Patents by Inventor Junmo Chen

Junmo Chen 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).

  • Tabletop semi-automatic cigarette-making machine
    Patent number: 9277766
    Abstract: A semi-automatic cigarette-making machine of the tobacco-injecting type including a housing with an aperture and a compacting chamber in communication with the aperture for receiving loose tobacco, a compacting member mounted for manual reciprocal up and down motion from an initial position adjacent the top of the compacting chamber toward the bottom of the compacting chamber in response to the rotation of a pair of opposed gears, and an injection spoon mounted for automatic powered reciprocal lateral movement from a rest position within the compacting chamber across the compacting chamber to transport rod-like compacted tobacco shapes past the ejection side of the compacting chamber and into a hollow cigarette tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: REPUBLIC TOBACCO L.P.
    Inventor: Junmo Chen
  • Tabletop Semi-Automatic Cigarette-Making Machine
    Publication number: 20140034069
    Abstract: A semi-automatic cigarette-making machine of the tobacco-injecting type including a housing with an aperture and a compacting chamber in communication with the aperture for receiving loose tobacco, a compacting member mounted for manual reciprocal up and down motion from an initial position adjacent the top of the compacting chamber toward the bottom of the compacting chamber in response to the rotation of a pair of opposed gears, and an injection spoon mounted for automatic powered reciprocal lateral movement from a rest position within the compacting chamber across the compacting chamber to transport rod-like compacted tobacco shapes past the ejection side of the compacting chamber and into a hollow cigarette tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: REPUBLIC TOBACCO L.P.
    Inventor: Junmo Chen