US 12,404,057 B2
Method of configuring air accelerator
Dwight D. Williams, Powhatan, VA (US)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/194,800.
Application 18/194,800 is a division of application No. 17/340,184, filed on Jun. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,618,596.
Application 17/340,184 is a division of application No. 15/973,860, filed on May 8, 2018, granted, now 11,027,860, issued on Jun. 8, 2021.
Application 15/973,860 is a continuation of application No. 13/546,649, filed on Jul. 11, 2012, granted, now 9,963,253, issued on May 8, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/506,465, filed on Jul. 11, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249853 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 37/14 (2006.01); B65B 1/04 (2006.01); B65B 1/30 (2006.01); B65B 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 37/14 (2013.01) [B65B 1/04 (2013.01); B65B 1/30 (2013.01); B65B 9/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
first configuring a first cross-sectional flow area of a throat within a first air accelerator to discharge a target quantity of a particulate material, the first air accelerator including a body and an adjustable member, an interior surface of the body defining a cavity containing the adjustable member, the throat being at an air outlet of a chamber defined between the body and the adjustable member, the throat being near a discharge end of a singular bore defined by the adjustable member, the first configuring including axially moving the adjustable member along a first longitudinal length of the cavity, the singular bore having a uniform cross-sectional flow area along a longitudinal length of the singular bore.