B65B 51/30
Devices
Official title: Devices, e.g. jaws, for applying pressure and heat, e.g. for subdividing filled tubes
B65B51/30 (Devices) appears on 867 US grants and 757 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 867
- Published applications
- 757
- Assignees
- 409
- Inventors
- 1,416
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 6 |
| 2002 | 19 | 26 |
| 2003 | 30 | 30 |
| 2004 | 20 | 31 |
| 2005 | 20 | 25 |
| 2006 | 18 | 23 |
| 2007 | 16 | 25 |
| 2008 | 19 | 24 |
| 2009 | 12 | 25 |
| 2010 | 16 | 29 |
| 2011 | 12 | 31 |
| 2012 | 16 | 27 |
| 2013 | 22 | 33 |
| 2014 | 24 | 25 |
| 2015 | 22 | 30 |
| 2016 | 27 | 30 |
| 2017 | 25 | 39 |
| 2018 | 17 | 48 |
| 2019 | 34 | 35 |
| 2020 | 32 | 32 |
| 2021 | 22 | 30 |
| 2022 | 29 | 31 |
| 2023 | 28 | 36 |
| 2024 | 34 | 43 |
| 2025 | 37 | 24 |
| 2026 | 17 | 19 |
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.
- Packaging device and method for packaging discrete medicaments in pouches25 Aug 2026US 12,715,633 B2Vmi Holland B .V.
- Tooling for use in heat-sealing of flexible materials used in packaging17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274484 A1Greener Corporation
- Packaging machine for packaging polymer based products3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257822 A1Cemaks EndüStriyel Makine Sanayi Anonim Sirketi
- Excrement Collecting Box and Using Method Thereof27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248099 A1PETKIT Network Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasonic sealing system and anvil thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241643 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- A movable member for a system for supporting production of packages, corresponding system, filling machine and method6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225748 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
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
- Apparatus for packaging given quantities of snuff99US 4,607,479 ASvenska Tobaks AB · 1986