Barry S Fagg

US Patent:

6360751, Mar 26, 2002

Filed:

Dec 1, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/452413

Inventors:

Barry Smith Fagg - Winston-Salem NC
Mickey Lee Smith - Winston-Salem NC
John Larkin Nelson - Lewisville NC
Travis Eugene Howard - Clemmons NC

Assignee:

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

A24C 518

US Classification:

131 844, 131 831

Abstract:

An asymmetrical trimmer disk/paddle wheel apparatus for trimming tobacco from a stream or braid of cut tobacco in a cigarette maker comprises a pair of counter rotating disks with a plurality of pockets arranged to coact with one another to trim off excess tobacco and create densified regions at the filter and lit ends of a cigarette rod product made in the maker. The pockets are constructed with different widths and depths to provide densified regions of different densities and lengths at the filter and lit ends of the cigarette rod product. The cigarette rod product formed by the asymmetrical trimmer disk/paddle wheel apparatus has an improved density profile that minimizes rejects at maker speeds up to about 8000 rods/minute.

US Patent:

6364106, Apr 2, 2002

Filed:

Jun 16, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/595657

Inventors:

Barry Smith Fagg - Winston-Salem NC

Assignee:

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

B65D 8510

US Classification:

206268, 40312, 206273, 2064595, 2291601

Abstract:

A logo-reinforcing package contains a bundle of products, such as cigarettes. The package has a hinged lid which uncovers the ends of the cigarettes, and an innerframe with a cutout which exposes portions of the cigarettes when the package is opened. To teach the consumer to associate the product logo and the product, the logo is imprinted or embossed in the innerframe adjacent the exposed portion of the product. The consumer views the product and the logo simultaneously each time the lid is opened to extract a cigarette, and therefore is taught to associate the logo and the product.

US Patent:

6708695, Mar 23, 2004

Filed:

Nov 9, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/986598

Inventors:

Barry Smith Fagg - Winston-Salem NC 27104
Mickey Lee Smith - Winston-Salem NC 27106
John Larkin Nelson - Lewisville NC 27106
Travis Eugene Howard - Clemmons NC 27012

International Classification:

A24B 100

US Classification:

131360, 131 844, 131 831, 131361, 131364, 131 39, 131 94, 131 10, 131 43, 131 65, 131 84

Abstract:

An asymmetrical trimmer disk/paddle wheel apparatus for trimming tobacco from a stream or braid of cut tobacco in a cigarette maker comprises a pair of counter rotating disks with a plurality of pockets arranged to coact with one another to trim off excess tobacco and create densified regions at the filter and lit ends of a cigarette rod product made in the maker. The pockets are constructed with different widths and depths to provide densified regions of different densities and lengths at the filter and lit ends of the cigarette rod product. The cigarette rod product formed by the asymmetrical trimmer disk/paddle wheel apparatus has an improved density profile that minimizes rejects at maker speeds up to about 8000 rods/minute.

US Patent:

7124883, Oct 24, 2006

Filed:

Dec 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/022016

Inventors:

Timothy Frederick Thomas - High Point NC, US
Barry Smith Fagg - Winston-Salem NC, US

International Classification:

B65D 85/10
B65D 85/20
B65D 81/20

US Classification:

206256, 206261, 206443, 2065248, 220504, 220555, 2202582

Abstract:

A package or container for holding two or more types or brands of smoking articles, such as cigarettes, having a generally rectangular shape with two openings on opposite sides of the container and a method of making the same is disclosed. The container has two lids, a body, and a separation member that divides the container into two or more compartments, each filled with smoking articles. The lids are made of metal and are hinged to the body on opposite ends of the container using strap hinges made of a paper or foil laminate, and contain printed information such as text and logos. The separation member includes raised portions to hold the smoking articles securely within the compartments and each compartment is sealed with a layer of film that may be pulled up and off of the container compartment using a tab attached to the sealing layer. The freshness and diffusion of aromas from the different types or brands of smoking articles is prevented from migrating between the separate compartments by use of low permeability materials including various plastics and metals.

US Patent:

7363929, Apr 29, 2008

Filed:

Oct 9, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/682570

Inventors:

Barry Smith Fagg - Winston-Salem NC, US
Vernon Brent Barnes - Advance NC, US
Sydney Keith Seymour - Clemmons NC, US
Lloyd Harmon Hancock - Walnut Cove NC, US
John Larkin Nelson - Lewisville NC, US
Balager Ademe - Winston-Salem NC, US

Assignee:

R.J. Reynolds Tabacco Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

A24C 1/26

US Classification:

131 35, 131 67, 131 68, 131 69

Abstract:

Cigarettes can be manufactured using modified automated cigarette making apparatus. Those cigarettes can possess smokable rods having paper wrapping materials having additive materials applied thereto as patterns. The additive materials can have the forms of liquid or paste formulations. The formulation can be applied to the paper web using application apparatus possessing rollers. A radiant dryer can be used to dry the additive material applied to the paper web. Such a system provides a source of paper web, applies additive material to that web in a pattern, dries the paper web, and winds the treated paper web on to a bobbin. That bobbin can be later used to provide a source of paper web on a cigarette making machine, which unrolls that bobbin, receives the treated paper web from that bobbin, supplies tobacco filler and manufactures a cigarette rod from the paper web and tobacco filler.

US Patent:

7479098, Jan 20, 2009

Filed:

Sep 23, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/234834

Inventors:

Timothy Frederick Thomas - High Point NC, US
Robert William Benford - Kernersville NC, US
Barry Smith Fagg - Winston-Salem NC, US

Assignee:

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

B31C 13/00

US Classification:

493 39, 493 48, 493 50, 493941

Abstract:

Apparatus incorporating a filter tow processing unit adapted to supply filter tow to a continuous rod forming unit includes an object insertion unit that positions objects within the filter tow to manufacture a filter rod containing objects positioned at predetermined intervals. The apparatus also includes an upper hopper that acts as a reservoir for a plurality of objects, and provides for supply of objects to a lower hopper. The lower hopper is shaped so that objects are stacked therein. The bottom of the lower hopper is shaped so as to cooperate with a portion of upper region of a rotating wheel. The peripheral face of the rotating wheel incorporates a plurality of spaced pockets, each pocket being of sufficient shape and size to accommodate one object. Objects within the lower hopper are aligned in a single line along a portion of the peripheral face in the upper region of the rotating wheel. Each object then is positioned at predetermined intervals within a continuous supply of filter material.

US Patent:

D675516, Feb 5, 2013

Filed:

Nov 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

29/378474

Inventors:

Laya Katina Palmer Horton - Winston-Salem NC, US
Michael Eromosele Abhulimen - Danville CA, US
Jonathan David Corwin - Winston-Salem NC, US
Barry Smith Fagg - Winston-Salem NC, US
Pankaj Patel - Clemmons NC, US
Jerry Wayne Pipes - Clemmons NC, US

Assignee:

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

0903

US Classification:

D 9424, D9428

US Patent:

20040217023, Nov 4, 2004

Filed:

May 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/429000

Inventors:

Barry Fagg - Winston-Salem NC, US
Timothy Thomas - High Point NC, US
Vernon Barnes - Advance NC, US
David Keller - Advance NC, US
Eric Gross - Kernersville NC, US
Mark Powell - Winston-Salem NC, US

International Classification:

B65D085/10
B65D085/12

US Classification:

206/242000

Abstract:

A cigarette package comprises a main body having a front recessed portion and a rear recessed portion opposite the front recessed portion. A first reclosable lid covers the front recessed portion and a second reclosable lid covers the second recessed portion. A plurality of cigarettes may be positioned in the front and rear recessed portions.