Y10S 131/907
Ejection or rejection of finished article due to detected or sensed condition
Y10S131/907 (Ejection or rejection of finished article due to detected or sensed condition) appears on 51 US grants and 9 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10S- Granted patents
- 51
- Published applications
- 9
- Assignees
- 20
- Inventors
- 101
- Latest grant
- 29 May 2012
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
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- Wrapping paper inspection apparatus and tobacco wrapping machine6 Dec 2011US 8,069,859 B2Japan Tobacco Inc.
- Smoking article component transfer device and method8 Feb 2011US 7,882,843 B2Philip Morris USA Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for manufacturing cigarettes17 Aug 2010US 7,775,217 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Method of detecting and rejecting faulty cigarettes8 Jul 2008US 7,395,641 B2International Tobacco Machinery Poland Ltd.
- System for analyzing a filter element associated with a smoking article, and associated method6 Aug 2009US 2009/0194118 A1R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Smoking article component transfer device and method27 Mar 2008US 2008/0073253 A1Philip Morris USA Inc.
- Method of detecting and rejecting faulty cigarettes23 Nov 2006US 2006/0260278 A1International Tobacco Machinery Poland Ltd.
- Materials and methods for manufacturing cigarettes21 Sep 2006US 2006/0207617 A1R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Wrapping paper inspection apparatus and tobacco wrapping machine20 Oct 2005US 2005/0229941 A1Japan Tobacco Inc.
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By later US patents
- Cigarette making machine including band inspection82US 6,020,969 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 2000
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- System for analyzing a filter element associated with a smoking article, and associated method36US 8,186,359 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2012
- Method for registering pattern location on cigarette wrapping material28US 7,047,982 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2006