ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,033, issued on July 28, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).
"Apparatus and method for manufacturing a pouched product" was invented by Jerry Wayne Pipes (Clemmons, N.C.), Balager Ademe (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Matthew Dean Griffitts (Thomasville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (1) and method for manufacturing a pouched product involve a forming unit (50) arranged to feed a continuous supply of a pouch material (20) configured as a continuous channel member. A dosage unit (500) is operably engaged with the forming unit (50) and is arranged to introduce a dose of a filler material (130), having at lea...