METHOD OF PROCESSING GREEN LEAF TOBACCO INTO CUT TOBACCO Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC A24B3/00 

FIELD: tobacco industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method of processing green leaf tobacco into cut tobacco. Method includes the following steps: a) sorting and mixing green leaves, b) removing tops of green leaves, wherein the cut off top of the leaf makes from 30 to 35% of the total weight of the leaf, c) conditioning green leaves and tops, d) collecting green leaves and tops, e) thrashing green leaves to form leaf blades and midribs, f) separating leaf blades and midribs. Steps e) and f) are performed at three stages of threshing/separation. Further, step g) follows, where tops are mixed with leaf blades and leaf blades conditioning and dipping are applied, and step h) of storing leaf blades in mixing bins for filling. At the last stages: i) cutting of leaf blades with formation of cut tobacco, j) drying of cut tobacco and k) removal of midribs from cut tobacco.

EFFECT: invention enables to obtain cut tobacco with improved filling capacity, ensure commercially acceptable efficiency of cigarette production machines, as well as individual parameters of technical quality of cigarettes, and preserve initial taste of tobacco.

14 cl, 3 dwg