Smokeless tobacco products and processes

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-01-28
R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
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[0016]The tobacco formulation can be contained within a container, such as a pouch or bag, such as is the type commonly used for the manufacture of snus types of products (e.g., a sealed, moisture permeable pouch that is sometimes referred to as a “portion”). A representative moisture permeable pouch can be composed of a “fleece” type of material. The tobacco formulation is in turn contained within a package. The package is sealed tightly, and is composed of a suitable material, such that the atmospheric conditions within that sealed package are modified an

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Consumers who formerly used smoking products and switch over to snus or other pouched tobacco products may find that the initial feeling in the mouth along the cheek or gum is uncomfortable.
The fleece used for snus also may exhibit discoloration after being stored over time.
This discoloration can make the snus pouches unappealing to the consumer.
Furthermore, the consumer may assume that the snus pouch has degraded in some fashion because of the discoloration, and dispose of the pouch without using it.
Furthermore, snus pouches are typically a whitish color, and different flavors of snus are not easily distinguished.
Problems exist in the art with respect to efficiently feeding tobacco into pouches.
The problems lie in the material flow through the hopper of the high-speed pouchin

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[0051]The present inventions now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. The inventions may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout. As used in this specification and the claims, the singular forms “a,”“an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

[0052]Referring to FIGS. 1-4, a first embodiment of a snus tin 10 is shown such as that disclosed in related U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 29 / 297,520 and 29 / 297,517 to Patel et al. A typical tin 10 is comprised of plastic or metal top 12 and bottom 16 pieces. FIGS. 1-3 show the tin 10 with the top 12 already removed and FIG. 4 shows the closed tin 10.

[0053]A tin 10 is the short, rounded edge, generally cylindrical container use

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Abstract

A container for a smokeless tobacco product is provided. A container for smokeless tobacco comprises a lid and a corresponding bottom piece having an outside wall and at least one dividing wall extending between opposite sides of the outside wall and dividing the bottom piece into a plurality of compartments. A seal is removably positioned over each compartment.

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