B65B 51/26
Devices specially adapted for producing transverse or longitudinal seams in webs or
Official title: Devices specially adapted for producing transverse or longitudinal seams in webs or tubes
B65B51/26 (Devices specially adapted for producing transverse or longitudinal seams in webs or) appears on 1,038 US grants and 948 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 1,038
- Published applications
- 948
- Assignees
- 482
- Inventors
- 1,726
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 17 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 7 |
| 2002 | 20 | 26 |
| 2003 | 33 | 33 |
| 2004 | 20 | 34 |
| 2005 | 21 | 28 |
| 2006 | 19 | 27 |
| 2007 | 17 | 28 |
| 2008 | 22 | 25 |
| 2009 | 13 | 29 |
| 2010 | 18 | 35 |
| 2011 | 17 | 38 |
| 2012 | 19 | 35 |
| 2013 | 26 | 42 |
| 2014 | 28 | 31 |
| 2015 | 26 | 34 |
| 2016 | 28 | 37 |
| 2017 | 28 | 56 |
| 2018 | 21 | 65 |
| 2019 | 39 | 44 |
| 2020 | 45 | 40 |
| 2021 | 35 | 41 |
| 2022 | 43 | 50 |
| 2023 | 37 | 43 |
| 2024 | 53 | 59 |
| 2025 | 43 | 34 |
| 2026 | 21 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tooling for use in heat-sealing of flexible materials used in packaging6 Oct 2026US 12,752,952 B2Greener Corporation
- Item packaging machine with longitudinal and lateral package sizing29 Sep 2026US 12,747,058 B2Tension International, Inc.
- Vertical packaging machine and method for packaging products15 Sep 2026US 12,735,215 B2Ilapak Italia S.P.A.
- Former, bagmaking and packaging machine, and method of manufacturing bagmaking and packaging machine1 Sep 2026US 12,722,820 B2Ishida Co., Ltd.
- Multilayer rod, sealing unit, package forming apparatus, packaging machine, method for manufacturing a multilater rod and method for manufacturing an induction sealing device1 Sep 2026US 12,722,830 B2Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- A packaging apparatus for forming a plurality of sealed packages filled with a pourable product24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285520 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Making machine and making method for producing pouches each containing a loose product dose17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274476 A1Sasib S.p.A.
- A packaging apparatus for forming a plurality of sealed packages filled with a pourable product17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274477 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Tooling for use in heat-sealing of flexible materials used in packaging17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274484 A1Greener Corporation
- Packaging apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274489 A1Takazono Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Position feedback system and method for use thereof1,075US 6,625,517 B12003
- Precise portion packaging machine137US 4,703,765 AUnited States Tobacco Company · 1987
- Controlled motion system123US 6,876,107 B2Jacobs Automation LLC · 2005
- Apparatus for and method of transverse sealing for a form-fill-seal packaging machine109US 5,279,098 AIshida Scales Mfg. Co., Ltd. · 1994
- Method and apparatus for manufacturing packaging pads102US 4,720,321 AKeyes Fibre Company · 1988