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62 tobaccoasia / Issue 2, 2016 May / June) Patents Protective member for rod-like elements, in particular rod sections and/or an endless rod, travelling within a measuring head used in tobacco Industry and corresponding measuring head Pub. No.: US 2016/0103076 Al Applicant: International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. z o.o., Radom (PL) A protective member (13) for rod-like elements, in particular rod sections and/or an endless rod, travelling within a measuring head (4) used in tobacco industry, the measuring head (4) comprising at least two neighboring sensor units (8-8', 9-9', 10-10', 11-11') enabling to take measurements of the parameters of said rod-like elements by means of the radiation emitted and received by said sensor units, the protective member (13) extending through the operation zones (SA, 9A, lOA, llA) of the specific sensor units (8-8', 9-9', 10-10', 11-11'). The protec- tive member comprises compartments (14, 15, 16, 17) defined therein, each compartment correspond- ing to the operation zone (SA, 9A, lOA, llA) of one sensor unit (8-8', 9-9', 10-10', 11-11') and each Pouch maker for making block-bottom tobacco pouches Pub. No.: US 2016/0082684 Al Applicant: SLUIS CIGAR MACHINERY B.V., Kampen (NL) A device for making tobacco pouches from a film includes a first folding station for receiving the film and providing a bottom fold in the film; a buffer station for buffering a length of film having the bottom fold; a second folding station for receiving the film having the bottom fold from the buffer station and providing a first fold; a second fold and a third fold in the film for defining the block-bottom, the first fold and third fold having a same fold direction and the second fold being located between the first and third fold and having a counter fold direction, where the first folding station is pro-vided upstream of the buffer station and the second folding station is provided downstream from the buffer station. Smokeless Tobacco Composition Pub. No.: US 2016/0100625 Al Applicants:John-Paul Mua, Advance, NC (US); Luis Rosete Monsalud, JR., Kernersville, NC (US); Darrell Eugene Holton, JR., Clemmons, NC (US); James Neil Figlar, Clemmons, NC (US) The invention provides a process for preparing a tobacco composition suitable for use as a smokeless tobacco compo-sition, the process including: providing a slurry comprising water and a tobacco material, the slurry comprising at least about 75% by weight water, based on the total weight of the slurry; heating the slurry to a temperature of at least about 60° C. for a time sufficient to pasteurize the tobacco material; adding an amount of a base to the slurry sufficient to raise the pH of the slurry to at least about 8.5, thereby forming a pH-adjusted slurry; and continuing to heat the pH-adjusted slurry to a temperature of at least about 60° C. for a time sufficient for the pH of the slurry to drop at least about 0.5 pH unit following the adding step. compartment (14, 15, 16, 17) comprising at least one first opening (SB, 98, lOB, llB) enabling percolation of said radiation. A measuring head (4) comprising the protective member (13) according to the invention.

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