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公开(公告)号:US20230404149A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-21
申请号:US18364859
申请日:2023-08-03
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Ryan SELBY , Ryan KARKAIRAN
Abstract: A closed bottom vaporizer pod prevents vaporizable material from exiting the pod and entering into a heat source of a vaporizer. A closed bottom vaporizer pod further reduces contamination and/or fouling of a vaporizer and comprises a closed bottom capsule, at least one air inlet for drawing air into the closed bottom capsule, and at least one air outlet for drawing air out of the closed bottom capsule. An air flow path is created from the at least one air inlet, the closed bottom capsule, and the air outlet which prevents contamination of the vaporizer.
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公开(公告)号:US20230404131A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-21
申请号:US18455799
申请日:2023-08-25
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Feng GAO , Diane L. GEE , Shuzhong ZHUANG , Phillip M. HULAN , William J. BURKE
Abstract: A exhausted-tobacco tablet that includes a solid solution of soluble fiber and one or more sugar alcohols, the solid solution having a glass transition temperature of less than 40° C., and exhausted-tobacco is dispersed in the solid solution, and one or more additives dispersed in the solid solution such that at least one additive is released from the tablet when the tablet is chewed or dissolved within an adult tobacco consumer's oral cavity.
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公开(公告)号:US20230399133A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-14
申请号:US17836127
申请日:2022-06-09
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Dwight David WILLIAMS
Abstract: At least one example embodiment relates to an apparatus. In at least one example embodiment, the apparatus includes a shaft and a housing. The shaft is configured to rotate. The shaft defines a pocket. The housing includes a sidewall. The sidewall at least partially defines an interior region. At least a portion of the shaft is in the interior region. The sidewall defines a first opening to the interior region.
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公开(公告)号:US20230397670A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-14
申请号:US18456680
申请日:2023-08-28
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Raymond W. LAU , Eric HAWES , Loi Ying LIU
CPC classification number: A24F40/57 , A24B15/167 , A24F40/46 , A24F40/42 , A24F40/51 , G11C17/16 , G11C17/18 , H05B1/0297
Abstract: A non-nicotine e-vaping device includes a heater, a power control circuit, and a memory module. The heater element is configured to heat a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation, the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation being devoid of nicotine and including at least one non-nicotine compound. The power control circuit is coupled to the heater element through a wire. The power control circuit is configured to apply a pulse width modulated power signal to the heater element through the wire, and to receive information over the wire. The memory module is configured to detect a plurality of pulses in the pulse width modulated power signal, record information based on the detected plurality of pulses, and output the recorded information to the power control circuit via the wire.
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公开(公告)号:US20230397645A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-14
申请号:US18458329
申请日:2023-08-30
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Herbert C. LONGEST , Jarrod W. CHALKLEY , Tamika S. MURRELL , Jeremy J. STRAIGHT , Travis M. GARTHAFFNER , Leah A. MEYERS , James D. EVANS
CPC classification number: A24B3/06 , B65B1/16 , B65B57/10 , A24F23/02 , B65B1/36 , G01F11/40 , B65B29/00 , B65B1/46 , B65B2210/10 , B65B37/14
Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring tobacco for packaging in pouches are disclosed. A system includes a hopper structured and arranged to hold a granular material in a hopper cavity. The system also includes a measuring system including a measuring cavity and a tube that is slidable in the hopper cavity between a first position unaligned with the measuring cavity and a second position over and aligned with the measuring cavity. The measuring system is configured to continuously communicate a vacuum to the measuring cavity. The measuring system is configured to move a portion of the granular material from the hopper cavity to the measuring cavity when the tube is in the first position. The measuring system is configured to move the portion of the granular material from the measuring cavity to a pouch making machine using pressurized gas that overcomes the vacuum when the tube is in the second position.
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公开(公告)号:US11842347B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-12
申请号:US16868955
申请日:2020-05-07
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Jarrett Keen
IPC: G06Q20/40 , G06Q20/00 , G06Q30/00 , G06Q50/26 , G06K7/14 , G06K19/07 , H04L9/08 , H04L9/40 , H04B1/38 , G06Q20/20 , G06Q30/018
CPC classification number: G06Q20/4014 , G06K7/1413 , G06K7/1417 , G06K19/0723 , G06Q20/206 , G06Q30/0185 , G06Q50/265 , H04L9/0819 , H04L9/0866 , H04L63/0428 , H04L63/0884 , G06Q2220/00 , H04B1/38
Abstract: An age and/or identity verification system for reduced-risk devices (RRD) may include a RRD, the RRD initially in an inoperable state, an identity verification server configured to perform identity verification related to an adult consumer, and a computing device. The computing device may receive adult consumer identity information corresponding to the adult consumer from the adult consumer, receive the UID of the RRD, transmit the adult consumer identity information and the UID of the RRD to the identity verification server to perform identity verification of the adult consumer, receive results of the performed identity verification from the identity verification server, receive an encrypted key corresponding to the RRD based on the results of the performed identity verification of the adult consumer, and transmit the encrypted key to the RRD. The RRD may change the state of the RRD to an operable state based on the encrypted key.
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公开(公告)号:US11839706B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-12
申请号:US16997086
申请日:2020-08-19
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Gerard Zuber , Jean-Yves Vollmer
CPC classification number: A61M11/042 , A24F40/42 , A61M15/0036 , A61M15/06 , A24F40/20 , A61M2016/0024 , A61M2205/3368 , A61M2205/8206
Abstract: An aerosol-generating system may include an electrical power supply, an electrical heater connected to the electrical power supply, and a substrate container. The substrate container may define a blind cavity containing an aerosol-forming substrate in the form of a gel that is a solid at room temperature. The electrical heater is external to the substrate container and configured to heat the substrate container to generate a vapor without contacting the aerosol-forming substrate. As result, the possibility of unwanted materials building up on the electrical heater can be reduced, thereby providing a more reliable and consistent performance.
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公开(公告)号:US20230389603A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-07
申请号:US18448257
申请日:2023-08-11
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Tony REEVELL
Abstract: A customizable device may include a first inhalation device and a second inhalation device, each including a mouth end portion and an upstream end portion. In a storage configuration, the mouth end portion of at least one of the first inhalation device or the second inhalation device is removably coupled to the other inhalation device. In an active configuration, the upstream end portion of at least one of the first inhalation device or the second inhalation device is removably coupled to the other inhalation device. A connector hub may couple the inhalation devices.
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公开(公告)号:US20230371130A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-16
申请号:US18352407
申请日:2023-07-14
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Christopher S. TUCKER , Phillip DIANA , Nam TRAN , Matthew CAPARRELLI
CPC classification number: H05B1/0244 , A24F40/42 , A24F40/485 , A24F40/50 , A24F40/60 , A24F47/00 , F21V33/0004 , H05B3/46 , H05B45/00
Abstract: A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis of the cartridge, and an outlet-end insert coupled to the outlet end of the housing. The housing at least partially encloses a pre-vapor formulation reservoir and a vapor generator of the cartridge and further channels light via internal reflection through an interior of the housing. The outlet-end insert includes an outlet in flow communication with the vapor generator, directs the vapor generated by the vapor generator out of the cartridge through the outlet, and further emits the light channeled through the interior of the housing. One or more properties of the light are controllable.
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公开(公告)号:US20230371129A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-16
申请号:US18360961
申请日:2023-07-28
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Michel THORENS
CPC classification number: H05B1/0227 , H05B3/42 , A24F40/46 , A24D1/20 , A24F40/44 , H05B2203/021 , A24F40/10
Abstract: A heat diffuser for use with an electrically-operated aerosol-generating device is configured to be removably coupled to the aerosol-generating device. The heat diffuser includes a non-combustible porous body for absorbing heat from an electric heating element. The porous body is thermally conductive such that, in use, air drawn through the porous body is heated by the heat absorbed by the porous body. Example embodiments also provide a heated aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating system, both comprising the heat diffuser.
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