A21C 9/08
Depositing, arranging and conveying apparatus for handling pieces
Official title: Depositing, arranging and conveying apparatus for handling pieces, e.g. sheets of dough {(for handling liquid or semi-liquid dough, e.g. batter A21C5/006)}
A21C9/08 (Depositing, arranging and conveying apparatus for handling pieces) appears on 381 US grants and 343 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A21C- Granted patents
- 381
- Published applications
- 343
- Assignees
- 208
- Inventors
- 708
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 16 | 12 |
| 2024 | 18 | 22 |
| 2025 | 13 | 17 |
| 2026 | 3 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lower folding device for forming dumplings1 Sep 2026US 12,721,351 B2Cj Cheiljedang Corporation
- Device and method for filling and/or portioning food mass on a carrier1 Sep 2026US 12,721,352 B2VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
- En route food product preparation21 Apr 2026US 12,605,845 B2Congruens Group, LLC
- Flexible automatic food processing and client orders execution machine30 Dec 2025US 12,508,717 B2X Robotics, Inc.
- Dough processing machine for treating products2 Sep 2025US 12,402,632 B2Fritsch Bakery Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
- Spring roll skin formation module and spring roll manufacturing apparatus comprising same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305623 A1Cj Cheiljedang Corporation
- Noodle skin piece producing apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293914 A1Yutaka Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Feeding system for supplying dough portions, in particular dough for bakery food products17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271944 A1Sancassiano S.p.A.
- System for forming layered flat baked goods with viscous edible material10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262659 A1Royal Houdijk B.V.
- Method and Device for Rolling Up Dough Pieces27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248143 A1Radie B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tortilla counter-stacker125US 6,053,695 AITE, Inc. · 2000
- System for loading patterns of articles into containers58US 4,856,263 AAdvanced Pulver Systems, Inc. · 1989
- Stacking apparatus for flexible, generally planar food products48US 4,530,632 AArr-Tech Manufacturing, Inc. · 1985
- Apparatus for making and dispensing pizza47US 5,921,170 A1999
- System and method for dispensing a gel37US 6,042,885 AABITEC Corporation · 2000