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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2020
Applicant:
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventor:
Balager Ademe, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Assignee:
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/34 (2006.01); G01N 22/02 (2006.01); G01N 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/3412 (2013.01); G01N 22/00 (2013.01); G01N 22/02 (2013.01); G01N 2223/052 (2013.01); G01N 2223/601 (2013.01); G01N 2223/621 (2013.01); G01N 2223/646 (2013.01);
Abstract
Testing systems and methods are provided for a smoking article to determine a characteristic of the smoking article, such as density of a material used therewith. The testing system may include a test fixture and an electromagnetic energy generating device The testing methods may be carried out by subjecting the material to the electromagnetic energy and determining the amount of energy absorbed by the material.