Device and method for manufacturing tobacco products

• US 20140182604A1
• Filed: 11/29/2013
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ryan A. Hutton
• Original Assignee: Ryan A. Hutton
• Inventors: Hutton, Ryan A.
• Application Number:
  US13/998,735
• Publication Number:
  US 20140182604A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 131/70
• CPC Class Codes: A24C 5/42 Pocket cigarette-fillers

Abstract

In general, the present invention is directed to the manufacture of tobacco products, and more specifically to a common device and method to manufacture cylindrical tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars, and therapeutic medical products with varying diameters and geometries.

Claims

1. A tobacco manufacturing device comprising;

a rigid cylindrical shell open on one end;

a funneling device tapered to fit into the open end of the cylindrical shell;

the lateral surface of said cylindrical shell in vertically segmented sections;

said vertically segmented sections anchored on the closed end of the cylindrical shell; and

said vertically segmented sections separable forming an opened cylinder.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein a thin liner may be inserted into the cylindrical shell prior to inserting the funneling device.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein tobacco may be inserted into the thin liner by way of the funneling device.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the compacted tobacco encased in the thin liner may be easily removed from the cylinder with the vertically segmented sections in the separated configuration.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the rigid cylindrical shell has a length of approximately 3 3/16 of an inch and a diameter of approximately 7/16 of an inch, and the funneling device is tapered down to a diameter of approximately ¼

of an inch for insertion into the open end of the cylindrical shell.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the rigid cylindrical shell has a length of approximately 4 9/16 of an inch and a diameter of approximately ¾

of an inch, and the funneling device is tapered down to a diameter of approximately ⅝

of an inch for insertion into the open end of the cylindrical shell.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein the rigid cylindrical shell has a length of approximately 4 5/16 of an inch and a diameter of approximately 9/16 of an inch, and the funneling device is tapered down to a diameter approximately 7/16 of an inch for insertion into the open end of the cylindrical shell.

8. A tobacco manufacturing device comprising;

a rigid cylindrical shell open on one end;

a funneling device tapered to fit into the open end of the cylindrical shell; and

a tobacco grinder attachable to the said funneling device,

9. The device of claim 8 wherein a thin liner may be inserted into the cylindrical shell prior to inserting the funneling device.

10. The device of claim 8 wherein the tobacco grinder and funneling device may be in permanent mechanical communication.

11. The device of claim 8 wherein the rigid cylindrical shell has a length of approximately 3 3/16 of an inch and a diameter of approximately 7/16 of an inch, and the funneling device is tapered down to a diameter of approximately ¼

of an inch for insertion into the open end of the cylindrical shell.

12. The device of claim 8 wherein the rigid cylindrical shell has a length of approximately 4 9/16 of an inch and a diameter of approximately ¾

of an inch, and the funneling device is tapered down to a diameter of approximately ⅝

of an inch for insertion into the open end of the cylindrical shell.

13. The device of claim 8 wherein the rigid cylindrical shell has a length of approximately 4 5/16 of an inch and a diameter of approximately 9/16 of an inch, and the funneling device is tapered down to a diameter approximately 7/16 of an inch for insertion into the open end of the cylindrical shell.

14. A method for manufacturing a tobacco product comprising;

first, inserting a thin liner into the open end of a cylindrical shell with a vertically segmented lateral surface;

second, inserting a funneling device into the open end of the said cylindrical shell;

third, inserting tobacco into the funneling device thereby filling the thin liner;

fourth, compressing the tobacco in the thin liner; and

fifth, removing the compressed tobacco encased in the thin liner by expanding the vertically segmented cylindrical shell.

15. A method for manufacturing a tobacco product comprising;

first, inserting a thin liner into the open end of a cylindrical shell;

second, inserting a funneling device into the open end of the said cylindrical shell;

third, inserting tobacco into the funneling device thereby filling the thin liner;

fourth, compressing the tobacco in the thin liner; and

fifth, removing the compressed tobacco encased in the thin liner.