US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Jan. 27 for "Apparatus for filling cartridges of e-vapor devices" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,237, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Apparatus for filling cartridges of e-vapor devices" was invented by Travis Martin Garthaffner (Midlothian, Va.) and Jeremy Jay Straight (Midlothian, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for the automated filling of cartridges of e-vapor devices may include a filling drum configured to receive at least one cartridge of an e-vapor device. The apparatus may additionally include a needle assembly including at least one hypodermic needle. The needle assembly is configured to transition between a lowered state and a raised state. The lowered st...