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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Timothy Brian Nestor, Advance, NC (US);
Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr., Clemmons, NC (US);
Wayne Douglas Brown, Walnut Cove, NC (US);
Nicholas Harrison Watson, Westfield, NC (US);
Charles Jacob Novak, III, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Paul A. Brinkley, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
James Robert Covino, Haverhill, MA (US);
John DePiano, Burlington, MA (US);
Edward Louis Dickinson, Leicester, MA (US);
Eugene R. Harris, Groton, MA (US);
Kevin Edward Keough, Canton, MA (US);
David Jay Smith, Needham, MA (US);
John Hook, Temple, NH (US);
Michael LaCourse, Manchester, NH (US);
Robert Metcalf, Peterborough, NH (US);
Steven Hart, Acton, MA (US);
David Pelletier, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Marc Bourque, Weare, NH (US);
Nathaniel Cambray, Litchfield, NH (US);
John William Wolber, Nashua, NH (US);
James William McClellan, Hollis, NH (US);
Steven R. Mongillo, Oneonta, NY (US);
Frank S. Silveira, Wilmington, MA (US);
Michael Laine, Newburyport, MA (US);
Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by transporting carriages between various substations at which parts are added to a base. In another assembly method, the base may be moved between a plurality of robots which direct the base downwardly into contact with components to couple the components therewith. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion.