A24C 5/325
From a hopper
Official title: {from a hopper}
A24C5/325 (From a hopper) appears on 39 US grants and 20 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24C- Granted patents
- 39
- Published applications
- 20
- Assignees
- 19
- Inventors
- 69
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for aligning rod-shaped aerosol-generating articles16 Jun 2026US 12,653,223 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Replenishing device, an apparatus for manufacturing multi-segment rods and a method for manufacturing multi-segment rods16 Jul 2024US 12,035,744 B2INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO MACHINERY POLAND Sp.z.o.o.
- Feeding apparatus for feeding single-layer stream of tobacco industry's rod-like articles5 Sep 2023US 11,744,279 B2INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO MACHINERY POLAND Sp.z.o.o.
- Feeding apparatus for feeding a tobacco industry segment18 Oct 2022US 11,470,874 B2INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO MACHINERY POLAND Sp.z.o.o.
- Electronic cigarette manufacturing device9 Aug 2022US 11,406,137 B2
- Method to control a hopper for a packaging machine for smoking articles30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217402 A1G. D S.p.A.
- Hopper for rod-shaped articles and method for removing rod-shaped articles from a hopper9 Jan 2025US 2025/0009009 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- A substance recovery apparatus12 Dec 2024US 2024/0407427 A1British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Apparatus and method for feeding and forming organized groups of smoking articles7 Nov 2024US 2024/0365843 A1I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
- Apparatus and method for aligning rod-shaped aerosol-generating articles23 May 2024US 2024/0164437 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vacuum plug feed machine20US 4,063,633 ALiggett Group Inc. · 1977
- Apparatus for replenishing the supplies of filter rod sections in the magazines of filter tipping machines19US 4,368,742 AHauni-Werke Korber & Co. KG · 1983
- Cigarette filter rod feed mechanism18US 4,763,775 AMolins Machine Company, Inc. · 1988
- Apparatus for transferring rod-shaped articles from a source of supply into the flutes of a conveyor14US 4,420,073 AHauni-Werke Korber & Co. KG · 1983
- Device for feeding rod-like articles12US 4,296,660 ACir S.p.A. Divisione Sasib · 1981