A24C 5/478
Transport means for filter- or cigarette-rods in view of their assembling
Official title: {Transport means for filter- or cigarette-rods in view of their assembling}
A24C5/478 (Transport means for filter- or cigarette-rods in view of their assembling) appears on 70 US grants and 64 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Smoking article machine1 Apr 2025US 12,262,730 B2
- Separator drum11 Feb 2025US 12,219,987 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- 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.
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing tobacco industry products8 Oct 2024US 12,108,782 B2British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Compacting unit and method for the tobacco industry10 Oct 2023US 11,779,046 B2G. D S.p.A.
- Positioning of segments for aerosol-generating articles with a positioning wheel having adjustable receiving positions27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248171 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Apparatus, components thereof and method for handling rods of aerosol-generating material30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215485 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Apparatus for pushing together rod-like articles of tobacco industry14 May 2026US 2026/0130410 A1INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO MACHINERY POLAND Sp.z.o.o.
- Conveying and forming method and apparatus for forming a stream of tobacco industry segments30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114499 A1INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO MACHINERY POLAND Sp.z.o.o.
- Aerosol-generating article assembly on a conveyor with a spacer6 Nov 2025US 2025/0338887 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical smoking system and method446US 6,688,313 B2Philip Morris Incorporated · 2004
- Apparatus for changing the distance between pairs of coaxial cigarettes or the like15US 4,200,179 AHauni-Werke Korber & Co. KG · 1980
- Device for transferring cigarette portions from a dual-rod production machine to a filter assembly machine15US 5,267,577 AG. D. Societa per Azioni · 1993
- Machine for manufacturing composite filters15US 7,922,638 B2G. D S.p.A. · 2011
- Method and apparatus for the manufacture of filter-tipped cigarettes13US 3,978,969 AMolins Limited · 1976