B65B 31/028
Closed by a lid sealed to the upper rim of the container
Official title: {closed by a lid sealed to the upper rim of the container, e.g. tray-like container}
B65B31/028 (Closed by a lid sealed to the upper rim of the container) appears on 192 US grants and 260 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 192
- Published applications
- 260
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 384
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Food tray and vacuum sealer including same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264905 A1Guangzhou Argion Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
- System and method for producing a pasty food27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248164 A1Challenger Industrial Solutions GmbH
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- Method of forming a vacuum package with hermetic reclosure57US 4,866,911 AOscar Mayer Foods Corporation · 1989
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