Patents by Inventor Barbara Walker Arzonico

Barbara Walker Arzonico 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 for forming a filter component of a smoking article
    Patent number: 8496011
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for forming a filter rod member of a smoking article, such as a cigarette, is provided. The apparatus comprises a rod-forming unit configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An insertion unit is configured to insert an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member. The method comprises forming a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member, and inserting an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member such that the adsorbent material is disposed within the rod member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Norman Philip Andresen, Michael Francis Dube, Barbara Walker Arzonico
  • APPARATUS FOR FORMING A FILTER COMPONENT OF A SMOKING ARTICLE, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20120061025
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for forming a filter rod member of a smoking article, such as a cigarette, is provided. The apparatus comprises a rod-forming unit configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An insertion unit is configured to insert an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member. The method comprises forming a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member, and inserting an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member such that the adsorbent material is disposed within the rod member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Norman Philip Andresen, Michael Francis Dube, Barbara Walker Arzonico
  • Method of forming a cigarette filter rod member
    Patent number: 8079369
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for forming a filter rod member of a smoking article, such as a cigarette, is provided. The apparatus comprises a rod-forming unit configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An insertion unit is configured to insert an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member. The method comprises forming a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member, and inserting an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member such that the adsorbent material is disposed within the rod member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Norman Philip Andresen, Michael Francis Dube, Barbara Walker Arzonico
  • SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20100018540
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product is provided. A tobacco product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of that product comprises a tobacco formulation including a granular tobacco composition enclosed within a water-permeable pouch that has been treated with a substance selected from the group consisting of: an analgesic, a buffer, a coloring, an effervescent, or an organic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: David James Doolittle, Barbara Walker Arzonico, Paul Stuart Chapman, Cynthia Stewart Stokes
  • Apparatus for Forming a Filter Component of a Smoking Article, and Associated Method
    Publication number: 20090288667
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for forming a filter rod member of a smoking article, such as a cigarette, is provided. The apparatus comprises a rod-forming unit configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An insertion unit is configured to insert an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member. The method comprises forming a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member, and inserting an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member such that the adsorbent material is disposed within the rod member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Norman Philip Andresen, Michael Francis Dube, Barbara Walker Arzonico
  • Degradable smoking article
    Patent number: 5709227
    Abstract: A degradable smoking article comprises a tobacco rod and a filter component made of a gathered web of moisture disintegrative sheet material wrapped with a moisture disintegrative plug wrap bonded along a longitudinal seam with a water soluble adhesive. A moisture disintegrative tipping paper coated on one side with a water soluble adhesive secures the tobacco, rod and filter component together. The combination of moisture and other natural elements such as sunlight, mechanical abrasion, etc., dissociates the components of the smoking article over a relatively short period of time. Other embodiments of the filter component include a hollow degradable tube and a monolithic extruded starch filter rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Barbara Walker Arzonico, Michael Francis Dube, Glenn Edward Creamer, Robert Leslie Oglesby, Charles Ray Ashcraft, Robin Kent Wilson