PROCESS FOR MAKING A BANDCAST TOBACCO SHEET AND SMOKING ARTICLE THEREFROM

摘要

THERE IS DISCLOSED A PROCESS FOR MAKING A BANDCAST TOBACCO SHEET COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: PREPARING A SLURRY CONTAINING A SOLID MIXTURE OF FROM ABOUT 15 TO 40% BY WEIGHT TOBACCO, FROM ABOUT 15 TO 50% BY WEIGHT WOOD PULP, AND FROM ABOUT 15 TO 40% BY WEIGHT BINDER, SAID SOLID MIX BEING FROM ABOUT 2 TO 8% BY WEIGHT OF WATER IN SAID SLURRY; CASTING THE SLURRY ONTO A CASTING SURFACE; AND, DRYING SAID SLURRY TO FORM A SHEET OF BANDCAST TOBACCO.