Menthol detection on tobacco

A method for detecting mentholated tobacco, comprising irradiating tobacco containing menthol and a fluorescent taggant with radiation and observing the tobacco for fluorescence from the taggant. A system and method for detecting and separating mentholated tobacco from non-mentholated tobacco within...

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1. Verfasser:	Cadieux, Jr., Edmond J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL CHEMISTRY CIGARETTES CIGARS CONVEYING FIRELIGHTERS FUELS FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL HUMAN NECESSITIES INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS C10M RELATING TO LUBRICATINGCOMPOSITIONS INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LUBRICANTS MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING ORCHEWING MEASURING METALLURGY NATURAL GAS PACKING PEAT PERFORMING OPERATIONS PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES PHYSICS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS POSTAL SORTING SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS SMOKERS' REQUISITES SNUFF SORTING SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTEDPIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING STORING SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE TESTING TOBACCO TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method for detecting mentholated tobacco, comprising irradiating tobacco containing menthol and a fluorescent taggant with radiation and observing the tobacco for fluorescence from the taggant. A system and method for detecting and separating mentholated tobacco from non-mentholated tobacco within a product stream is also provided.