A22C 11/02
Sausage filling or stuffing machines
Official title: Sausage filling or stuffing machines {(enclosing material in preformed tubular webs B65B9/10)}
A22C11/02 (Sausage filling or stuffing machines) appears on 501 US grants and 263 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 501
- Published applications
- 263
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 505
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 19 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 24 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 14 | 7 |
| 2004 | 2 | 10 |
| 2005 | 6 | 12 |
| 2006 | 10 | 11 |
| 2007 | 6 | 12 |
| 2008 | 8 | 18 |
| 2009 | 13 | 10 |
| 2010 | 11 | 13 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13 |
| 2012 | 12 | 18 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7 |
| 2014 | 18 | 24 |
| 2015 | 12 | 5 |
| 2016 | 11 | 11 |
| 2017 | 14 | 18 |
| 2018 | 16 | 9 |
| 2019 | 9 | 13 |
| 2020 | 12 | 7 |
| 2021 | 12 | 10 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 11 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A22C 11/0245Controlling devices167
- A22C 11/0209Stuffing horn assembly116
- A22C 11/0227Supplying casings to the stuffing device58
- A22C 11/08With pressing-worm or other rotary-mounted pressing-members57
- A22C 11/06With piston operated by liquid or gaseous means23
- A22C 11/029With coating or lubricating means22
- A22C 11/0281For sausages having at least one flat end19
- A22C 11/04With mechanically-operated piston moving to-and-fro10
Recent patents
- Method and device for producing sausage chains16 Jun 2026US 12,653,200 B2Peme SA
- Filling machine and method for radially aligning a spout7 Apr 2026US 12,593,852 B2Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
- Filling line for producing foods made of a pasty mass and associated methods17 Feb 2026US 12,552,570 B2VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
- Portioning device with crimping member, and associated portioning method13 Jan 2026US 12,520,851 B2VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
- End detection unit30 Dec 2025US 12,510,499 B2Van Hessen Holding B.V.
- Apparatus and Method for Manufacturing Sausages13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231964 A1Freddy Hirsch Group AG
- Sausage filling machine30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215442 A1Intradin (Shanghai) Intelligent Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Food processing machine with control device and operating method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191211 A1VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
- Machine For Manufacturing And Closing Stuffed Meat Products9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191212 A1
- Food processing machine with seal18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165332 A1VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Distributor apparatus with a pair of intermeshing screw rotors255US 9,938,972 B2Fish Engineering Limited · 2018
- Clipping apparatus91US 4,675,945 ATipper Tie, Inc. · 1987
- Apparatus for the production of filled tubular casings71US 4,505,003 AHoechst Aktiengesellschaft · 1985
- Product stuffing apparatus and method68US 3,975,795 AUnion Carbide Corporation · 1976
- Packaging device with loop attachment mechanism and skin brake67US 5,067,313 ADelaware Capital Formation, Inc. · 1991