A STIRRER-CRUSHER MILL FOR THE CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURE OF A TOBACCO MASH

摘要

An apparatus is disclosed for the manufacture of reconsituted tobacco from a mash of reduced (pulverized) basic tobacco consituents. In the apparatus, the reduced tobacco is flotated using a liquid and the resultant slurry is forced through a glass glass grain body which is stirred at the same time. This homogenizes the slurry to form a mash. The glass grains are worn during the process. THe detritus is discharged from the glass grain body along with glass grains which have been worn down to an unusable size, in the tobacco mash. New glass grains are used to replenish the glass grain body continuously and thus make good the loss to the glass grain body caused by wear and removal of the unusable glass grains. The apparatus for effecting the tobacco reduction comprises a mill into which the tobacco and the grinding grains are fed. Mixing is effected by a stirrer mechanism and the grinding grains are fed to the mill from a dispenser which is controlled in accordance with the power output of the stirrer drive unit and/or the viscosity of the tobacco mash.