B65B 19/04
Arranging, feeding, or orientating the cigarettes
B65B19/04 (Arranging, feeding, or orientating the cigarettes) appears on 151 US grants and 56 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 151
- Published applications
- 56
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 218
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
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| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 8 | 5 |
| 2002 | 7 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Machine and method to manufacture tubular elements with the shape of a truncated cone, in particular, of the tobacco industry17 Mar 2026US 12,577,005 B2Sasib S.p.A.
- Aerosol-generating article collation forming with increased number of hoppers6 Jan 2026US 12,515,835 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.
- Conveyor and method of aligning rod-shaped articles11 Jun 2024US 12,004,556 B2G. D S.p.A.
- Process for the synthesis of the sodium salt of 4-[[(1R)-2-[5-(2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-[[2-fluoro-6-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]methyl]-3,6-dihydro-4-methyl-2.6-dioxo-1(2H)-pyrimidinyl]-1-phenylethyl]amino]-butanoic acid (elagolix sodium salt) and intermediates of said process12 Dec 2023US 11,840,519 B2Industriale Chimica S.R.L.
- Method to control a hopper for a packaging machine for smoking articles30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217402 A1G. D S.p.A.
- Double-track rotary manipulator cigarette pack mixing device and a cigarette pack mixing method18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167368 A1China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd
- Method for controlling a packaging machine24 Jul 2025US 2025/0236424 A1Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- Aerosol-generating article collation forming with increased number of hoppers3 Jul 2025US 2025/0214727 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- 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.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for transporting mass flows of articles64US 5,413,213 AKorber AG · 1995
- Apparatus for transporting mass flows of articles46US 5,490,589 AHauni Maschinenbau AG · 1996
- Reclosable package of cigarettes and respective packing method24US 10,053,273 B2G. D. Societa per Azioni · 2018
- Apparatus for the formation of cigarette groups23US 4,306,648 ACir S.p.A. Divisione Sasib · 1981
- Method of feeding groups of tobacco items, in particular cigarettes, to a continuous packing machine22US 5,548,941 AG. D. Societa per Azioni · 1996