Patents by Inventor Traci L. Franklin

Traci L. Franklin 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).

  • Electrical smoking system and method
    Patent number: 6688313
    Abstract: An electrical smoking system comprising a cigarette and an electric lighter, wherein the cigarette comprises a tubular tobacco mat partially filled with material tobacco so as to define a filled tobacco rod portion and an unfilled tobacco rod portion. The cigarette and the lighter are mutually arranged so that when the cigarette is received in the lighter, the electrical heater element of the lighter at least partially superposes at least a portion of the filled tobacco rod portion. The cigarette and the lighter are also mutually arranged so that when the cigarette is received in the lighter, the free end of the cigarette is occluded. The cigarette includes a zone of perforations at a location along the filled tobacco rod portion, with the cigarette being free of perforations along the unfilled tobacco rod portion. An apparatus for perforating a cigarette which can be smoked in an electrical smoking device includes a drum link-up assembly and a laser perforating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventors: Susan E. Wrenn, A. Clifton Lilly, Jr., Traci L. Franklin, Patrick H. Hayes, Mary Ellen Counts, William James Crowe
  • Electrical smoking system and method
    Publication number: 20040020500
    Abstract: An electrical smoking system comprising a cigarette and an electric lighter, wherein the cigarette comprises a tubular tobacco mat partially filled with material tobacco so as to define a filled tobacco rod portion and an unfilled tobacco rod portion. The cigarette and the lighter are mutually arranged so that when the cigarette is received in the lighter, the electrical heater element of the lighter at least partially superposes at least a portion of the filled tobacco rod portion. The cigarette and the lighter are also mutually arranged so that when the cigarette is received in the lighter, the free end of the cigarette is occluded. The cigarette includes a zone of perforations at a location along the filled tobacco rod portion, with the cigarette being free of perforations along the unfilled tobacco rod portion. An apparatus for perforating a cigarette which can be smoked in an electrical smoking device includes a drum link-up assembly and a laser perforating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Susan E. Wrenn, A. Clifton Lilly, Traci L. Franklin, Wesley G. Sanderson, Brett W. Stevenson, Charles W. Harris, Donald H. Jones, Barry S. Smith, Jeffrey A. Swepston, Mikhail S. Braunshteyn, James W. Hall
  • Electrical smoking system and method
    Publication number: 20020005207
    Abstract: An electrical smoking system comprising a cigarette and an electric lighter, wherein the cigarette comprises a tubular tobacco mat partially filled with material tobacco so as to define a filled tobacco rod portion and an unfilled tobacco rod portion. The cigarette and the lighter are mutually arranged so that when the cigarette is received in the lighter, the electrical heater element of the lighter at least partially superposes at least a portion of the filled tobacco rod portion. The cigarette and the lighter are also mutually arranged so that when the cigarette is received in the lighter, the free end of the cigarette is occluded. The cigarette includes a zone of perforations at a location along the filled tobacco rod portion, with the cigarette being free of perforations along the unfilled tobacco rod portion. An apparatus for perforating a cigarette which can be smoked in an electrical smoking device includes a drum link-up assembly and a laser perforating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Susan E. Wrenn, A. Clifton Lilly, Traci L. Franklin, Patrick H. Hayes, Mary Ellen Counts, Wesley G. Sanderson, Brett W. Stevenson, William James Crowe, Charles W. Harris, Donald H. Jones, Barry S. Smith, Jeffrey A. Swepston, Mikhail S. Braunshteyn, James W. Hall