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公开(公告)号：US12286257B2
公开(公告)日：2025-04-29
申请号：US18437670
申请日：2024-02-09
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Jarrod W. Chalkley , James D. Evans , Thien Hoang Nguyen , Patrick S. McElhinney
IPC: B65B65/08 , B29C65/00 , B29C65/18 , B29C65/30 , B29C65/74 , B29C65/78 , B65B9/20 , B65B9/207 , B65B51/30 , B65B61/06 , B65B61/28 , B29L31/00 , B65B29/00 , B65B57/14
Abstract: A fin sealer and method to seal a radially outwardly directed fin of a tubular web structure by directing the fin through a nip between a first and a second fin sealing rollers while communicating heat to the fin through at least one of the fin sealing rollers is provided. The fin sealer is configured to maintain a nominal face-to-face relation between an outer annulus of the first fin sealing roller and an outer annulus of the second fin sealing roller with a flexible connection between a hub element of the second fin sealing roller with the outer annulus of the second fin sealing roller.
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公开(公告)号：US20250120428A1
公开(公告)日：2025-04-17
申请号：US18999836
申请日：2024-12-23
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dwight D. WILLIAMS , Charles David HOWE
Abstract: The method includes transporting tobacco into and through a shaft of a tongue of a compression box, and compressing the tobacco into a tobacco rod as the tobacco is transported through the compression box, the compression box including a first plate, a first portion of the first plate being formed over an upper portion of the shaft, the first portion running along a majority of a longitudinal length of the shaft.
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公开(公告)号：US12263981B2
公开(公告)日：2025-04-01
申请号：US18407285
申请日：2024-01-08
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Gregory L. Nelson , Christopher Ryan Newcomb , James D. Evans , Thien Nguyen , Jarrod W. Chalkley , Robert V. Powell
IPC: B65B9/00 , A24F23/02 , B65B1/10 , B65B9/04 , B65B29/00 , B65B41/16 , B65B43/04 , B65B61/10 , B65B61/28
Abstract: In an example embodiment, an apparatus for making pouch products includes a conveyor system. The conveyor system includes a first receiving location along a path of the conveyor system, and a dosing location along the path of the conveyor system. The apparatus also includes a first material dispensing station configured to transfer a first material to the first receiving location. The first material includes a first elastic layer and a first support layer. The first material dispensing station includes a dispenser roller configured to hold a roll of the first material, a plurality of rollers configured to convey the first material from the dispenser roller to the first receiving location, and a stripper plate configured remove at least a portion of the first support layer from a portion of the first elastic layer.
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公开(公告)号：US20250100734A1
公开(公告)日：2025-03-27
申请号：US18971749
申请日：2024-12-06
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Jarrod W. CHALKLEY , Robert POWELL , Christopher R. NEWCOMB , Jeremy STRAIGHT , Isaac J. MCGILL , James David EVANS , Patrick MCELHINNEY
Abstract: A cleaner assembly for an apparatus for making pouch products includes a cleaner roller and a poker roller. The cleaner roller may counter rotate with a rotatable drum of the apparatus, in contact with an upper surface of a first elastic layer on the rotatable drum, and at a greater tangential speed than at least one surface of an outer circumferential surface of the rotatable drum or an upper surface of the first elastic layer. The poker roller includes projections that are each configured to extend into one or more divots of the rotatable drum. The poker roller may counter rotate with the rotatable drum and at a same tangential speed as the at least one surface such that the projections extend into and out of separate, respective divots of the rotatable drum based on the counter rotation of the poker roller and the rotatable drum.
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公开(公告)号：US20250099697A1
公开(公告)日：2025-03-27
申请号：US18973350
申请日：2024-12-09
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA , Laurent MANCA
Abstract: An electrically heated aerosol-generating device is configured for use with a consumable cartridge including a storage portion containing an aerosol-forming substrate and having a fluid permeable internal surface surrounding an open-ended passage extending through the cartridge. The device includes a housing having a cavity for receiving the cartridge and a heater assembly positioned in the cavity. The heater assembly includes an electrically conductive hollow shaft portion connected to the housing and an electric heater positioned along the hollow shaft portion and having at least one heating element for heating the aerosol-forming substrate. The hollow shaft portion defines an airflow passage forming part of an airflow pathway through the device and is arranged to extend into the open-ended passage of the cartridge. The hollow shaft portion comprises a plurality of apertures, and the heating element is one or more narrow regions of the hollow shaft portion between adjacent apertures.
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公开(公告)号：US20250098788A1
公开(公告)日：2025-03-27
申请号：US18973399
申请日：2024-12-09
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Stephane BILAT
IPC: A24F40/53 , A24B15/167 , A24D1/20 , A24F40/10 , A24F40/20 , A24F40/40 , G01N27/12 , H01R31/08 , H05K7/02
Abstract: The method includes first arranging pairs of conductors on an aerosol-generating device, and second arranging conductive portions in a physical pattern on a consumable, the physical pattern being configured to electrically connect to at least one first subset of the pairs of conductors to complete at least one first circuit, of a plurality of circuits, that identifies the consumable, the plurality of circuits including the conductive portions and the pairs of conductors.
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公开(公告)号：US20250098779A1
公开(公告)日：2025-03-27
申请号：US18975044
申请日：2024-12-10
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA , Stephane Antony HEDARCHET
Abstract: An aerosol-generating device may comprise an electrical power supply, a housing defining a cavity for receiving an aerosol-generating article, at least one electrical heater within the cavity, and/or a controller configured to control a supply of electrical power from the electrical power supply to the at least one electrical heater. The controller is configured to activate the at least one electrical heater for a total time period when an aerosol-generating article is received within the cavity. The aerosol-generating device may also comprise a segmented visual feedback device, wherein a plurality of segments of the segmented visual feedback device each correspond to a portion of the total time period. Each of the plurality of segments is configured to provide visual feedback when an aerosol-generating article is received within the cavity and when the corresponding portion of the total time period has elapsed.
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公开(公告)号：US20250098774A1
公开(公告)日：2025-03-27
申请号：US18973380
申请日：2024-12-09
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system includes a storage container containing a supply of an aerosol-forming substrate, a fluid permeable heating element positioned across an opening in the storage container, a protective cover coupled to the storage container and covering the fluid permeable heating element, at least one air inlet, at least one air outlet, and an airflow path from the at least one air inlet to the at least one air outlet. The protective cover is configured such that a portion of the airflow path is between the protective cover and the fluid permeable heating element.
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公开(公告)号：US20250098756A1
公开(公告)日：2025-03-27
申请号：US18971946
申请日：2024-12-06
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Yannick HOURMAND , Christopher NEWCOMB , Raymond W. LAU , Eric HAWES
Abstract: A nicotine e-vaping device may include a nicotine pod assembly and a device body defining a through hole configured to receive the nicotine pod assembly. The nicotine pod assembly is configured to hold a nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The through hole of the device body includes at least sidewall that is configured to deflect during an insertion of the nicotine pod assembly. One or more sidewalls of the through hole may include at least one protrusion configured to engage with corresponding recesses of the nicotine pod assembly so as to retain the nicotine pod assembly within the through hole of the device body.
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公开(公告)号：US20250098755A1
公开(公告)日：2025-03-27
申请号：US18971689
申请日：2024-12-06
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Yannick HOURMAND , Christopher NEWCOMB , Raymond W. LAU , Eric HAWES
Abstract: A non-nicotine e-vaping device may include a non-nicotine pod assembly and a device body defining a through hole configured to receive the non-nicotine pod assembly. The non-nicotine pod assembly is configured to hold a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The through hole of the device body includes at least one sidewall that is configured to deflect during an insertion of the non-nicotine pod assembly. One or more sidewalls of the through hole may include at least one protrusion configured to engage with corresponding recesses of the non-nicotine pod assembly so as to retain the non-nicotine pod assembly within the through hole of the device body.
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