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US 11,478,014 B2Granted
Conditioning system
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsGregory Alan Holmes, Carl Gregory Miller
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Abstract
At least one example embodiment discloses a conditioning system including a first roller, a second roller, a first drive system configured to rotate the first roller in a first rotational direction and rotate the second roller in a second rotational direction and a second drive system configured to move the first roller and the second roller in opposing linear directions, the first drive system and the second drive system being configured to cooperatively control the first roller and the second roller to process a substance.
Claims22
A conditioning system comprising:
- a first roller;
- a second roller;
- a first drive system including a first single motor, the first drive system configured to rotate the first roller in a first rotational direction using the first single motor and rotate the second roller in a second rotational direction using the first single motor;
- a second drive system including a second single motor, the second drive system configured to move the first roller and the second roller in opposing linear directions, the first drive system and the second drive system being configured to cooperatively control the first roller and the second roller to process a substance;
- a third roller;
- a fourth roller, wherein the first drive system is configured to rotate the third roller in the first rotational direction and rotate the fourth roller in the second rotational direction;
- a first comb structure adjacent to the first roller;
- a second comb structure adjacent to the second roller;
- a third comb structure adjacent the third roller;
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- a fourth comb structure adjacent the fourth roller;
- wherein the second drive system is configured to oscillate the first comb structure, the second comb structure, the third comb structure, and the fourth comb structure in a linear direction parallel to a length of the first roller, the second roller, the third roller, and the fourth roller.
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A conditioning system comprising:
- a first roller including a plurality of first teeth;
- a second roller including a plurality of second teeth;
- a first drive system including a first single motor, the first drive system configured to rotate the first roller in a first rotational direction using the first single motor and rotate the second roller in a second rotational direction using the first single motor;
- a second drive system including a second single motor, the second drive system configured to move the first roller and the second roller in opposing linear directions, the first drive system and the second drive system being configured to cooperatively control the first roller and the second roller to process a substance;
- a first comb structure adjacent to the first roller;
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- a second comb structure adjacent to the second roller, the first comb structure and the second comb structure configured to remove the substance from the plurality of first teeth and the plurality of second teeth, respectively, wherein
- the second drive system is configured to oscillate the first comb structure and the second comb structure in a linear direction parallel to a length of the first roller and the second roller, and
- the second drive system is configured to oscillate the first comb structure in a same linear direction as the first roller and the second comb structure in a same linear direction as the second roller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.