US Patent Issued to Japan Tobacco on Oct. 21 for "Manufacturing device and manufacturing method for filler element used in flavor inhalation article" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,616, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc (Tokyo).

"Manufacturing device and manufacturing method for filler element used in flavor inhalation article" was invented by Takuya Akahane (Tokyo), Kazumasa Arae (Tokyo) and Katsuo Kato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing device for a filler element includes a sheet processing section forms a crimped part on a sheet and a feed portion that continuously feeds an additive dropwise onto an upper face of the sheet having the crimped part. The feed portion includes a multiple nozzle in which a large number of feed outlets feeding the additive are arranged in the...