B31B 50/042
Using rolls, belts or chains
Official title: {using rolls, belts or chains}
B31B50/042 (Using rolls, belts or chains) appears on 156 US grants and 187 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31B- Granted patents
- 156
- Published applications
- 187
- Assignees
- 102
- Inventors
- 302
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 11 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Carton forming apparatus52US 4,164,171 AAmerican Can Company · 1979
- Carton feeder assembly51US 5,653,671 ARiverwood International Corporation · 1997
- Method and apparatus for forming slotted and creased box blanks41US 5,624,369 AGriffin Automation, Inc. · 1997
- Method and apparatus for folding container blanks37US 4,563,169 A1986
- Machine for forming full overlap shipping container20US 4,650,448 AWeyerhaeuser Company · 1987