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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
May. 07, 2020
Patrick Michael Mullen, San Jose, CA (US);
Patrick Michael Mullen, San Jose, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A twisting apparatus has a rotor driven around an axis by an electric motor, a microcontroller; three elastomeric balls at ends of pivot arms mounted to a lower surface of the rotor such that arms may pivot to move the elastomeric balls toward or away from the central axis, a clutch mechanism having a clutch plate with pins interacting with the pivot arms such that rotation of the rotor from a stopped position in one direction closes the elastomeric balls toward the central axis, and rotation of the rotor from a stopped position in the opposite direction retracts the elastomeric balls; and a detection device sending a trigger event to the micro-controller. The trigger event closes the elastomeric balls on the cigarette end, then reverses to release.