Patents by Inventor Johnny K. Cagigas

Johnny K. Cagigas 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).

  • Apparatus and method for processing winnowers at a cigarette maker
    Patent number: 6877516
    Abstract: Size reduction equipment is added at the feed end of a cigarette maker to take separated winnowers and other overages from a tobacco feed to the maker, cut or shred the overages to appropriate size and reintroduce the cut or shred overages into the lamina stream from a tobacco feed hopper for the cigarette maker. The winnowers may be pneumatically or mechanically conveyed back into the feed stream in the cigarette maker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Inventor: Johnny K. Cagigas
  • Apparatus and method for processing winnowers at a cigarette maker
    Publication number: 20040261806
    Abstract: Size reduction equipment is added at the feed end of a cigarette maker to take separated winnowers and other overages from a tobacco feed to the maker, cut or shred the overages to appropriate size and reintroduce the cut or shred overages into the lamina stream from a tobacco feed hopper for the cigarette maker. The winnowers may be pneumatically or mechanically conveyed back into the feed stream in the cigarette maker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventor: Johnny K. Cagigas