B65B 19/28
Control devices for cigarette or cigar packaging machines
B65B19/28 (Control devices for cigarette or cigar packaging machines) appears on 180 US grants and 88 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 180
- Published applications
- 88
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 279
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
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| 2002 | 8 | 5 |
| 2003 | 9 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 |
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| 2006 | 3 | 9 |
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| 2008 | 6 | 3 |
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| 2010 | 4 | 2 |
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| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method to set up a movable operating member of an automatic machine for manufacturing or packaging consumer articles10 Mar 2026US 12,570,421 B2G. D. Societa per Azioni
- Method and system for identifying smoking articles3 Feb 2026US 12,538,945 B2JT International SA
- Aerosol-generating article collation forming with increased number of hoppers6 Jan 2026US 12,515,835 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Method and device for examining rod-shaped products of the cigarette industry25 Nov 2025US 12,478,092 B2Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- Assistance method for the execution of a format change in an automatic machine for manufacturing or packing smoking, hygiene, food, or pharmaceutical products and respective automatic machine16 Sep 2025US 12,416,915 B2G. D. Societa per Azioni
- Double-track rotary manipulator cigarette pack mixing device and a cigarette pack mixing method18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167368 A1China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd
- Cannabis Product-Manufacturing Machine4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152306 A1Le Groupe Solid Packaging Robotik Inc.
- 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.
- Method for determining the conformity of a type of filter being processed in a machine of the tobacco industry1 Aug 2024US 2024/0251842 A1G. D S.p.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Package inspection system197US 4,972,494 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1990
- Cigarette detection and rejection device42US 4,445,520 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1984
- Cigarette package inspection indexing wheel34US 5,101,609 AEastman Kodak Company · 1992
- Optoelectronic device for automatically inspecting a group of cigarettes or the like32US 4,266,674 ARichard Equipment Company, Inc. · 1981
- Packing machines28US 4,330,976 AMolins Limited · 1982