ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,721, issued on July 8, was assigned to XIAMEN TOBACCO INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Xiamen, China).
"Tobacco flavoring machine" was invented by Yusheng Wu (Xiamen, China), Yuefei Zhou (Xiamen, China), Zhu Shao (Xiamen, China), Daoquan Wang (Xiamen, China), Guozhong Wu (Xiamen, China) and Wenliang Dong (Xiamen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a tobacco flavoring machine, comprising: a drum (1) capable of rotating about an axis thereof as a rotation center; a nozzle (6) disposed in the drum (1) to spray a liquid flavor to tobacco shreds in the drum (1); and a shoveling plate (5) arranged on an inner wall (1...