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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Körber Technologies, Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/32 (2006.01); A24C 5/39 (2006.01); A24C 5/33 (2006.01); A24C 5/18 (2006.01); A24C 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/333 (2013.01); A24C 5/185 (2013.01); A24C 5/1821 (2013.01); A24C 5/28 (2013.01); A24C 5/327 (2013.01); A24C 5/395 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for manufacturing cigarettes is provided. The system can include an easily removable and/or replaceable metering device that use a cavity drum to dispense a filler material, a modular garniture format parts bank that can be removed and replaced as a single unit from the cigarette manufacturing machinery, and a cutter head having components operated with a single motor that turns a spline shaft.