Patents by Inventor Ronald D. Horaker

Ronald D. Horaker 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 adjusting a cigarette having variable smoking characteristics
    Patent number: 4817638
    Abstract: Apparatus for adjusting a cigarette having a variable smoking characteristic to a preselected level of that characteristic is provided. A cigarette having a rotatable element for controlling a smoking characteristic, and assembled with a first level of that characteristic, is adjusted to a preselected second level by a drum and cooperating belt which engage the rotatable element and which move relatively faster and slower, or slower and faster, respectively, than a drum and belt holding the remainder of the cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventors: Martin T. Garthaffner, Billy J. Keen, Jr., Grier S. Fleischhauer, Ronald D. Horaker