Dispenser unit for aerosol precursor

US11432594B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Andries Don Sebastian · Clemmons, US
• Charles Jacob Novak, III · Winston-Salem, US
• Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra · Clemmons, US
• Eugenia Theophilus · Clemmons, US
• Marielle Anitra Keyna des Etages · Winston-Salem, US
• Joseph Dominique · Winston-Salem, US
• Wesley Steven Jones · Lexington, US
• Bradley Phillips · Melbourne, AU
• Mark Dockrill · Melbourne, AU
• Simon A. English · Healesville, AU
• Simon Philip Adam Higgins · Melbourne, AU
• Thomas Crugnale · Cockatoo, AU
• Jeffrey Hughes · Tynong, AU
• Robert Neil · Boothstown, GB
• David Pritchard · Nutfield, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 2020
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2251/0087
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A unit for mixing and dispensing an aerosol precursor composition, and containers to be dispensed therefrom. The unit includes a plurality of bulk material filling stations, the plurality of bulk material filling stations have at least one first filling station with aerosol former and at least one second filling station with a flavor material for creating the aerosol precursor. The unit also includes a bulk consumable pack staging a plurality of containers configured to receive the aerosol precursor, and a robot configured to retrieve a container from the bulk consumable pack and move the container through at least two dimensions to stop at at least two of the plurality of bulk material filling stations.