A24C 5/20
Reels
Official title: Reels; Supports for bobbins; Other accessories
A24C5/20 (Reels) appears on 69 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24C- Granted patents
- 69
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 21
- Inventors
- 100
- Latest grant
- 18 Nov 2025
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 2 | 12 |
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| 2020 | 2 | 5 |
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| 2022 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for producing a bobbin including a material containing alkaloids18 Nov 2025US 12,471,617 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Apparatus and method for producing a rod of aerosol-generating material18 Feb 2025US 12,225,928 B2British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Method for unwinding a sheet of homogenized tobacco material wound on a bobbin with specific force and angle ranges30 May 2023US 11,661,296 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Method for unwinding a bobbin of a coiled sheet and kit to unwind a sheet of material wound in a bobbin9 May 2023US 11,643,293 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Methods of assembling filters and spacing drum systems thereof7 Feb 2023US 11,571,015 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Method and apparatus for splicing two sheets of material5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033528 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Equipment and method for winding filling rod27 Jun 2024US 2024/0206526 A1Japan Tobacco Inc.
- Apparatus and method for forming a variable size cannabis joint2 Nov 2023US 2023/0346006 A1
- Apparatus and method for producing a rod of aerosol-generating material24 Feb 2022US 2022/0053819 A1British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Reconfigurable wrapping mechanism2 Dec 2021US 2021/0368856 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Composite web forming apparatus and method101US 5,902,431 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1999
- Apparatus for making cigarettes74US 5,156,169 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1992
- Equipment for manufacturing cigarettes71US 7,275,548 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2007
- Equipment and methods for manufacturing cigarettes63US 7,281,540 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2007
- Apparatus for making cigarette with burn rate modification56US 6,705,325 B1Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation · 2004