Patents by Inventor Herbert Carrington Longest, JR.

Herbert Carrington Longest, JR. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SLIDE MEASURING SYSTEM FOR FILLING POUCHES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20230002087
    Abstract: Systems and methods for metering a granular material for packaging in pouches are disclosed. A system includes a hopper structured and arranged to hold a granular material in a hopper cavity. The system also includes a measuring system including a measuring cavity and a tube that is slidable in the hopper cavity between a first position unaligned with the measuring cavity and a second position over and aligned with the measuring cavity. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move a portion of the granular material from the hopper cavity to the measuring cavity when the tube is in the first position. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move the portion of the granular material from the measuring cavity to a pouch making machine using pressurized gas when the tube is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicants: Altria Client Services LLC, Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Herbert Carrington LONGEST, JR., Jarrod W. CHALKLEY, Tamika S. MURRELL, Leah A. MEYERS, Jeremy J. STRAIGHT, Travis M. GARTHAFFNER
  • Slide measuring system for filling pouches and associated method
    Patent number: 11447277
    Abstract: Systems and methods for metering a granular material for packaging in pouches are disclosed. A system includes a hopper structured and arranged to hold a granular material in a hopper cavity. The system also includes a measuring system including a measuring cavity and a tube that is slidable in the hopper cavity between a first position unaligned with the measuring cavity and a second position over and aligned with the measuring cavity. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move a portion of the granular material from the hopper cavity to the measuring cavity when the tube is in the first position. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move the portion of the granular material from the measuring cavity to a pouch making machine using pressurized gas when the tube is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Herbert Carrington Longest, Jr., Jarrod W. Chalkley, Tamika S. Murrell, Leah A. Meyers, Jeremy J. Straight, Travis M. Garthaffner
  • SLIDE MEASURING SYSTEM FOR FILLING POUCHES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20190352026
    Abstract: Systems and methods for metering a granular material for packaging in pouches are disclosed. A system includes a hopper structured and arranged to hold a granular material in a hopper cavity. The system also includes a measuring system including a measuring cavity and a tube that is slidable in the hopper cavity between a first position unaligned with the measuring cavity and a second position over and aligned with the measuring cavity. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move a portion of the granular material from the hopper cavity to the measuring cavity when the tube is in the first position. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move the portion of the granular material from the measuring cavity to a pouch making machine using pressurized gas when the tube is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Herbert Carrington LONGEST, JR., Jarrod W. CHALKLEY, Tamika S. MURRELL, Leah A. MEYERS, Jeremy J. STRAIGHT, Travis M. GARTHAFFNER
  • Slide measuring system for filling pouches and associated method
    Patent number: 10399712
    Abstract: Systems and methods for metering a granular material for packaging in pouches are disclosed. A system includes a hopper structured and arranged to hold a granular material in a hopper cavity. The system also includes a measuring system including a measuring cavity and a tube that is slidable in the hopper cavity between a first position unaligned with the measuring cavity and a second position over and aligned with the measuring cavity. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move a portion of the granular material from the hopper cavity to the measuring cavity when the tube is in the first position. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move the portion of the granular material from the measuring cavity to a pouch making machine using pressurized gas when the tube is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Herbert Carrington Longest, Jr., Jarrod W. Chalkley, Tamika S. Murrell, Leah A. Meyers, Jeremy J. Straight, Travis M. Garthaffner
  • SLIDE MEASURING SYSTEM FOR FILLING POUCHES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20150183532
    Abstract: Systems and methods for metering a granular material for packaging in pouches are disclosed. A system includes a hopper structured and arranged to hold a granular material in a hopper cavity. The system also includes a measuring system including a measuring cavity and a tube that is slidable in the hopper cavity between a first position unaligned with the measuring cavity and a second position over and aligned with the measuring cavity. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move a portion of the granular material from the hopper cavity to the measuring cavity when the tube is in the first position. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move the portion of the granular material from the measuring cavity to a pouch making machine using pressurized gas when the tube is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Herbert Carrington Longest, JR., Jarrod W. Chalkley, Tamika S. Murrell, Leah A. Meyers, Jeremy J. Straight, Travis M. Garthaffner
  • Plug space plug filter with flavor bead
    Patent number: 9066541
    Abstract: A filter component for a smoking article includes an upstream segment of filter material, a downstream segment of filter material in a spaced apart relation to the upstream segment of filter material so as to define a cavity therebetween, and a flavor bead disposed in the cavity. The flavor bead has an outer diameter, which is at least 75% of the spaced apart relation of the upstream segment of filter material and the downstream segment of filter material. The outer diameter of the flavor bead does not exceed an outer diameter of either the upstream or downstream segments of filter material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lynn Allen, Dwight D. Williams, Herbert Carrington Longest, Jr., Robert E. Lee
  • PLUG SPACE PLUG FILTER WITH FLAVOR BEAD
    Publication number: 20120037172
    Abstract: A filter component for a smoking article includes an upstream segment of filter material, a downstream segment of filter material in a spaced apart relation to the upstream segment of filter material so as to define a cavity therebetween, and a flavor bead disposed in the cavity. The flavor bead has an outer diameter, which is at least 75% of the spaced apart relation of the upstream segment of filter material and the downstream segment of filter material. The outer diameter of the flavor bead does not exceed an outer diameter of either the upstream or downstream segments of filter material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lynn Allen, Dwight D. Williams, Herbert Carrington Longest, JR., Robert E. Lee