Patents by Inventor Ricky L. Bowman

Ricky L. Bowman 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).

  • Process for shredding a tobacco sheet and apparatus
    Patent number: 8991404
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for shredding tobacco sheets, especially tobacco sheets formed of reconstituted tobacco particles with guar and sugar comprises rotating opposing sets of cutter discs in a partially overlapping relation so as to establish a nip. The cutter discs have notches at spaced locations along a peripheral portion of the cutter discs. Adjacent pairs of cutter discs are spaced apart by a spacer disc with a stripper plate interposed between adjacent pairs of spaced apart cutter discs. A tobacco sheet which is fed into the nip of the sets of cutter discs is shredded by the discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard W. Lipscomb, Ricky L. Bowman
  • Reconstituted tobacco with bonded flavorant, smoking article and methods
    Patent number: 8297288
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing a reconstituted tobacco material is provided which includes: preparing a heated mixture of water and sugar; providing a liquid flavorant such as menthol; mixing tobacco particles, water and a gum binder with the mixture of water and sugar and with the flavorant to form a reconstituted tobacco mixture; and forming the reconstituted tobacco mixture, such as by casting or extruding the reconstituted tobacco mixture, into a reconstituted tobacco material. Exemplary menthol reconstituted tobacco products provided herein enable high levels of menthol to be retained in a tobacco product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Szu-Sung Yang, Trevor Scott Gentry, Robley Eugene Pitts, Jr., Ricky L. Bowman
  • RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO WITH BONDED FLAVORANT, SMOKING ARTICLE AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20110083682
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing a reconstituted tobacco material is provided which includes: preparing a heated mixture of water and sugar; providing a liquid flavorant such as menthol; mixing tobacco particles, water and a gum binder with the mixture of water and sugar and with the flavorant to form a reconstituted tobacco mixture; and forming the reconstituted tobacco mixture, such as by casting or extruding the reconstituted tobacco mixture, into a reconstituted tobacco material. Exemplary menthol reconstituted tobacco products provided herein enable high levels of menthol to be retained in a tobacco product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Szu-Sung Yang, Trevor Scott Gentry, Robley Eugene Pitts, JR., Ricky L. Bowman
  • Method of making reconstituted tobacco with bonded flavorant
    Patent number: 7856988
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing a reconstituted tobacco material is provided which includes: preparing a heated mixture of water and sugar; providing a liquid flavorant such as menthol; mixing tobacco particles, water and a gum binder with the mixture of water and sugar and with the flavorant to form a reconstituted tobacco mixture; and forming the reconstituted tobacco mixture, such as by casting or extruding the reconstituted tobacco mixture, into a reconstituted tobacco material. Exemplary menthol reconstituted tobacco products provided herein enable high levels of menthol to be retained in a tobacco product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Szu-Sung Yang, Trevor Scott Gentry, Robley Eugene Pitts, Jr., Ricky L. Bowman