of the product. Analgesic compositions comprising active ingredients. Methods of reducing taste and sensory irritation by employing an active ingredient.
Owner:AKRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Container for Smokeless Tobacco Product

ActiveUS20150136618A1Minimizes or prevents effects of cross contamination of the respective componentsTobacco devicesRemovable lids/coversMechanical engineeringSmokeless tobacco
A container that may be employed to store a tobacco-containing material is provided. The container may include a lower body portion and an upper lid. The lower body portion may include an intermediate bottom wall that may separate the lower body portion into upper and lower internal storage compartments. An environment modification material may be received in the lower internal storage compartment. The tobacco-containing material may be received in the upper internal storage compartment. The environment modification material may control humidity in the container to preserve the freshness of the tobacco-containing material and / or perform other functions. Vent channels cooperatively formed by the lower body portion and the upper cover may further contribute to humidity control.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Cigarette and preparation method thereof

The invention discloses a cigarette and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the technical field of smokeless tobaccos. The cigarette is a lump or piece soft packing product and comprises filter paper and wrapped powder tobacco substances, and primary material components are as follows according to the weight percentage: 30-50 of burley tobacco smalls, 20-30 of honey, 10-15 of walnut juice, 2-5 of cocoa and 20-30 of apple juice. The preparation method comprises the steps: (1) crushing pretreated burley tobaccos into powder; (2) preparing primary substances; (3) fermenting the primary substances; (4) adding ancillary materials; (5) perfuming; (6) adding preservative; and (7) packing according to 0.2 to 0.6g per bag by the edible filter paper to obtain a cigarette product. The cigarette has less nicotine content, convenient and sanitary use, no ash production and no environmental pollution problems. The method has short production periods and is adapted to the market requirement.
Owner:HUBEI CHINA TOBACCO IND

Container for smokeless tobacco products and related packaged product assembly and method

A container configured to hold one or more units of a product is provided. The container may include a lid and a base. The lid may include a top wall and one or more lid sidewalls extending to a lower lip. The base may include a bottom wall and one or more base sidewalls extending to an upper lip. A channel may be defined at the one or more base sidewalls that extend around the perimeter of the base. A sealing member may be received in the channel. The sealing member may be configured to engage an inner surface of the one or more lid sidewalls when the lid is coupled to the base. Thereby, a storage compartment defined by the base may be sealed shut. A related method is also provided.
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Systems and methods for smokeless tobacco storage and use

This invention relates generally to smokeless tobacco, and more specifically, to systems and methods for the use and storage of smokeless tobacco. In one embodiment, the invention includes a spittoon that includes a spittoon bucket and a spittoon cap. The spittoon cap is configured to be coupled to the spittoon bucket and the spittoon cap includes a tube, a first cap lip and a second cap lip. Additionally, the first cap lip and the second cap lip define a cap cavity, which is configured to hold a smokeless tobacco can. Furthermore, the tube is configured to provide a passage that allows matter to pass through the tube and be contained within the spittoon bucket.
Owner:KROON RICK JAMES

Container for smokeless tobacco products

A container adapted for storing a product is provided. The container includes a body having a bottom wall and a side wall. The bottom wall and the side wall define an internal storage compartment adapted for storage of a plurality of units of a product. The side wall has an outer peripheral surface. A rib structure is engaged with the body about the outer peripheral surface of the side wall and extends outwardly therefrom. A cover is configured to be removably engaged with the body. The cover includes a top wall and a peripheral flange having an inner surface. The inner surface is substantially smooth and is configured to interact with the rib structure when the cover is received over the outer peripheral surface of the side wall so as to form an interference fit.
Owner:AMERICAN SNUFF CO LLC

Method for manufacturing pouches of cohesionless material

ActiveUS20100071711A1Increase production capacityAccurate and constantly repeatable dispensingTobacco preparationTobacco treatmentEngineeringMechanical engineering
Pouches (2) of cohesionless material, typically a smokeless tobacco product, are manufactured by conveying portions of the tobacco initially on a dispensing disc (5a) with cavities (7) from a delivery station (8) to a transfer station (9), where each portion of tobacco is then removed forcibly from the relative cavity by an ejection system (14) and directed into a duct (12) connecting with a wrapping station (10) at which the pouches (2) are formed, filled and sealed; the removal and transfer of each portion from the cavity (7) of the disc (5a) into the duct (12) is controlled in such a way as to displace the material by degrees and ensure its smooth passage toward the wrapping station.
Owner:AZIONARIA CONSTR MASCH AUTOMATICHE A C M A SPA

Process for manufacturing breakable capsules useful in tobacco products

A method for manufacturing breakable capsules (50) that are useful for incorporating into a tobacco product (10), such as smoking articles and smokeless tobacco products, is provided. The method comprises forming a plurality of droplets comprising a core composition and a coating composition. The coating composition comprises a material that gelates in contact with a multivalent ion. The method also comprises introducing the plurality of droplets in a first aqueous solution having a first concentration of a first multivalent ion such that the coating composition of the plurality of droplets gelates to form a plurality of raw capsules. The method further comprises introducing the plurality of raw capsules in a second aqueous solution having a second concentration of a second multivalent ion, wherein the second concentration is higher than the first concentration, such that the coating composition of the plurality of raw capsules hardens to form a plurality of breakable capsules (50).
Owner:R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Machine for manufacturing pouches of cohesionless material

Pouches (2) of a smokeless tobacco product are manufactured on a machine comprising an intermittently rotatable dispensing disc (3) with peripheral cavities (4), a station (5) at which each cavity (4) is filled with a given quantity of tobacco equivalent to a single portion, a push rod mechanism (12) by which the portions of tobacco are ejected from each cavity (4) of the disc (3) at a transfer station (6), and a connecting duct (8) through which the portion of tobacco ejected by the push rod from each cavity passes directly to a wrapping station (7) where the pouches (2) are formed, filled with the tobacco product and sealed.
Owner:AZIONARIA CONSTR MASCH AUTOMATICHE A C M A SPA
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