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<p>THE INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD OF PRODUCING CUT TOBACCO MATERIAL, WHEREBY A TOBACCO STARTING MATERIAL IS HEATED AND BROUGHT TO A FIRST INCREASED PRESSURE IN ONE 5 METHOD STAGE; WHEREBY THE TOBACCO MATERIAL IS PUMPED TO A SECOND INCREASED PRESSURE IN THE SECOND METHOD STAGE WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE FIRST INCREASED PRESSURE; AND WHEREBY THE TOBACCO MATERIAL, HEATED AND PLACED UNDER PRESSURE, IS EXPANDED AND FED THROUGH A FORMING TOOL (23). IT FURTHER RELATES TO A DEVICE FOR PRODUCING CUT TOBACCO MATERIAL COMPRISING A HEATABLE PRESSURE CHAMBER (2) WITH A TOBACCO MATERIAL INLET, A TOBACCO MATERIAL OUTLET AND A CONVEYING MECHANISM (5) FOR CONVEYING THE TOBACCO MATERIAL FROM THE INLET (8) TO THE OUTLET (6) AND FOR INCREASING THE PRESSURE OF THE MATERIAL TO A FIRST INCREASED PRESSURE, AND WITH A FORMING TOOL (23) BY MEANS OF WHICH THE TOBACCO MATERIAL, HEATED AND PLACED UNDER PRESSURE, IS CONVEYED AND EXPANDED, AND A MECHANICAL PUMP (7) IS INTEGRATED BETWEEN THE PRESSURE CHAMBER (2) AND THE FORMING TOOL (23) WHICH PUMPS THE TOBACCO MATERIAL TO A SECOND INCREASED PRESSURE WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE FIRST INCREASED PRESSURE. (FIG. 1)</p> |