B65B 2220/12
Creating additional longitudinal welds on horizontal or vertical form fill seal [ffs]
Official title: Creating additional longitudinal welds on horizontal or vertical form fill seal [FFS] machines for stiffening packages or for creating package edges
B65B2220/12 (Creating additional longitudinal welds on horizontal or vertical form fill seal [ffs]) appears on 32 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 32
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 76
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vertical packaging machine and associated control method10 Feb 2026US 12,545,463 B2Ulma Packaging, S. Coop.
- Machine and method for packaging in a sterile environment a product into flexible packages17 Jun 2025US 12,330,834 B2Universal Pack S.R.L.
- Device for producing tubular bags sealed on multiple sides18 Jan 2022US 11,225,032 B2Hastamat Verpackungstechnik GmbH + Co. KG
- Gas-sealed body with cushioning function28 Sep 2021US 11,130,601 B2Kunshan Airbag Packing Corp
- Apparatus to form edges in a package made of flexible material23 Jun 2020US 10,689,142 B2Primapak, LLC
- Vertical packaging machine and associated control method6 Feb 2025US 2025/0042592 A1Ulma Packaging, S. Coop.
- Machine and method for packaging in a sterile environment a product into flexible packages11 Jan 2024US 2024/0010371 A1Universal Pack S.R.L.
- Bag-making and packaging machine12 Nov 2020US 2020/0353698 A1Ishida Co., Ltd.
- Device for producing tubular bags sealed on multiple sides28 May 2020US 2020/0164600 A1Hastamat Verpackungstechnik GmbH + Co. KG
- Gas-sealed body with cushioning function3 Oct 2019US 2019/0300215 A1Kunshan Airbag Packing Corp
Most cited
By later US patents
- Strip having a longitudinal reinforcement, its production and its use in a packaging method, and a device for the production of such a strip130US 4,905,451 ANewtec International · 1990
- Tubular bagging machine with an asymmetrical forming shoulder and tubular bags with an edge-side longitudinal seam94US 5,862,652 ARovema Packaging Machines, L.P. · 1999
- Flexible, stackable container including a lid and package body folded from a single sheet of film77US 8,066,137 B2Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. · 2011
- Vertical tubular bagging machine65US 6,615,567 B2Rovema Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH · 2003
- Method for manufacturing packages for liquid products, especially liquid foodstuffs and a package obtained through this method61US 5,758,473 A1998