ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,620, issued on July 29.
"Self cleaning cigarette manufacturing machine" was invented by Sajid Munawar (Everett, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cigarette assembly machine that accepts loose shredded plant material ("SPM") and cigarette blanks that include a filter and an empty SPM holding portion and produces cigarettes. This machine includes cigarette blank accepting and holding mechanism, an SPM slug forming mechanism, adapted to accept loose SPM and form it into a slug of SPM in the shape of the SPM holding portion; and a shaft aligned to the cigarette blank accepting and holding mechanism. A shaft moving assembly is adapte...