B65B 31/041
The nozzles acting from above on containers or wrappers open at their
Official title: {the nozzles acting from above on containers or wrappers open at their top (B65B31/044 take precedence)}
B65B31/041 (The nozzles acting from above on containers or wrappers open at their) appears on 135 US grants and 168 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 135
- Published applications
- 168
- Assignees
- 99
- Inventors
- 285
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 2024 | 10 | 7 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Gassing rail and gas port for food packaging30 Jun 2026US 12,668,389 B2
- Doser assemblies, apparatuses including a doser assembly, and/or methods of making the same3 Feb 2026US 12,539,996 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Gassing rail for gas or steam flushing containers and caps on a rotary capping machine20 Jan 2026US 12,528,613 B2Excel Packaging Consulting, LLC
- Packaging water-reactive aluminum23 Dec 2025US 12,503,260 B1Ltag Systems LLC
- Lid supply for a sealer and a sealer29 Jul 2025US 12,371,213 B2Ferrum Packaging AG
- Doser assemblies, apparatuses including a doser assembly, and/or methods of making the same21 May 2026US 2026/0138770 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Shelf-stable pouch for fresh-packed fruits or vegetables26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054872 A1
- Easy-to-use vacuuming device9 Oct 2025US 2025/0313365 A1Dongguan Shuguang Electronic Technology Co., Ltd
- System, method and apparatus for sealing and applying modified atmosphere for bulk perishable bins9 Oct 2025US 2025/0313366 A1RLMB Group, LLC
- Hybrid system for processing containers25 Sep 2025US 2025/0296826 A1David Melrose Design Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for flushing air from containers40US 4,140,159 ARobert Bosch GmbH · 1979
- Flexible pouch and method of forming a flexible pouch38US 7,722,254 B2Pouch Pac Innovations, LLC · 2010
- Packaging machine with means for closing flexible pouches around a nozzle36US 4,418,513 ARexham Corporation · 1983
- Method and apparatus for filling flexible pouches31US 6,199,601 B1Profile Packaging, Inc. · 2001
- Machine and method for filling, introducing steam into, and sealing flexible pouches30US 4,081,942 ARexham Corporation · 1978