B65B 51/04
Applying separate sealing or securing members
Official title: Applying separate sealing or securing members, e.g. clips, (applying separate lids or covers B65B7/28)
B65B51/04 (Applying separate sealing or securing members) appears on 718 US grants and 603 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 718
- Published applications
- 603
- Assignees
- 328
- Inventors
- 1,042
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2004 | 4 | 24 |
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| 2022 | 19 | 28 |
| 2023 | 26 | 38 |
| 2024 | 29 | 25 |
| 2025 | 29 | 27 |
| 2026 | 14 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tamper-indicating device installation tools and related tamper-indicating devices, assemblies, systems, and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,747,048 B2Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC
- Method of erecting box for insertion of roll packed mattress22 Sep 2026US 12,741,772 B2L&P Property Management Company
- Random case sealer with case lifter21 Jul 2026US 12,686,516 B2Signode Industrial Group LLC
- Water activated tape case sealers26 May 2026US 12,636,839 B2Intertape Polymer Corp.
- Creating virtual pouch in reusable packaging methods and systems19 May 2026US 12,630,320 B2Rz Circular Lt
- Creating virtual pouch in reusable packaging methods and systems24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285518 A1Rz Circular Ltd
- Apparatus and method for closing flexible containers or bundles of objects20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242084 A1Comi Pak Engineering S.R.L. Unipersonale
- Tape applicator apparatus13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233959 A1
- System and method for filling containers with fluids6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225745 A1Tinnus Enterprises, LLC
- Apparatus for protecting product packages with wrapping material and method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217400 A1Orfer Services Oy
Most cited
By later US patents
- Packaging device including dual clip attachment apparatus, a casing brake mechanism and gathering mechanism85US 4,766,713 ADelaware Capital Formation, Inc. · 1988
- Cut-off mechanism for clip attachment apparatus78US 4,683,700 ATipper Tie, Inc. · 1987
- Apparatus for movement of U-shaped clips along a rail77US 5,586,424 ADelaware Capital Formation, Inc. · 1996
- Clip attachment mechanism for fastening a single clip or two clips simultaneously74US 5,495,701 ADelaware Capital Formation, Inc. · 1996
- Process for attaching a hanger loop to a wrapper section closed with a U-shaped clip51US 4,165,593 A1979