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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2021
Applicant:
Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Dwight D. Williams, Richmond, VA (US);
Charles David Howe, Crewe, VA (US);
Assignee:
Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/18 (2006.01); A24C 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/1807 (2013.01); A24C 1/02 (2013.01); A24C 5/1842 (2013.01); A24C 5/1892 (2013.01);
Abstract
The method includes transporting tobacco into and through a shaft of a tongue of a compression box, and compressing the tobacco into a tobacco rod as the tobacco is transported through the compression box, the compression box including a first plate, a first portion of the first plate being formed over an upper portion of the shaft, the first portion running along a majority of a longitudinal length of the shaft.