Patent ID: 9185934
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A24B,A24C

Abstract:
1. A method for supplying moist ground or cut tobacco material having at least 35% moisture content to a portioner, comprising: supplying, from a conveyor, ground or cut tobacco material with a moisture content of at least 35% to a homogenizer that includes a combination of a needle roller and a picker roller; homogenizing the tobacco material in the homogenizer by: receiving, in needles of the needle roller, the tobacco material from the conveyor; supplying the tobacco material to the picker roller; expelling, via the picker roller, the tobacco material out of the needles and in a direction of the portioner, whereby the portioner is arrange to receive the homogenized, moist tobacco material and to receive a portion bag to be filled with the received homogenized, moist tobacco material.