Gas-based material compression and portioning

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12138881
APP PUB NO 20240025139A1
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18476563

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An apparatus includes a fixed assembly and a reciprocating assembly. The fixed assembly includes a hopper, a first gas manifold, and a dispensing chamber, and the reciprocating assembly includes a channel assembly defining a channel conduit, a shield plate vertically aligned therewith, and a second gas manifold. The reciprocating assembly may move, in relation to the fixed assembly, to a first position to enable the channel conduit to be filled with bulk compressible material from the hopper, a second position to enable compressible material to be pushed from the channel conduit to the dispensing conduit and to be compressed in the dispensing chamber according to a first gas directed through the channel conduit by the first gas manifold, and a third position to enable the compressed material to be pushed out of the dispensing conduit according to a second gas directed through the dispensing conduit by the second gas manifold.

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ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLCRICHMOND VA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chalkley, Jarrod W Mechanicsville, US 22 37
Evans, James D Chesterfield, US 58 638
Nelson, Gregory L Chester, US 20 294
Newcomb, Christopher R Powhatan, US 21 225
Nguyen, Thien Glen Allen, US 72 1757
Powell,, Jr Robert V Midlothian, US 12 48
Straight, Jeremy Midlothian, US 25 204
Sundberg, Sean Richmond, US 25 513
Yerkic-Husejnovic, Berina Richmond, US 41 1038

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