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Patent No.:

US 12082622 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2022

Rotatable drum and method and system using the same for the automated production of e-vapor devices

Applicant:

Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);

Inventors:

Edmond J. Cadieux, Jr., Mechanicsville, VA (US);

Martin T. Garthaffner, Richmond, VA (US);

Barry S. Smith, Hopewell, VA (US);

Assignee:

Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US);

Attorney:

HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Carson Gross

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/70 (2020.01); A24C 5/32 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); B65C 3/06 (2006.01); B65C 3/08 (2006.01); B65C 9/02 (2006.01); B65C 9/08 (2006.01); B65C 9/26 (2006.01); B65G 47/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/70 (2020.01); A24C 5/327 (2013.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); B65C 9/02 (2013.01); B65C 9/08 (2013.01); B65C 9/26 (2013.01); B65G 47/847 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); B65C 3/06 (2013.01); B65C 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rotating drum for use in manufacturing vapor-generating articles may include a drum body. A plurality of grooves may be disposed in an outer face of the drum body. A seat may be tractably-mounted in each one of the plurality of grooves. The seat may include a seat groove that is structured and arranged to receive and hold a rigid casing of a vapor-generating article. The seat may be composed of a material that is softer than a material of the rigid casing.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Cadieux, Jr., Edmond. (2024). Rotatable drum and method and system using the same for the automated production of e-vapor devices (U.S. Patent No. 12082622). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12082622

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