Patents by Inventor Ken M. Milliner

Ken M. Milliner 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 making grooves in cigarette filters
    Patent number: 4636183
    Abstract: An apparatus for, in one advantageous embodiment, concurrently forming a plurality of generally longitudinally extending grooves in a filter rod, and in another advantageous embodiment, for making small apertures in the grooves as the grooves are being formed in the filter rod. The apparatus includes a reciprocating die having an upper die block and a lower die block. Each die block includes protruding, elongated projections which are adapted to be imbedded into the filter rod upon closing of the die to impress grooves in the filter rod located in the die. In the embodiment wherein apertures are to be formed in the grooves, aperture forming punches are associated with each of the groove forming projections for punching apertures in the grooves as they are being formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Sexstone, Everett N. Finn, Byron L. Lowe, Ken M. Milliner
  • Apparatus for making grooves in cigarette filters
    Patent number: 4480982
    Abstract: An apparatus for, in one advantageous embodiment, concurrently forming a plurality of generally longitudinally extending grooves in a filter rod, and in another advantageous embodiment, for making small apertures in the grooves as the grooves are being formed in the filter rod. The apparatus includes a reciprocating die having an upper die block and a lower die block. Each die block includes protruding, elongated projections which are adapted to be imbedded into the filter rod upon closing of the die to impress grooves in the filter rod located in the die. In the embodiment wherein apertures are to be formed in the grooves, aperture forming punches are associated with each of the groove forming projections for punching apertures in the grooves as they are being formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Sexstone, Everett N. Finn, Byron L. Lowe, Ken M. Milliner