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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Canopy Growth Corporation, Smiths Falls, CA;
Inventors:
Luc Boucher, Ottawa, CA;
Mike Sirois, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION, Smiths Falls, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/06 (2006.01); A24C 5/54 (2006.01); A24C 5/12 (2006.01); A24C 5/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/06 (2013.01); A24C 5/12 (2013.01); A24C 5/44 (2013.01); A24C 5/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cone staging apparatus for production of smoking articles includes (a) a frame, and (b) a cone pallet releasably supported by the frame. The cone pallet includes a plurality of cavities. Each cavity has an open upper end for receiving a cone therein. The apparatus further includes (c) a cone magazine adjacent the frame for holding a supply of cones. The cone magazine includes at least one escapement alignable over the open upper end of a respective cavity of the cone pallet to facilitate transferring a single cone from the supply of cones to the respective cavity.