US 12,329,192 B2
Automated deposition of highly viscous fluids into thin-walled cylinders
Nohtal Partansky, Northridge, CA (US); and Paul Skaar, Long Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Sorting Robotics, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Sorting Robotics, Inc., Van Nuys, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/581,302.
Application 18/581,302 is a continuation of application No. 18/111,769, filed on Feb. 20, 2023, granted, now 11,903,409.
Application 18/111,769 is a continuation of application No. 17/180,697, filed on Feb. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,800,890, issued on Oct. 31, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/984,093, filed on Mar. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2025/0017258 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24C 5/60 (2006.01); A24B 15/28 (2006.01); B67D 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A24C 5/608 (2013.01) [A24B 15/28 (2013.01); B67D 3/0022 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermally-controlled concentrate infusion apparatus comprising:
a thermally controlled and pressurized reservoir of concentrate material configured to apply a first amount of pressure, comprising a feed pressure, to the concentrate material, and further configured to maintain a selected temperature of the concentrate material;
a heated tube coupling the reservoir to a dosing chamber, wherein the first amount of pressure in the reservoir feeds the concentrate material into the dosing chamber via the heated tube;
a pump assembly configured to exert a second amount of pressure, comprising dosing pressure, to the concentrate material in the dosing chamber feeding the concentrate material to a needle assembly;
a revolver, rotatable about an axis and comprising a plurality of hollowed cavities, each cavity shaped to house a cigarette; and
a motor assembly configured to move the revolver laterally along the axis between a rotatable position and an insertion position, wherein in the insertion position, a canula of the needle assembly penetrates a cigarette housed in a cavity of the revolver.