Patents by Inventor Johannes H. A. G. Salemink

Johannes H. A. G. Salemink 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).

  • Method and apparatus for manufacturing a rod of tobacco or the like enclosed by a paper strip, and cigarette manufactured by said method
    Patent number: 5024241
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a rod of tobacco or the like enclosed by a paper strip is described, wherein a paper strip is supported and transported by a garniture tape and tobacco is deposited on the paper strip. The tobacco is compressed into a tobacco core and the paper strip is closed with its longitudinal edges parts around the compressed tobacco core. A channel is formed in the circumference of the tobacco rod during the compressing by means of an entrance finger with a ridge. A second longitudinal edge part of the paper strip is folded into the channel by a folding element and a first longitudinal edge part is subsequently laid over said channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: Turmac Tobacco Company B.V.
    Inventors: Severien Hulsman, Johannes H. A. G. Salemink