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Patent No.:

US 12193473 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2024

Product portion enrobing machines and methods

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Andrew Nathan Carroll, Chester, VA (US);

Shannon Maxwell Black, Richmond, VA (US);

Yan Helen Sun, Midlothian, VA (US);

William J. Burke, Nashville, TN (US);

Robert Smith, Glen Allen, VA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Michael A Tolin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 13/00 (2006.01); A24B 3/14 (2006.01); A24B 15/14 (2006.01); A24B 15/18 (2006.01); A24B 15/28 (2006.01); A24B 15/40 (2006.01); A24F 23/02 (2006.01); B05B 13/02 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01); B65D 85/808 (2006.01); B65G 15/24 (2006.01); B65G 15/44 (2006.01); B65G 51/02 (2006.01); D01D 5/00 (2006.01); D01D 5/098 (2006.01); D01D 5/18 (2006.01); D01D 11/06 (2006.01); D04H 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 15/186 (2013.01); A24B 3/14 (2013.01); A24B 13/00 (2013.01); A24B 15/14 (2013.01); A24B 15/28 (2013.01); A24B 15/283 (2013.01); A24B 15/403 (2013.01); A24F 23/02 (2013.01); B05B 13/0221 (2013.01); B65D 85/8061 (2020.05); B65D 85/808 (2013.01); B65G 15/24 (2013.01); B65G 15/44 (2013.01); B65G 51/02 (2013.01); D01D 5/0084 (2013.01); D01D 5/0985 (2013.01); D01D 5/18 (2013.01); D01D 11/06 (2013.01); D04H 13/00 (2013.01); D04H 13/001 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for enrobing a product portion can include at least one polymer spray head adapted to create at least one flow of polymeric fibers to produce at least one polymer enrobing zone and a conveyor system adapted to move at least one product portion from at least one position below at least one polymer enrobing zone and to at least one position above at least one polymer enrobing zone to drop each product portion through one or more polymer enrobing zones a plurality times at different orientations to enrobe each product portion with polymeric fibers.

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