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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2021
Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Johnny Keith Cagigas, Advance, NC (US);
William Robert Collett, Lexington, NC (US);
Lawrence P. Balash, Antioch, TN (US);
Scott Lee Brady, Greer, SC (US);
Ronnie Dean Dover, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John Scott Gerow, Taylors, SC (US);
Don Edward Green, Mauldin, SC (US);
John Matthew Odel, Mill Spring, NC (US);
Christopher M. Spencer, White House, TN (US);
Vernon L. Steiner, Mt. Juliet, TN (US);
David James Thierauf, Franklin, TN (US);
Louis Wade Wacker, Antioch, TN (US);
Byron Joseph Williams, Laurens, SC (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. The cartridges may be assembled by coupling a base of the cartridge to a carriage that is transported via a track. The track transports the carriages between various substations at which one or more parts are added to the base. The carriage may be lifted from the track by a lifter mechanism at each substation in order to perform assembly operations on the base. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion at or between the various substations.