ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,953, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SWISHER INTERNATIONAL INC. (Jacksonville, Fla.).
"Machine for wrapping a smokable material in a wrapper, a feeding device for the machine, and a smokable product therefrom" was invented by Jim Stronski (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Johnny David Collum (Jacksonville, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine for wrapping smokable material in a wrapper includes a garniture defining a straight path along a longitudinal axis on which a wrapper is guided. A garniture belt transports the wrapper along the straight path. A feeding device for feeding a smokable material to the garniture includes a first...