PROCESS FOR ADJUSTING THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF ORGANIC MATERIAL

• Main Authors: JOHN C CRUMP III, EUGENE B FISCHER, WARREN D WINTERSON
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.03.1997
• Subjects: CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; CIGARETTES; CIGARS; COFFEE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING ORCHEWING; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; SNUFF; TEA; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TOBACCO

A PROCESS FOR REORDERING TOBACCO, WHICH RESULTS IN NO SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN EQUILIBRIUM TOBACCO CV OR SIGNIFICANT TOBACCO DEGRADATION, IS PROVIDED. TOBACCO TO BE REORDERED IS CONTACTED WITH AN AIR STREAM HAVING A RELATIVE HUMIDITY NEAR THE EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS OF THE TOBACCO. AS THE OV CONTENT O...