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US 11,998,039 B2Granted
Garniture with insert
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorDwight D. Williams
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Abstract
The garniture includes at least one first garniture section with a first longitudinal length and a first upper surface, a first groove being defined within the first upper surface along the first longitudinal length, the first groove being defined by one or more first mating surfaces, and at least one first insert overlaying the first groove, an upper end of the at least first insert defining a second groove within a second upper surface of the at least one first insert, a lower end of the at least one insert including one or more second mating surfaces, a first upper portion of the first upper surface and a second upper portion of the second upper surface being substantially flush with each other.
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A garniture, comprising:
- at least one first garniture section with a first longitudinal length and a first upper surface, a first groove being defined within the first upper surface along the first longitudinal length, the first groove being defined by one or more first mating surfaces;
- at least one first insert overlaying the first groove, an upper end of the at least first insert defining a second groove within a second upper surface of the at least one first insert, a lower end of the at least one insert including one or more second mating surfaces, a first upper portion of the first upper surface and a second upper portion of the second upper surface being substantially flush with each other;
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- at least one second garniture section, a third groove being defined within a third upper surface of the at least one second garniture section, the at least one first garniture section and the at least one second garniture section being contiguously connected to each other so that the second groove is in communication with the third groove.
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A garniture, comprising:
- at least one first garniture section with a first longitudinal length and a first upper surface, a first groove being defined within the first upper surface along the first longitudinal length, the first groove being defined by one or more first mating surfaces;
- at least one first insert overlaying the first groove, an upper end of the at least first insert defining a second groove within a second upper surface of the at least one first insert, a lower end of the at least one insert including one or more second mating surface, a first upper portion of the first upper surface and a second upper portion of the second upper surface being substantially flush with each other, the at least one first garniture section including a first garniture section and a second garniture section, the at least one first insert overlaying both the first garniture section and the second garniture section;
- a third garniture section, a third groove being defined within a third upper surface of the third garniture section;
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- a fourth garniture section, a fourth groove being defined within a fourth upper surface of the fourth garniture section,
- wherein the first garniture section, the second garniture section, the third garniture section and the fourth garniture section are contiguously connected so that the second groove is in communication with the third groove and the fourth groove.
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A garniture, comprising:
- at least one first garniture section with a first longitudinal length and a first upper surface, a first groove being defined within the first upper surface along the first longitudinal length, the first groove being defined by one or more first mating surfaces;
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- at least one first insert overlaying the first groove, an upper end of the at least first insert defining a second groove within a second upper surface of the at least one first insert, a lower end of the at least one insert including one or more second mating surfaces, a first upper portion of the first upper surface and a second upper portion of the second upper surface being substantially flush with each other,
- the at least one first garniture section defining at least one cooling hole that traverses through a first end and a second end of the at least one first garniture section, the at least one cooling hole running through the first longitudinal length of the at least one first garniture section, and
- the first groove haing a fourth width and a first depth within the at least one first garniture section, the fourth width being about perpendicular to the first longitudinal length and the first depth being based on a lowest elevation of the first groove, and about 5% to about 35% of a total vertical cross-sectional area of the at least one cooling hole being within the fourth width and the first depth of the first groove.
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A finishing section of a rod forming apparatus, comprising:
- a garniture, the garniture including
- at least one first garniture section with a first longitudinal length and a first upper surface, a first groove being defined within the first upper surface along the first longitudinal length, the first groove being defined by one or more first mating surfaces;
- at least one first insert overlaying the first groove, an upper end of the at least first insert defining a second groove within a second upper surface of the at least one first insert, a lower end of the at least one insert including one or more second mating surfaces, a first upper portion of the first upper surface and a second upper portion of the second upper surface being substantially flush with each other;
- finishing stations;
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- a lower belt, the finishing stations being on the garniture, the lower belt being configured to travel through the second groove and between the garniture and the finishing stations, the lower belt being configured to transport a column of tabacco on at least one covering through the finishing section, and the finishing stations being configured to compress the column of tabacco into a tobacco rod and longitudinally wrap the tobacco rod with the at least one covering,
- the garniture including at least one second garniture section, and
- the finish stations including,
- at least one first station that is configured to wrap the tobacco rod with the at least one covering,
- at least one second station that is configured to form the tobacco rod or further process the tobacco rod besides wrapping the tobacco rod, and
- the at least one first station is on the at least one first garniture section, and the at least one second station is on the at least one second garniture section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.