B65B 21/12
Using grippers engaging bottles
Official title: using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks
B65B21/12 (Using grippers engaging bottles) appears on 49 US grants and 26 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 49
- Published applications
- 26
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 87
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
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| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Pharmaceutical order processing systems and methods9 Jun 2026US 12,651,663 B2Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
- Bare bottle pre-grouping and stacking device, stacking method and packaging apparatus21 Apr 2026US 12,606,334 B2Guangzhou Tech-Long Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd
- Gripper device using air-tube7 Apr 2026US 12,594,679 B2Vtec Co., Ltd.
- Packaging method for packaging primary packages into secondary packages and packaging module22 Jul 2025US 12,365,500 B2Krones AG
- Pack and method for filling a pack22 Jul 2025US 12,365,507 B2UHLMANN Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co.KG
- Bare bottle pre-grouping and stacking device, stacking method and packaging apparatus13 Mar 2025US 2025/0083848 A1Guangzhou Tech-Long Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd
- Pack and method for filling a pack1 Aug 2024US 2024/0253850 A1UHLMANN Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co.KG
- Gripper device using air-tube14 Sep 2023US 2023/0286172 A1Vtec Co., Ltd.
- Gripper for beverage cans, gripper head, and method for receiving at least one beverage can24 Aug 2023US 2023/0264369 A1Krones AG
- Pharmaceutical order processing systems and methods4 May 2023US 2023/0133785 A1Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Container handling system52US 7,735,304 B22010
- Gripper means41US 3,938,847 AIndustrial Automation Corp. · 1976
- Container handling system39US 7,726,106 B22010
- Container supporting and transporting device37US 3,945,486 AGlass Containers Corporation · 1976
- Bottle gripping device25US 4,169,621 AA-T-O Inc. · 1979