公开(公告)号：US20250042116A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18925631

申请日：2024-10-24

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Thien NGUYEN ,  Sean SUNDBERG ,  Jeremy STRAIGHT ,  Berina YERKIC-HUSEJNOVIC ,  Jarrod W. CHALKLEY ,  James D. EVANS ,  Christopher R. NEWCOMB ,  Robert V. POWELL, JR. ,  Gregory L. NELSON

IPC: B30B12/00 ,  B29C31/04 ,  B29C33/00 ,  B29C33/46 ,  B29C43/02 ,  B29C43/32 ,  B29C43/40 ,  B30B15/00 ,  B30B15/02 ,  B30B15/30 ,  B65B1/04 ,  B65B1/16 ,  B65B1/24 ,  B65B1/26 ,  B65B1/36 ,  B65B9/02 ,  B65B37/20 ,  B65B57/08 ,  B65B61/28

Abstract: An apparatus includes a fixed assembly and a reciprocating assembly. The fixed assembly includes a hopper, a first gas manifold, and a dispensing chamber, and the reciprocating assembly includes a channel assembly defining a channel conduit, a shield plate vertically aligned therewith, and a second gas manifold. The reciprocating assembly may move, in relation to the fixed assembly, to a first position to enable the channel conduit to be filled with bulk compressible material from the hopper, a second position to enable compressible material to be pushed from the channel conduit to the dispensing conduit and to be compressed in the dispensing chamber according to a first gas directed through the channel conduit by the first gas manifold, and a third position to enable the compressed material to be pushed out of the dispensing conduit according to a second gas directed through the dispensing conduit by the second gas manifold.

公开(公告)号：US20240109680A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-04

申请号：US18532455

申请日：2023-12-07

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Jarrod W. CHALKLEY ,  Robert POWELL ,  Christopher R. NEWCOMB ,  Jeremy STRAIGHT ,  Isaac J. MCGILL ,  James David EVANS ,  Patrick MCELHINNEY

IPC: B65B55/24 ,  B08B1/00 ,  B08B1/04 ,  B65B9/04 ,  B65B47/10 ,  B65B61/06

CPC classification number: B65B55/24 ,  B08B1/008 ,  B08B1/04 ,  B65B9/04 ,  B65B47/10 ,  B65B61/06

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.

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

IPC: B65B55/24 ,  B08B1/30 ,  B08B1/32 ,  B65B9/04 ,  B65B47/10 ,  B65B61/06

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240253832A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18635430

申请日：2024-04-15

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： James D. EVANS ,  Herbert Cary LONGEST ,  Tamika S. MURRELL ,  Robert V. POWELL, JR. ,  Jeremy STRAIGHT ,  Jarrod CHALKLEY

IPC: B65B5/10 ,  B65B1/24 ,  B65B1/46 ,  B65B5/06 ,  B65B5/08 ,  B65B9/20 ,  B65B29/00 ,  B65B35/30 ,  B65B37/10 ,  B65B39/00 ,  B65B43/54 ,  B65B65/00

CPC classification number: B65B5/101 ,  B65B1/24 ,  B65B1/46 ,  B65B5/061 ,  B65B5/08 ,  B65B29/00 ,  B65B35/30 ,  B65B39/007 ,  B65B43/54 ,  B65B65/006 ,  B65B9/20 ,  B65B37/10 ,  B65B2220/18

Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing and inserting a predetermined number of material-filled pouches into containers are disclosed. A system includes a pouch providing system comprising a plurality of lanes, wherein each one of the plurality of lanes includes a pouch making machine and a hold-back structure. The system also includes a conveyor system structured and arranged to move a plurality of containers into alignment with the plurality of lanes. The system further includes a controller structured and arranged to control the hold-back structure in each one of the plurality of lanes such that the pre-determined pouches are inserted into the plurality of containers when the plurality of containers are aligned with the plurality of lanes.

公开(公告)号：US20230339633A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-26

申请号：US18343150

申请日：2023-06-28

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： James D. EVANS ,  Herbert Cary LONGEST ,  Tamika S. MURRELL ,  Robert V. POWELL, JR. ,  Jeremy STRAIGHT ,  Jarrod CHALKLEY

IPC: B65B5/10 ,  B65B5/08 ,  B65B1/46 ,  B65B5/06 ,  B65B35/30 ,  B65B29/00 ,  B65B65/00 ,  B65B43/54 ,  B65B1/24 ,  B65B39/00 ,  B65B37/10 ,  B65B9/20

CPC classification number: B65B5/101 ,  B65B5/08 ,  B65B1/46 ,  B65B5/061 ,  B65B35/30 ,  B65B29/00 ,  B65B65/006 ,  B65B43/54 ,  B65B1/24 ,  B65B39/007 ,  B65B37/10 ,  B65B9/20 ,  B65B2220/18

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for tamping the contents of a container are disclosed. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a tamp head for tamping the contents of the container; and a container support assembly structured and arranged to temporarily support the bottom surface of the container during tamping, the container support assembly comprising a support element having a protrusion extending upward from a substantially flat and horizontal upper surface, wherein the protrusion is sized and shaped to correspond to the size and shape of the bottom surface of the container.

公开(公告)号：US20230257149A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US17674216

申请日：2022-02-17

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Jarrod W. CHALKLEY ,  Robert POWELL ,  Christopher R. NEWCOMB ,  Jeremy STRAIGHT ,  Isaac J. MCGILL ,  James David EVANS ,  Patrick MCELHINNEY

IPC: B65B55/24 ,  B08B1/04 ,  B08B1/00 ,  B65B47/10 ,  B65B9/04 ,  B65B61/06

CPC classification number: B65B55/24 ,  B08B1/04 ,  B08B1/008 ,  B65B47/10 ,  B65B9/04 ,  B65B61/06

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.

公开(公告)号：US20210276741A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-09

申请号：US17330726

申请日：2021-05-26

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： James D. EVANS ,  Herbert Cary LONGEST ,  Tamika S. MURRELL ,  Robert V. POWELL, JR. ,  Jeremy STRAIGHT ,  Jarrod CHALKLEY

IPC: B65B5/10 ,  B65B29/00 ,  B65B35/30 ,  B65B39/00 ,  B65B43/54 ,  B65B65/00 ,  B65B1/46 ,  B65B5/06 ,  B65B5/08 ,  B65B1/24

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for tamping the contents of a container are disclosed. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a tamp head for tamping the contents of the container; and a container support assembly structured and arranged to temporarily support the bottom surface of the container during tamping, the container support assembly comprising a support element having a protrusion extending upward from a substantially flat and horizontal upper surface, wherein the protrusion is sized and shaped to correspond to the size and shape of the bottom surface of the container.

公开(公告)号：US20240317433A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18613505

申请日：2024-03-22

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Jeremy STRAIGHT ,  Charles DENDY ,  David CHOE ,  Christopher R. NEWCOMB

IPC: B65B1/16 ,  B65B9/20 ,  B65B37/14

CPC classification number: B65B1/16 ,  B65B9/20 ,  B65B37/14

Abstract: A filling station for heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating capsules may include a filling receptacle, a plurality of carriages, and at least one vacuum source. The filling receptacle defines a first series of vacuum ports. The filling receptacle is configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate. The plurality of carriages are arranged underneath the filling receptacle. Each of the plurality of carriages define a second series of vacuum ports and, optionally, a third series of vacuum ports. Each of the plurality of carriages are configured to receive and hold capsule casings for filling with the aerosol-forming substrate. The at least one vacuum source is configured to draw a vacuum through the capsule casings such that the aerosol-forming substrate is drawn through the first series of vacuum ports in the filling receptacle and into the capsule casings underneath.

公开(公告)号：US20240025139A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18476563

申请日：2023-09-28

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Thien NGUYEN ,  Sean SUNDBERG ,  Jeremy STRAIGHT ,  Berina YERKIC-HUSEJNOVIC ,  Jarrod W. CHALKLEY ,  James D. EVANS ,  Christopher R. NEWCOMB ,  Robert V. POWELL, JR. ,  Gregory L. NELSON

IPC: B30B12/00 ,  B30B15/00 ,  B30B15/02 ,  B30B15/30 ,  B65B1/04 ,  B65B1/24 ,  B29C31/04 ,  B29C33/00 ,  B29C33/46 ,  B29C43/02 ,  B29C43/40 ,  B65B1/16 ,  B65B1/26 ,  B65B9/02 ,  B65B1/36 ,  B65B37/20 ,  B65B57/08 ,  B65B61/28

CPC classification number: B30B12/00 ,  B30B15/0052 ,  B30B15/028 ,  B30B15/30 ,  B65B1/04 ,  B65B1/24 ,  B29C31/04 ,  B29C33/0022 ,  B29C33/46 ,  B29C43/02 ,  B29C43/40 ,  B65B1/16 ,  B65B1/26 ,  B65B9/023 ,  B65B1/36 ,  B65B37/20 ,  B65B57/08 ,  B65B61/28 ,  B29C2043/3222

Abstract: An apparatus includes a fixed assembly and a reciprocating assembly. The fixed assembly includes a hopper, a first gas manifold, and a dispensing chamber, and the reciprocating assembly includes a channel assembly defining a channel conduit, a shield plate vertically aligned therewith, and a second gas manifold. The reciprocating assembly may move, in relation to the fixed assembly, to a first position to enable the channel conduit to be filled with bulk compressible material from the hopper, a second position to enable compressible material to be pushed from the channel conduit to the dispensing conduit and to be compressed in the dispensing chamber according to a first gas directed through the channel conduit by the first gas manifold, and a third position to enable the compressed material to be pushed out of the dispensing conduit according to a second gas directed through the dispensing conduit by the second gas manifold.

公开(公告)号：US20210402724A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US16911838

申请日：2020-06-25

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Thien NGUYEN ,  Sean SUNDBERG ,  Jeremy STRAIGHT ,  Berina YERKIC-HUSEJNOVIC ,  Jarrod W. CHALKLEY ,  James D. EVANS ,  Christopher R. NEWCOMB ,  Robert V. POWELL, JR. ,  Gregory L. NELSON

IPC: B30B12/00 ,  B30B15/00 ,  B30B15/02 ,  B30B15/30 ,  B65B1/24 ,  B65B1/04

Abstract: An apparatus includes a fixed assembly and a reciprocating assembly. The fixed assembly includes a hopper, a first gas manifold, and a dispensing chamber, and the reciprocating assembly includes a channel assembly defining a channel conduit, a shield plate vertically aligned therewith, and a second gas manifold. The reciprocating assembly may move, in relation to the fixed assembly, to a first position to enable the channel conduit to be filled with bulk compressible material from the hopper, a second position to enable compressible material to be pushed from the channel conduit to the dispensing conduit and to be compressed in the dispensing chamber according to a first gas directed through the channel conduit by the first gas manifold, and a third position to enable the compressed material to be pushed out of the dispensing conduit according to a second gas directed through the dispensing conduit by the second gas manifold.