B65B 37/16
Separating measured quantities from supply
Official title: Separating measured quantities from supply (in container-filling machines B65B1/30, B65B3/26)
B65B37/16 (Separating measured quantities from supply) appears on 141 US grants and 176 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 141
- Published applications
- 176
- Assignees
- 108
- Inventors
- 296
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 9 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Gas-based material compression and portioning21 Jul 2026US 12,686,512 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Method for producing individual dosing quantities via a drum dosing device5 May 2026US 12,617,565 B2Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH
- System for aseptic packaging and method of using the same3 Feb 2026US 12,539,482 B2Sanfilippo Tech, LLC.
- Gas-based material compression and portioning3 Feb 2026US 12,539,683 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Automatic meal dispenser and meal dispenser mechanism thereof3 Feb 2026US 12,539,988 B2Peng Fa Design International Co. Ltd.
- Method for filling a plurality of containers with a bulk material and filling machine18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167369 A1Ocme S.R.L.
- Gas-based material compression and portioning21 May 2026US 2026/0138346 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Apparatuses and methods for dosing loose material30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116593 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Apparatus for filling cartridges of e-vapor devices9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097867 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Feed assemblies and methods5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035185 A1Altria Client Services LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and process for the metering of predetermined quantities of at least one product77US 4,669,634 ARoussel Uclaf · 1987
- Method and apparatus for forming capsules44US 4,567,714 A1986
- Apparatus, method and flexible bag for use in manufacturing37US 6,769,231 B2Baxter International Inc. · 2004
- Device for dosing and forming disks for pods containing a product for infusion34US 7,661,248 B2I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A. · 2010
- Food packaging method and apparatus28US 4,144,693 AToyo Corporation · 1979