B65B 19/228
Preparing and feeding blanks
Official title: {Preparing and feeding blanks}
B65B19/228 (Preparing and feeding blanks) appears on 120 US grants and 71 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multi-pack for packs for products of the cigarette industry, and method and device for producing said multi-pack6 Jan 2026US 12,515,872 B2Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- System and method for printing on a package13 Aug 2024US 12,060,190 B2Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc.
- Method for filling a package with packs16 Jan 2024US 11,873,127 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- System and method for printing on a package6 Dec 2022US 11,518,564 B2Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc.
- Packaging machine for producing cigarette packs22 Nov 2022US 11,505,346 B2Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- Grouping unit for a cartoning machine for the production of a package comprising a plurality of packs for smoking articles and an insert, cartoning machine provided with said grouping unit, method for the production of a package comprising a plurality of packs for smoking articles and an insert and package comprising a plurality of packs for smoking articles and an insert24 Apr 2025US 2025/0128841 A1G. D S.p.A.
- Multi-pack for packs for products of the cigarette industry, and method and device for producing said multi-pack21 Nov 2024US 2024/0383670 A1Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- System and method for printing on a package23 Mar 2023US 2023/0090786 A1Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc.
- Method for filling a package with packs2 Feb 2023US 2023/0034591 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- System and method for printing on a package19 Aug 2021US 2021/0253290 A1Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc.
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- Rigid container for tobacco items and method of producing such a container45US 7,318,523 B2G. D. Societa per Azioni · 2008
- Cigarette package with coupon and method and device for the production thereof33US 7,331,451 B2Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.) · 2008
- Blank handling apparatus26US 6,325,201 B1Molins Limited · 2001
- Method for manufacturing a set of embossing rollers25US 9,579,924 B2Boegli-Gravures S.A. · 2017
- Package structure for storing articles and a method and apparatus for accomplishing the same24US 4,912,910 ABrown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation · 1990