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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2019
Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
William Robert Collett, Lexington, NC (US);
Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Paul Andrew Brinkley, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jeffrey Edward Allgeyer, Gibsonville, NC (US);
Ethan Matthew Bernhardt, Cookeville, TN (US);
Andrew Ross Matthews, Cookeville, TN (US);
Roger Ritter, Büren, CH;
Stephen Todd Schafer, Denver, CO (US);
Mathieu Leboeuf, Denver, CO (US);
Martin Lee Maple, Aurora, CO (US);
Trenton S. Noonan, Parker, CO (US);
Kevin Paul Schafer, Lakewood, CO (US);
RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. A system may include assembly cells each including an assembly track and assembly carriages that ride thereon and which engage components of partially-assembled cartridges. A transfer apparatus may transfer partially-assembled cartridges between the assembly cells. In another example system, cartridges may be assembled on platforms on a rotary track. The platforms may include assembly grippers with sequentially-opening clamps configured to receive the components of the partially-assembled cartridges. Related methods are also provided.