B65B 21/18
Using grippers engaging bottles
Official title: using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks
B65B21/18 (Using grippers engaging bottles) appears on 114 US grants and 79 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 79
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 193
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and packaging system for packaging articles23 Jun 2026US 12,662,324 B2Krones AG
- Gripper device using air-tube7 Apr 2026US 12,594,679 B2Vtec Co., Ltd.
- Container handling machine foot6 Jan 2026US 12,515,836 B2KHS GmbH
- Packaging system5 Aug 2025US 12,378,023 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Packaging method for packaging primary packages into secondary packages and packaging module22 Jul 2025US 12,365,500 B2Krones AG
- A programmable pitch changer end effector2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183970 A1Jabil Inc.
- Automatic packaging system for squeeze tubes in a package22 May 2025US 2025/0162745 A1Sileane
- Batch object handling head12 Dec 2024US 2024/0409327 A1Ds Smith Packaging France
- Method and packaging system for packaging articles9 May 2024US 2024/0150128 A1Krones AG
- Packaging System1 Feb 2024US 2024/0034496 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for mechanically gripping and loading cylindrical objects56US 6,371,717 B1ABB Automation Inc. · 2002
- Continuous motion case packing apparatus and method46US 5,797,249 AHartness International, Inc. · 1998
- Two-axis article loader/unloader42US 5,611,193 AHudson Control Group, Inc. · 1997
- Apparatus for the packaging of comestibles and the like, especially dairy products, in cup-shaped containers38US 4,199,050 AHamba-Maschinenfabrik Hans A. Muller GmbH & Co. KG · 1980
- Continuous motion case packing apparatus and method38US 6,571,532 B1Hartness International, Inc. · 2003