Flash dryer for particulate materials

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8522793
APP PUB NO 20040205978A1
SERIAL NO

10845100

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A flash dryer of cut tobacco comprises a drying duct (16) for connecting a feeding section (14) of cut tobacco to a tangential separator (18). The drying duct (16) has an upstream-side duct portion (16a) extending straight from the feeding section (14) at an elevation angle ranging from 30° to 60° and a downstream-side duct portion (16b) curving upward in a convex shape. A dry gas that flows through the drying duct (16) may contain superheated steam.

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JAPAN TOBACCO INC2-1 TORANOMON 2-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 105-8422

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Endo, Nobuyasu Hiratsuka, JP 3 30
Hanaoka, Chihiro Tokyo, JP 2 7
Ohdaka, Yasuhiro Tokyo, JP 1 3
Sugiyama, Akihiro Hiratsuka, JP 28 166
Uchida, Susumu Hiratsuka, JP 13 158
Yokota, Katsuhide Hiratsuka, JP 2 5

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