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公开(公告)号：US20210120863A1
公开(公告)日：2021-04-29
申请号：US16663886
申请日：2019-10-25
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dwight D. Williams , Charles David Howe
Abstract: The tongue includes a shaft, the shaft being hollow. The tongue includes an upper plate connected to the shaft. The upper plate includes a first protrusion on a first side of the upper plate, and a second protrusion on the first side of the upper plate. The first protrusion and the second protrusion define a notch. The first protrusion runs along at least part of an upper portion of a longitudinal length of the shaft. The rod forming apparatus includes the tongue. The method installs the tongue on the rod forming apparatus.
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公开(公告)号：US11172703B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-16
申请号：US16663886
申请日：2019-10-25
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dwight D. Williams , Charles David Howe
Abstract: The tongue includes a shaft, the shaft being hollow. The tongue includes an upper plate connected to the shaft. The upper plate includes a first protrusion on a first side of the upper plate, and a second protrusion on the first side of the upper plate. The first protrusion and the second protrusion define a notch. The first protrusion runs along at least part of an upper portion of a longitudinal length of the shaft. The rod forming apparatus includes the tongue. The method installs the tongue on the rod forming apparatus.
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公开(公告)号：US10575551B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-03
申请号：US13971590
申请日：2013-08-20
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dwight D. Williams , Mark A. Derigo , Gerald M. Dale , Charles David Howe
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：US12171256B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-24
申请号：US17519842
申请日：2021-11-05
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dwight D. Williams , Charles David Howe
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.
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公开(公告)号：US12075812B2
公开(公告)日：2024-09-03
申请号：US17849212
申请日：2022-06-24
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dwight D. 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：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：US12193479B2
公开(公告)日：2025-01-14
申请号：US18456700
申请日：2023-08-28
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dwight David Williams , Charles David Howe
Abstract: A bead delivery disk, system and method of delivering flavor beads to a tobacco rod or tow including a bead source, a bead delivery disk in communication with the bead source, including a central disk portion having front and back sides and a first central thickness, an inner annular rim around the central disk portion, the inner annular rim having a second thickness less than said first thickness, a series of pockets spaced around the inner annular rim and multiple vacuum transmission apertures located on one side of the disk, each aperture communicating with at least one of the pockets.
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公开(公告)号：US11771131B2
公开(公告)日：2023-10-03
申请号：US17319462
申请日：2021-05-13
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dwight David Williams , Charles David Howe
CPC classification number: A24D3/0287 , A24D3/0237 , A24D3/061 , B65G29/00 , B65G47/91 , B65G2201/0226
Abstract: A bead delivery disk, system and method of delivering flavor beads to a tobacco rod or tow including a bead source, a bead delivery disk in communication with the bead source, including a central disk portion having front and back sides and a first central thickness, an inner annular rim around the central disk portion, the inner annular rim having a second thickness less than said first thickness, a series of pockets spaced around the inner annular rim and multiple vacuum transmission apertures located on one side of the disk, each aperture communicating with at least one of the pockets.
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公开(公告)号：US11252989B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-22
申请号：US16663787
申请日：2019-10-25
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Charles David Howe , Dwight D. Williams
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.
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公开(公告)号：US11006662B1
公开(公告)日：2021-05-18
申请号：US15186245
申请日：2016-06-17
Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
Inventor： Dwight David Williams , Charles David Howe
Abstract: A bead delivery disk, system and method of delivering flavor beads to a tobacco rod or tow including a bead source, a bead delivery disk in communication with the bead source, including a central disk portion having front and back sides and a first central thickness, an inner annular rim around the central disk portion, the inner annular rim having a second thickness less than said first thickness, a series of pockets spaced around the inner annular rim and multiple vacuum transmission apertures located on one side of the disk, each aperture communicating with at least one of the pockets.
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