B65B 51/32
Cooling, or cooling and pressing, package closures after heat-sealing
B65B51/32 (Cooling, or cooling and pressing, package closures after heat-sealing) appears on 105 US grants and 86 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 105
- Published applications
- 86
- Assignees
- 86
- Inventors
- 215
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Drill bit packaging17 Feb 2026US 12,552,569 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Cooling sealed packages after hot filing and sealing20 Jan 2026US 12,528,614 B2Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
- Carousel machine for packaging12 Aug 2025US 12,384,581 B2Dolcepack Sagl
- Process for the production of a container for the preparation of a beverage in a beverage preparation device and a container obtained by said process22 Jul 2025US 12,365,501 B2Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Packer machine for the production of pouches each containing a portion of a loose product29 Apr 2025US 12,286,258 B2Sasib S.p.A.
- Sealing tool, packaging machine and method for manufacturing a sealed bag24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285526 A1OPTIMA life science GmbH
- Package sealing apparatus6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225754 A1Mars, Incorporated
- Duck skin and duck liver food composition and method of manufacture1 May 2025US 2025/0134142 A1
- Process for the production of a container for the preparation of a beverage in a beverage preparation device and a container obtained by said process23 Jan 2025US 2025/0026518 A1Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Device and method for forming a separation line in a pack of pots of food product26 Dec 2024US 2024/0425218 A1Synerlink
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for sealing a web of film in a form, fill, and seal packaging system77US 4,630,429 ABaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. · 1986
- Method of and apparatus for forming, filling and sealing packages76US 4,532,753 AHayssen Manufacturing Company · 1985
- Method and apparatus for form-fill-seal packaging of articles66US 4,757,668 AILAPAK Research & Development S.A. · 1988
- Form, fill and seal machine with hot gas and thermal impulse sealing56US 4,512,138 AThe Dow Chemical Company · 1985
- Machine for filling and closing bags of synthetic plastic material49US 4,510,736 AHaver & Becker · 1985