Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cigarette customization apparatus and associated method
- Patent Title (中): 香烟定制设备及相关方法
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Application No.: US11678672Application Date: 2007-02-26
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Publication No.: US08171941B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Brent Walker Carter , John Larkin Nelson , Rebecca Anne Rogers
- Applicant: Brent Walker Carter , John Larkin Nelson , Rebecca Anne Rogers
- Applicant Address: US NC Winston Salem
- Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Current Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Winston Salem
- Agency: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
- Main IPC: A24D3/04
- IPC: A24D3/04
Abstract:
An apparatus for customizing an as-formed cigarette is provided, wherein the as-formed cigarette has a cylindrical rod configuration defining a longitudinal axis, and includes a filter rod portion and a contiguous tobacco rod portion. Such an apparatus comprises a feeder unit configured to feed an as-formed cigarette, from a plurality of as-formed cigarettes, to a register position. An imprinting unit is configured to interact with the as-formed cigarette in the register position so as to imprint at least one of an alphanumeric character and a graphical character thereon. An associated method is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080202540A1 Cigarette Customization Apparatus and Associated Method Public/Granted day:2008-08-28
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