US 11,812,776 B2
Methods and machines for pouching smokeless tobacco and tobacco substitute products
Andrew Nathan Carroll, Chester, VA (US); Shannon Maxwell Black, Richmond, VA (US); Yan Helen Sun, Midlothian, VA (US); William J. Burke, Nashville, TN (US); Christopher Joseph Dinovi, Ruther Glen, VA (US); David Phillips, Richmond, VA (US); Jason Andrew Macko, Richmond, VA (US); and Robert Smith, Glen Allen, VA (US)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,607.
Application 15/848,728 is a division of application No. 14/212,826, filed on Mar. 14, 2014, granted, now 10,028,521, issued on Jul. 24, 2018.
Application 17/693,607 is a continuation of application No. 16/919,617, filed on Jul. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,284,643, issued on Mar. 29, 2022.
Application 16/919,617 is a continuation of application No. 15/848,728, filed on Dec. 20, 2017, granted, now 10,765,142, issued on Sep. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/786,315, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202064 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24B 15/18 (2006.01); A24B 13/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/28 (2006.01); D04H 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A24B 15/186 (2013.01) [A24B 13/00 (2013.01); A24B 15/283 (2013.01); D04H 13/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making an oral product comprising:
providing a product portion between a first nonwoven fabric and a second nonwoven fabric;
sealing the first nonwoven fabric to the second nonwoven fabric using a seal cutter roller, the seal cutter roller defining a recess configured to align with the product portion; and
concurrently with the sealing, cutting the first nonwoven fabric and the second nonwoven fabric around a periphery of the product portion to form the oral product.