Systems and Apparatus for Reducing Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines in Dark-Fire Cured Tobacco Through Electronic Control of Curing Conditions

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20170055565A1
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14843575

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The present invention relates to systems and apparatus for dark-fire curing of tobacco. Specially, the present invention provides a central control system for controlling and adjusting conditions within a structure utilized for curing dark-fired tobacco, for example by remotely turning the ventilation fan on or off. Additionally, the invention provides for an external smoking structure incorporated into the control system. This allows for simultaneous control of external smoking, that is smoking that is physically separated from curing, and the transportation of smoke into the into the dark-fire curing structure, in addition to the control of the curing structure itself.

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R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY401 NORTH MAIN STREET WINSTON-SALEM NC 27101

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Marshall, Jerry Winston-Salem, US 5 16
Parker, Robert Winston-Salem, US 115 2573
Riddick, Marvin Winston-Salem, US 1 2

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