公开(公告)号：US20220023550A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-27

申请号：US17494102

申请日：2021-10-05

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Terry BACHE ,  Ryan NEWCOMB ,  Eric A. HAWES ,  Dmitriy KIRZHNER ,  Raymond LAU ,  Danielle CRAWFORD ,  Dwight D. WILLIAMS ,  William Eugene RABBITT ,  Carl Roy STEVENS

IPC: A61M11/04 ,  H05B1/02 ,  G01N27/04 ,  H01R13/24 ,  A24F40/30 ,  A24F40/42 ,  A24F40/53

Abstract: A vapor cartridge for a non-combustible vaping device may be configured to receive a flavor cartridge, generate a vapor, and direct the generated vapor through the flavor cartridge to provide a flavored vapor. The flavor cartridge may include an instance of electrically conductive material extending at least partially around the flavor cartridge. The vapor cartridge may include an authentication assembly including a set of electrically conductive instruments may independently and directly contact the instance of electrically conductive material of the flavor cartridge inserted into the vapor cartridge, such that the electrically conductive instruments are electrically connected to each other through the instance of electrically conductive material of the flavor cartridge. The vapor cartridge may be coupled with a base that includes a control circuitry configured to control vapor generation by the vapor generator, based on the electrically conductive instruments being electrically connected to each other through the flavor cartridge.

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

IPC: A24C5/18 ,  A24C1/02

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240285876A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18648983

申请日：2024-04-29

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Terry BACHE ,  Ryan NEWCOMB ,  Eric A. HAWES ,  Dmitriy KIRZHNER ,  Raymond LAU ,  Danielle CRAWFORD ,  Dwight D. WILLIAMS ,  William Eugene RABBITT ,  Carl Roy STEVENS

IPC: A61M11/04 ,  A24F15/015 ,  A24F40/10 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/30 ,  A24F40/42 ,  A24F40/485 ,  A24F40/53 ,  A24F40/60 ,  A61M16/00 ,  G01N27/04 ,  H01R13/24 ,  H05B1/02

CPC classification number: A61M11/042 ,  A24F40/30 ,  A24F40/42 ,  A24F40/53 ,  G01N27/041 ,  H01R13/2421 ,  H05B1/0244 ,  A24F15/015 ,  A24F40/10 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/485 ,  A24F40/60 ,  A61M2016/0024 ,  A61M2205/8206

Abstract: A vapor cartridge for a non-combustible vaping device may be configured to receive a flavor cartridge, generate a vapor, and direct the generated vapor through the flavor cartridge to provide a flavored vapor. The flavor cartridge may include an instance of electrically conductive material extending at least partially around the flavor cartridge. The vapor cartridge may include an authentication assembly including a set of electrically conductive instruments may independently and directly contact the instance of electrically conductive material of the flavor cartridge inserted into the vapor cartridge, such that the electrically conductive instruments are electrically connected to each other through the instance of electrically conductive material of the flavor cartridge. The vapor cartridge may be coupled with a base that includes a control circuitry configured to control vapor generation by the vapor generator, based on the electrically conductive instruments being electrically connected to each other through the flavor cartridge.

公开(公告)号：US20210292013A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-23

申请号：US17340184

申请日：2021-06-07

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Dwight D. WILLIAMS

IPC: B65B1/04 ,  B65B37/14 ,  B65B1/30

Abstract: The method includes providing a body with an upper mounting surface and a lower end, an interior surface of the body defining a cavity, the cavity including a first inlet and a first outlet in the upper mounting surface and the lower end, respectively, the interior surface including a frustoconical inner surface with a first tapered end that is connected to the first outlet. The method further includes first inserting an adjustable member within the cavity, the adjustable member defining a bore with a second inlet and a second outlet, the adjustable member including a frustoconical external surface with a second tapered end that coaxially aligns with the first tapered end, and first connecting a funnel with a projecting land to the body.

公开(公告)号：US20210120862A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-29

申请号：US16663787

申请日：2019-10-25

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Charles David HOWE ,  Dwight D. WILLIAMS

IPC: A24C5/18 ,  A24C1/02

Abstract: The tongue includes a major body, where the major body has a first longitudinal length that runs from a first end to a second end of the major body. The major body includes a first channel defined along a first edge of the major body, and a second channel defined along a second edge of the major body. The first channel and the second channel is hollow and runs substantially along the first longitudinal length from the first end to the second end of the major body. The first channel and the second channel oppose each other and face away from each other. The tongue support assembly and the rod forming apparatus include the tongue. The method aligns the tongue with a lower plate of a compression box.

公开(公告)号：US20210051995A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-25

申请号：US16548985

申请日：2019-08-23

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Dwight D. WILLIAMS

IPC: A24C5/20 ,  A24D3/02

Abstract: A system includes system at least one dispenser configured to dispense to dispense a plurality of segments on a first conveying path and a spacing drum configured to receive a number of the plurality of segments per revolution of the drum and configured to release the number of segments on a second conveying path at a segment-release spacing and a segment-release speed along the conveying path, the number of the plurality of segments being at least three and the number of segments released by the spacing drum forming a filter element.

公开(公告)号：US20240172789A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US18432352

申请日：2024-02-05

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Munmaya K. MISHRA ,  Alex JORDAN ,  Kathryn M. DRAPER ,  Dwight D. WILLIAMS

IPC: A24D3/06 ,  A24B15/28 ,  A24D3/04 ,  A24D3/17 ,  A24D1/02

CPC classification number: A24D3/061 ,  A24B15/283 ,  A24D3/048 ,  A24D3/17 ,  A24D1/02

Abstract: A breakable capsule such as a seamless breakable capsule useful in a smoking article or a smokeless tobacco product includes an outer shell formed of a cross-linked agar matrix including at least one filler, and an inner core surrounded by the outer shell which comprises a liquid or gel based composition of a flavorant and/or non-flavorant. The cross-linked agar matrix is reinforced with carboxymethyl cellulose that is dispersed throughout the agar matrix so as to fill empty spaces in the agar matrix and inhibit the composition from passing through the empty spaces of the agar matrix.

公开(公告)号：US20220053818A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-24

申请号：US17519842

申请日：2021-11-05

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Dwight D. WILLIAMS ,  Charles David HOWE

IPC: A24C5/18 ,  A24C1/02

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.

公开(公告)号：US20210120864A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-29

申请号：US16663827

申请日：2019-10-25

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Dwight D. WILLIAMS ,  Patrick S. MCELHINNEY

IPC: A24C5/18 ,  A24C5/24 ,  A24C5/12 ,  A24C1/12 ,  A24C1/34 ,  A24C1/36 ,  A24C3/00

Abstract: The tongue includes a shaft, the shaft being hollow. The shaft includes a first end and a second end, the first end defining a first opening with a first radius of curvature, and the second end defining a second opening with a second radius of curvature. The first radius of curvature is larger than the second radius of curvature. The shaft defines at least one injection port that traverses through an inner surface of the shaft. A first plate is connected to the shaft. The first plate includes an engaging structure configured to mount the tongue onto a lower plate and align the shaft with a groove defined by the lower plate. The rod forming apparatus includes the tongue. The method installs the tongue onto the rod forming apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20230249853A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-10

申请号：US18194800

申请日：2023-04-03

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Dwight D. WILLIAMS

IPC: B65B1/04 ,  B65B37/14 ,  B65B1/30

CPC classification number: B65B1/04 ,  B65B1/30 ,  B65B37/14 ,  B65B9/02

Abstract: The method includes first configuring a first cross-sectional flow area of a throat within a first air accelerator to discharge a target quantity of a particulate material, the first air accelerator including a body and an adjustable member, an interior surface of the body defining a cavity containing the adjustable member, the throat being at an air outlet of a chamber defined between the body and the adjustable member, the throat being near a discharge end of a singular bore defined by the adjustable member, the first configuring including axially moving the adjustable member along a first longitudinal length of the cavity.