Patents by Inventor Roger Allen Beroth

Roger Allen Beroth 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).

  • Tobacco rod manufacturing apparatus
    Patent number: 9445627
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for forming tobacco rod portions of a smoking article. A conveyor unit is configured to receive a continuous stream of the tobacco material and to transport the continuous tobacco material stream along an elongate path for formation of the continuous tobacco material stream into a continuous tobacco rod, wherein the conveyor unit is housed in a conveyor housing. A suction system is in fluid communication with the conveyor housing through a suction port and is configured to apply suction to the conveyor housing via the suction port so as to draw the continuous tobacco stream into engagement with the conveyor unit. A wear resistant member is engaged with a wall of the conveyor housing and defines the suction port, wherein the wear resistant member is configured to resist wear from interaction with particles associated with the tobacco material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Roger Allen Beroth, Elwood Dale Scott, Jr., Timothy Franklin Tilley
  • TOBACCO ROD MANUFACTURING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110259351
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for forming tobacco rod portions of a smoking article. A conveyor unit is configured to receive a continuous stream of the tobacco material and to transport the continuous tobacco material stream along an elongate path for formation of the continuous tobacco material stream into a continuous tobacco rod, wherein the conveyor unit is housed in a conveyor housing. A suction system is in fluid communication with the conveyor housing through a suction port and is configured to apply suction to the conveyor housing via the suction port so as to draw the continuous tobacco stream into engagement with the conveyor unit. A wear resistant member is engaged with a wall of the conveyor housing and defines the suction port, wherein the wear resistant member is configured to resist wear from interaction with particles associated with the tobacco material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Roger Allen Beroth, Elwood Dale Scott, JR., Timothy Franklin Tilley