Patent ID: 11946178
Assignee: SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  A  B | IPC A  B  D

Claim 0:
1. A packaging material for use in an oral pouched snuff product in order to enclose a smokeless tobacco composition or non-tobacco composition, said packaging material over an entire area being a saliva-permeable nonwoven comprising carded fibres, characterized in that
5%-30% of said carded fibres are of a first type and 70%-95% are of a second type,
said fibres of said first type being cellulose-based staple fibres, and
said fibres of said second type being thermoplastic fibres, comprising a first component and a second component, said second component having a lower melting temperature than said first component,
said packaging material over the entire area being bonded by means of at least partial melting and/or softening of said second component of said fibres of said second type,
said packaging material over the entire area having a smooth-calendered surface, and
said packaging material over the entire area not being bonded by calendering.