US 12,175,509 B2
Mobile tobacco receiving station
Hal L. Teegarden, Chesterfield, VA (US); David Scott Ray, Chesterfield, VA (US); John Stewart Livesay, Chesterfield, VA (US); and Isidro Gomez, Midlothian, VA (US)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/785,749.
Application 16/785,749 is a continuation of application No. 14/575,749, filed on Dec. 18, 2014, granted, now 10,572,920, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Application 14/575,749 is a continuation of application No. 12/274,644, filed on Nov. 20, 2008, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/989,365, filed on Nov. 20, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2020/0175560 A1, Jun. 4, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24B 1/00 (2006.01); B60P 1/00 (2006.01); G01G 17/00 (2006.01); G01G 19/40 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 40/04 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0607 (2013.01) [A24B 1/00 (2013.01); B60P 1/00 (2013.01); G01G 17/00 (2013.01); G01G 19/40 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0603 (2013.01); G06Q 40/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile receiving station comprising:
a loading ramp configured to load at least one tobacco leaf bale into the mobile receiving station, the loading ramp arranged along a first direction;
an unloading ramp configured to unload the at least one tobacco leaf bale from the mobile receiving station;
a scale configured to measure a bale weight of the at least one tobacco leaf bale; and
a conveyor belt and a lateral transfer, wherein
the conveyor belt is configured to receive the at least one tobacco leaf bale from the loading ramp,
the lateral transfer is configured to receive the at least one tobacco leaf bale from the conveyor belt and transfer the at least one tobacco leaf bale to the unloading ramp, and
the unloading ramp is further configured to unload the at least one tobacco leaf bale from the mobile receiving station, the unloading ramp arranged in a second direction different from the first direction of the loading ramp.