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公开(公告)号:US11701810B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-18
申请号:US17565547
申请日:2021-12-30
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
IPC: B29C48/00 , B29C48/07 , B29C48/92 , A23G3/02 , A23G3/34 , A24B15/16 , A24B15/12 , A24B15/24 , A24B15/14 , B29C48/12
CPC classification number: B29C48/0022 , A23G3/0021 , A23G3/0023 , A23G3/0247 , A24B15/16 , B29C48/0011 , B29C48/022 , B29C48/07 , B29C48/92 , A23G3/0242 , A24B15/12 , A24B15/14 , A24B15/243 , B29C48/00 , B29C48/001 , B29C48/12 , B29C2948/00 , B29C2948/926 , B29C2948/92647 , B29C2948/92923
Abstract: A method of forming an oral product includes extruding a mixture, conveying the extruded mixture through one or more pairs of forming rollers, and cutting the extruded mixture into one or more oral products. The mixture can include polymer and at least one flavorant, sweetener, active ingredient, or combination thereof. The extruded mixture forms an extrudate having a predetermined cross-sectional shape. The one or more pairs of forming rollers abut to define a passage there between as each forming roller rotates. The passage has a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the predetermined cross-sectional shape. The method can be performed using a machine including an extruder, one or more pairs of forming rollers, and a cutting device.
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公开(公告)号:US11540554B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-03
申请号:US16808844
申请日:2020-03-04
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Feng Gao , Frank Scott Atchley , Gregory James Griscik , Christopher Joseph Dinovi , Phillip M. Hulan , Diane L. Gee , Munmaya K. Mishra , James Arthur Strickland
Abstract: An oral tobacco product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix and tobacco fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral tobacco product can be formed by extruding a mixture of mouth-stable polymer and tobacco fibers.
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公开(公告)号:US11213988B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-04
申请号:US16942102
申请日:2020-07-29
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
IPC: B29C48/00 , B29C48/07 , B29C48/92 , A23G3/02 , A23G3/34 , A24B15/16 , A24B15/12 , A24B15/24 , A24B15/14 , B29C48/12
Abstract: A method of forming an oral product includes extruding a mixture, conveying the extruded mixture through one or more pairs of forming rollers, and cutting the extruded mixture into one or more oral products. The mixture can include polymer and at least one flavorant, sweetener, active ingredient, or combination thereof. The extruded mixture forms an extrudate having a predetermined cross-sectional shape. The one or more pairs of forming rollers abut to define a passage there between as each forming roller rotates. The passage has a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the predetermined cross-sectional shape. The method can be performed using a machine including an extruder, one or more pairs of forming rollers, and a cutting device.
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公开(公告)号:US10899032B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-26
申请号:US16822586
申请日:2020-03-18
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
IPC: B26D7/06 , A23G7/00 , B65G17/30 , B26D1/08 , B26D7/18 , A23G3/34 , A23G3/06 , B26D7/30 , A23G4/04
Abstract: A method of forming an oral product includes gripping a rod of oral product material with a gripping device, indexing the rod forward to have a leading end of the rod abut a stop at a first location, cutting a leading portion of the rod to create an oral product, moving the stop to a second location to allow the oral product to fall, moving the stop back to the first location, and repeating the process. A machine for forming an oral product can include a cutting device adapted to cut through a rod of plastic material, a stop spaced from the cutting device, the stop being adapted to be moved from a first location to a second location, a gripping device adapted to hold and index a rod towards the stop, and a load cell positioned to receive oral products cut from a rod by the cutting device.
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公开(公告)号:US10336597B2
公开(公告)日:2019-07-02
申请号:US15078608
申请日:2016-03-23
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Gregory James Griscik , Jonathan David Watson , Carl Gregory Miller , Rosana C. Altoveros , Lawrence E. Tipton , Jeremy Straight , David Alvarez , John Nelson
IPC: B67D1/00 , B67D1/12 , B67D1/16 , B67D1/08 , B65D85/804
Abstract: An alcoholic beverage forming apparatus operable to dispense an alcoholic beverage having a desired flavor, proof, temperature, and volume mixes water and alcohol with a flavor medium to form an alcoholic beverage having a desired flavor that may be dispensed from the apparatus. The apparatus includes a capsule holder, a water supply reservoir and an alcohol supply reservoir. The reservoirs are operable to respectively supply water and alcohol to a mixing manifold of the apparatus to such that the water and alcohol are combined in the mixing manifold to form an alcoholic beverage mixture which is subsequently mixed with a flavor medium contained in an interior of a beverage capsule. A dispenser is operable to dispense an alcoholic beverage therefrom during operation of the alcoholic beverage forming apparatus.
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公开(公告)号:US10093058B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-09
申请号:US14206688
申请日:2014-03-12
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Abstract: A method of forming an oral product includes extruding a mixture, conveying the extruded mixture through one or more pairs of forming rollers, and cutting the extruded mixture into one or more oral products. The mixture can include polymer and at least one flavorant, sweetener, active ingredient, or combination thereof. The extruded mixture forms an extrudate having a predetermined cross-sectional shape. The one or more pairs of forming rollers abut to define a passage there between as each forming roller rotates. The passage has a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the predetermined cross-sectional shape. The method can be performed using a machine including an extruder, one or more pairs of forming rollers, and a cutting device.
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公开(公告)号:US12193470B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-14
申请号:US18062832
申请日:2022-12-07
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Feng Gao , Frank Scott Atchley , Gregory James Griscik , Christopher Joseph Dinovi , Phillip M. Hulan , Diane L. Gee , Munmaya K. Mishra , James Arthur Strickland
IPC: A24B13/00
Abstract: An oral tobacco product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix and tobacco fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral tobacco product can be formed by extruding a mixture of mouth-stable polymer and tobacco fibers.
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公开(公告)号:US11541001B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-03
申请号:US16840820
申请日:2020-04-06
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Feng Gao , Frank Scott Atchley , Gregory James Griscik , Christopher Joseph Dinovi , Phillip M. Hulan , Diane L. Gee , Gerd Kobal
Abstract: An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and an additive dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the additive from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva.
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公开(公告)号:US11332281B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-17
申请号:US16813084
申请日:2020-03-09
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Gregory James Griscik , Chris Simpson
IPC: D21H23/50 , B05D1/02 , B65D25/14 , B65B1/00 , D21H27/10 , D21H23/66 , D21H19/22 , A24F23/00 , D21H23/44 , B05B7/04 , B05B12/08 , B65D3/04
Abstract: A method of forming a coating on a cylindrical paperboard container having a closed end. The method includes the steps of heating a gas from a first temperature to a second temperature; providing the gas to a first inlet of a nozzle; providing a polymer in a liquid state at a third temperature; providing the polymer to a second inlet of the nozzle; and spraying the polymer onto the cylindrical paperboard container using the nozzle; wherein the second temperature is greater than the third temperature; and the second temperature and third temperature are such that the gas maintains the polymer in the liquid state at least until the polymer comes into contact with the cylindrical paperboard container. A system for applying a coating to a plurality of cylindrical paperboard containers and a container for a consumer product are also provided.
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公开(公告)号:US10604302B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-31
申请号:US13682412
申请日:2012-11-20
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor: Gregory James Griscik , Chris Simpson
IPC: B65D25/14 , B05D1/02 , B65B1/00 , D21H27/10 , D21H23/66 , D21H23/50 , D21H19/22 , A24F23/00 , D21H23/44 , B05B7/04 , B05B12/08 , B65D3/04
Abstract: A method of forming a coating on a cylindrical paperboard container having a closed end. The method includes the steps of heating a gas from a first temperature to a second temperature; providing the gas to a first inlet of a nozzle; providing a polymer in a liquid state at a third temperature; providing the polymer to a second inlet of the nozzle; and spraying the polymer onto the cylindrical paperboard container using the nozzle; wherein the second temperature is greater than the third temperature; and the second temperature and third temperature are such that the gas maintains the polymer in the liquid state at least until the polymer comes into contact with the cylindrical paperboard container. A system for applying a coating to a plurality of cylindrical paperboard containers and a container for a consumer product are also provided.
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