A24C 5/471
By means of a connecting band
Official title: {by means of a connecting band}
A24C5/471 (By means of a connecting band) appears on 192 US grants and 102 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24C- Granted patents
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- 21 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cutting and arranging rods for tobacco industry products21 Jul 2026US 12,685,333 B2British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Elastic contact element for wrapping a sheet around a group of segments3 Mar 2026US 12,564,211 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Aerosol-generating article having bridging element with reflectance factor3 Mar 2026US 12,564,212 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Web of tipping paper3 Jun 2025US 12,317,917 B2British American Tobacco Mexico, S.A. De C.V.
- Device and method for combining filter segments with cigarette rod segments in a machine for making cigarettes14 Jan 2025US 12,193,477 B2G. D S.p.A.
- Wrapper with ph indicator for aerosol-generating article24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283227 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Flavor stick, non-combustion heating type flavor suction product, and method for manufacturing flavor rod30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215484 A1Japan Tobacco Inc.
- Device and method for providing a material web9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096592 A1KöRber Technologies GmbH
- Aerosol-generating article assembly on a conveyor with a spacer6 Nov 2025US 2025/0338887 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Biodegradable and composable fibers and materials made therefrom6 Mar 2025US 2025/0072484 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cigarette and method of making same117US 5,819,751 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1998
- Cigarette and method of making same90US 5,469,871 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1995
- Method of and apparatus in a filter tipping machine for manipulating in a web86US 6,229,115 B1Hauni Maschinenbau AG · 2001
- Equipment and methods for manufacturing cigarettes83US 7,296,578 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2007
- Filtered cigarette possessing tipping material71US 7,789,089 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2010