TECHNOLOGY FOR MODULAR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO INVOLVING EXTRUSION Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A24B3/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a tobacco preparation method wherein tobacco material is preliminarily treated by way of performance of multiple extrusion processes inclusive of compaction with pressure and temperature increase as well as mechanical treatment of the material and instantaneous drying of the material under underpressure at the extruder outlet; used as the input material in at least one extrusion process is leaf tobacco material with the products produced by way of the corresponding extrusion processes jointly forming a single preparatory tobacco product.

EFFECT: ensuring tobacco treatment within a smaller production area.

17 cl, 3 dwg, 2 tbl