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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Timothy Frederick Thomas, High Point, NC (US);
Vernon Brent Barnes, Advance, NC (US);
John Larkin Nelson, Lewisville, NC (US);
August Joseph Borschke, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Frederick Thomas, High Point, NC (US);
Vernon Brent Barnes, Advance, NC (US);
John Larkin Nelson, Lewisville, NC (US);
August Joseph Borschke, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Assignee:
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for manufacturing small quantities of cigarettes in a substantially simultaneous fashion while maintaining consistent quality between the cigarettes. The invention provides an apparatus and method for simultaneously inserting charges of tobacco into pre-formed tubular cigarette wrappers.