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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2015
Applicant:
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventors:
Balager Ademe, Winston Salem, NC (US);
John Larkin Nelson, Lewisville, NC (US);
Assignee:
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 7/00 (2006.01); G01M 7/08 (2006.01); A24F 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 7/08 (2013.01); A24F 47/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A testing device is provided which can provide a testing force to smoking articles of various types, in order to determine if ash breakage is appropriate or if the heating element of a heat not burn smoking article becomes loose under normal working conditions.