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公开(公告)号：US11753190B2
公开(公告)日：2023-09-12
申请号：US17533735
申请日：2021-11-23
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dwight David Williams , James David Evans , Patrick Sean McElhinney , Jarrod Wayne Chalkley
Abstract: An apparatus configured to provide portioned instances of a compressible material includes a channel assembly, a gas source, a cutting assembly, and a discharge assembly. The channel assembly holds a bulk instance of the material extending through upper and lower channels of a continuous channel. The gas source supplies gas to compress the bulk instance. The cutting assembly moves in relation to the channel assembly to isolate the upper and lower channels, severing upper and lower material portions of the bulk instance. The discharge assembly directs gas to impinge on a lower face of the cutting assembly to discharge the lower material portion as a portioned instance. The channel assembly may be moveable, where operation of the gas source, cutting assembly, and/or discharge assembly are based on moving the channel assembly between various positions. The gas supply may be controlled based on a determined property of the portioned instance.
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公开(公告)号：US11311048B2
公开(公告)日：2022-04-26
申请号：US16125399
申请日：2018-09-07
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Munmaya K. Mishra , Danielle Crawford , Dwight David Williams , Eric Hawes , Terry Bache , Raymond W. Lau , Shaoyong Yu
Abstract: The device includes a first section with an airflow passage, a reservoir containing a first pre-vapor formulation, a heater in communication with the reservoir and the airflow passage, the heater configured to at least partially vaporize the first pre-vapor formulation. An insert is in communication with the airflow passage, the insert being downstream of the heater. The insert includes a matrix with one or more portions of a filler material. The filler material is a plant-based cellulose material. The one or more portions defining interstices. A containing structure contains the matrix. The containing structure contacts at least side surfaces of the matrix. A consumable substance infused within the filler material, the at least one first consumable substance including at least one of nicotine, at least one first flavorant, at least one second pre-vapor formulation, a sub-combinations thereof, or a combinations thereof.
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公开(公告)号：US10827778B2
公开(公告)日：2020-11-10
申请号：US16407687
申请日：2019-05-09
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dwight David Williams , Rosana C. Altoveros
Abstract: A method of forming a wrapped article, comprising the steps of: forming a continuous stream of material such as an agricultural product; moving the continuous stream of material along an elongated path; compressing the continuous stream of material to reduce the cross-sectional area thereof until a predetermined cross-sectional dimension is achieved; drawing the compressed continuous stream of material through a rod-forming arrangement, the rod-forming arrangement having a non-contact displacement transducer associated therewith; folding at least one web longitudinally around the compressed continuous stream of material to form a continuous rod of material; and detecting variations in rod density within the rod-forming arrangement from a signal obtained from the non-contact displacement transducer.
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公开(公告)号：US20190230977A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-01
申请号：US16382834
申请日：2019-04-12
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dwight David Williams , Mark A. Derigo , Gerald M. Dale , Charles David Howe
CPC classification number: A24C1/18 , A24C1/02 , A24C3/00 , A24C5/1807 , Y10T29/49826
Abstract: An apparatus for the formation of machine-made tobacco rods for use in the production of smoking articles, such as cigars, from tobacco comprising a tacky material. The apparatus includes a pair of transfer and compression belts for receiving and compressing the stream of tobacco, the transfer and compression; a pair of squeeze bars for compressing the tobacco in a direction perpendicular to the pair of transfer and compression belts, the pair of squeeze bars produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); a tongue for receiving the compressed tobacco, the tongue produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); and a folder for folding a wrapper material around the compressed tobacco so as to form a continuous rod of tobacco, the wrapper material provided from a source of wrapper material, the folder produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone).
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公开(公告)号：US20170013872A1
公开(公告)日：2017-01-19
申请号：US15212973
申请日：2016-07-18
Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
Inventor： Dwight David Williams , Rosana C. Altoveros
CPC classification number: A24C3/00 , A24C1/02 , A24C1/18 , A24C1/30 , A24C1/34 , A24C1/36 , A24C1/38 , A24C5/1807 , A24C5/1871
Abstract: A method of forming a wrapped article, comprising the steps of: forming a continuous stream of material such as an agricultural product; moving the continuous stream of material along an elongated path; compressing the continuous stream of material to reduce the cross-sectional area thereof until a predetermined cross-sectional dimension is achieved; drawing the compressed continuous stream of material through a rod-forming arrangement, the rod-forming arrangement having a non-contact displacement transducer associated therewith; folding at least one web longitudinally around the compressed continuous stream of material to form a continuous rod of material; and detecting variations in rod density within the rod-forming arrangement from a signal obtained from the non-contact displacement transducer.
Abstract translation: 一种形成包裹物品的方法，包括以下步骤：形成连续的料料流，例如农产品; 沿着细长的路径移动连续的材料流; 压缩连续的材料流以减小其横截面积，直到达到预定的横截面尺寸; 通过杆形成装置拉伸压缩的连续物料流，棒形装置具有与之相关联的非接触位移传感器; 在压缩的连续物料流周围纵向折叠至少一个幅材以形成连续的材料棒; 以及根据从非接触位移传感器获得的信号检测棒形成装置中杆密度的变化。
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