Patent ID: 9723867
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A24B,A24D

Claim:
1. A method of imparting an organoleptic quality to a tobacco industry product using a sensate substance obtained from a donor product, the tobacco industry product comprising at least one of: tobacco, snus, pouched snus, filter paper, tipping paper, filtration material, smoking articles, smoking article containers or blanks for forming smoking article containers, wherein the smoking article containers are configured to contain smoking articles comprising tobacco rods and be infused or impregnated with the sensate substance, and wherein blanks for forming smoking article containers are configured to be formed into the smoking article containers, the method comprising: repeatedly circulating a fluid in a closed loop through a donor product storage chamber containing a donor product and a recipient product storage chamber containing a batch of tobacco industry product, such that at least one sensate substance of the donor product is conveyed from the donor product storage chamber to the recipient product storage chamber and into contact with the batch of tobacco industry product to impart an organoleptic quality thereto.