Patents by Inventor Tommy J. Hinzman

Tommy J. Hinzman 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 OF TIPPING FOR SMOKING ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20130167849
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a smoking article from a wrapped tobacco rod and a filter material wrapped to form a filter plug. The method utilizes nozzle-applied cold glue adhesive rather than roller-applied adhesive applied to tipping material, which connects the tobacco rod to the filter plug. In other aspects, mechanisms for using the method are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Balager Ademe, Darrell T. Dixon, Tommy J. Hinzman, Charles A. Brintle, Evon L. Crooks
  • Device for receiving and transferring cylindrical filter rods from a mass flow of filter rods being conveyed
    Patent number: 5209127
    Abstract: A device for receiving and transferring cylindrical filter rods one at a time from a mass flow of filters. The receiving and transferring device is used to remove filter rods from the mass flow of filter rods to conduct, for example, quality control checks on the filter rods without interrupting production of the filter rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Milliner, Tommy J. Hinzman, Everett N. Finn, Byron L. Lowe