Patents by Inventor Jeongqiang Lin

Jeongqiang Lin 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).

  • Manual cigarette making machine operable by a handle located at a side of the machine
    Patent number: 10893697
    Abstract: A manual cigarette making machine including a casing with top and side walls, a compacting chamber access opening in the top wall located above a compacting chamber for receiving loose tobacco, a handle mounted for rotation generally perpendicular to the top wall attached to a driveshaft extending through the sidewall into the machine casing, a cam-driven tamper mechanism operated by the driveshaft for compressing loose tobacco in the compacting chamber, a cam-driven tobacco injection assembly operated by the drive shaft with an injection drive plate mounted for rotation generally parallel to the top wall, and a tobacco spoon associated with the tobacco injection assembly for transporting compressed tobacco from the compacting chamber to a hollow cigarette tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Republic Tobacco L.P.
    Inventor: Jeongqiang Lin
  • MANUAL CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE OPERABLE BY A HANDLE LOCATED AT A SIDE OF THE MACHINE
    Publication number: 20190364955
    Abstract: A manual cigarette making machine including a casing with top and side walls, a compacting chamber access opening in the top wall located above a compacting chamber for receiving loose tobacco, a handle mounted for rotation generally perpendicular to the top wall attached to a driveshaft extending through the sidewall into the machine casing, a cam-driven tamper mechanism operated by the driveshaft for compressing loose tobacco in the compacting chamber, a cam-driven tobacco injection assembly operated by the drive shaft with an injection drive plate mounted for rotation generally parallel to the top wall, and a tobacco spoon associated with the tobacco injection assembly for transporting compressed tobacco from the compacting chamber to a hollow cigarette tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: Jeongqiang Lin
  • Semi-automatic and fully-automatic cigarette-making machines for making cigarettes of varying lengths
    Patent number: 9949503
    Abstract: A cigarette tobacco compacting mechanism for making cigarettes in two or more different lengths having a compacting chamber for receiving loose tobacco, a compacting member mounted for reciprocal motion in the compacting chamber to compact the loose tobacco, and one or more retractable sizing members each having a tab mounted for movement across the compacting chamber for shortening the effective width of the compacting chamber to enable the compacting chamber to accommodate hollow cigarette tubes of varying lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: REPUBLIC TOBACCO L.P.
    Inventors: Mei Lin, Jeongqiang Lin
  • SEMI-AUTOMATIC AND FULLY-AUTOMATIC CIGARETTE-MAKING MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARETTES OF VARYING LENGTHS
    Publication number: 20160205994
    Abstract: A cigarette tobacco compacting mechanism for making cigarettes in two or more different lengths having a compacting chamber for receiving loose tobacco, a compacting member mounted for reciprocal motion in the compacting chamber to compact the loose tobacco, and one or more retractable sizing members each having a tab mounted for movement across the compacting chamber for shortening the effective width of the compacting chamber to enable the compacting chamber to accommodate hollow cigarette tubes of varying lengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Mei Lin, Jeongqiang Lin