|  | A |
SECTION A — HUMAN NECESSITIES

AGRICULTURE

|  | A24 |
TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES

|  | A24B |
MANUFACTURE AND PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING AND CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF

|  | A24B 1/00 |
Preparation of tobacco on the plantation

|  | A24B 1/02 |
· | Arrangements in barns for preparatory treatment of the tobacco, e.g. with devices for drying

|  | A24B 1/04 |
· | Sifting, sorting, cleaning or removing impurities from tobacco (purifying by sifting or sorting in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07B)

|  | A24B 1/06 |
· | Stringing tobacco leaves

|  | A24B 1/08 |
· | Suspending devices for tobacco leaves

|  | A24B 1/10 |
· | Packing or pressing tobacco

|  | A24B 3/00 |
Preparing tobacco in the factory

|  | A24B 3/02 |
· | Humidifying packed raw tobacco

|  | A24B 3/04 |
· | Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24B 3/12 takes precedence)

|  | A24B 3/06 |
· | Loosening tobacco leaves or cut tobacco (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24B 3/07 takes precedence)

|  | A24B 3/07 |
· | Cutting or removing tie leaves; Cutting-off stem butts

|  | A24B 3/08 |
· | Blending tobacco

|  | A24B 3/10 |
· | Roasting or cooling tobacco

|  | A24B 3/12 |
· | Steaming, curing, or flavouring tobacco

|  | A24B 3/14 |
· | Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakes; Forms of such products (delustering Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24C 1/40; tobacco or cigarette paper Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D21H 5/16)

|  | A24B 3/16 |
· | Classifying or aligning leaves

|  | A24B 3/18 |
· | Other treatment of leaves, e.g. puffing, crimpling, cleaning

|  | A24B 5/00 |
Stripping tobacco; Treatment of stems or ribs

|  | A24B 5/02 |
· | by plucking out the stem

|  | A24B 5/04 |
· | by cutting out the stem

|  | A24B 5/06 |
· | by stripping leaf-parts from the stem

|  | A24B 5/08 |
· | by cutting-off, shaving off, pressing flat the thick parts of stems and ribs

|  | A24B 5/10 |
· | by crushing the leaves with subsequent separating

|  | A24B 5/12 |
· | Auxiliary devices for stripping

|  | A24B 5/14 |
· | Flattening machines for leaves or stems

|  | A24B 5/16 |
· | Other treatment of stems or ribs, e.g. bending, chopping, incising (humidifying Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24B 3/04)

|  | A24B 7/00 |
Cutting tobacco (hand cutting tool Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26B; machines for cutting slices of tobacco Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26D 4/00)

|  | A24B 7/02 |
· | by machines with reciprocating knives

|  | A24B 7/04 |
· | by machines with revolving knives

|  | A24B 7/06 |
· · | with two co-operating sets of knife discs

|  | A24B 7/08 |
· · | with several knives which act one after the other

|  | A24B 7/10 |
· · · | with cutter axes parallel to the feeding direction

|  | A24B 7/12 |
· · · | with cutter axes transverse to the feeding direction

|  | A24B 7/14 |
· | Feeding or regulating devices for tobacco-cutting apparatus

|  | A24B 9/00 |
Regulating of the moisture content of tobacco products, e.g. cigars, cigarettes, pipe tobacco (devices for use by the smoker for regulating the moisture content of tobacco products Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24F 25/00)

|  | A24B 11/00 |
Tobacco-twisting machines

|  | A24B 13/00 |
Tobacco for pipes, cigars, or inserts therefor or cigarettes; Chewing-tobacco; Snuff (mechanical treatment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24B 3/00-A24B 11/00; reconstituted tobacco products Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24B 3/14; chemical treatment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24B 15/00)

|  | A24B 13/02 |
· | Flakes or shreds of tobacco

|  | A24B 15/00 |
Chemical features or treatment of tobacco; Tobacco substitutes (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24B 3/00 takes precedence; reconstituted tobacco products Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24B 3/14)

|  | A24B 15/02 |
· | Reducing the nicotine, or carcinogen content of tobacco; Chemical features of filters tips

|  | A24B 15/04 |
· | Chemical treatment of tobacco products

|  | A24B 15/06 |
· | Chemical features of flakes or shreds

|  | A24B 15/08 |
· | Making tobacco extracts; Use thereof for making products suitable for smoking