B65B 53/063
Tunnels
Official title: {Tunnels}
B65B53/063 (Tunnels) appears on 140 US grants and 141 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 140
- Published applications
- 141
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 258
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10 |
| 2005 | 4 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 5 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 9 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 13 |
| 2015 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016 | 4 | 10 |
| 2017 | 1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 8 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Dehumidification device of package thermal-shrinking oven22 Sep 2026US 12,741,773 B2
- Heat shrink packaging system25 Aug 2026US 12,715,640 B2
- Steam heated shrink tunnel23 Jun 2026US 12,662,277 B2Axon Corporation
- Quick-release air knife of package thermal-shrinking oven3 Mar 2026US 12,566,030 B2
- Airflow orifice adjusting device of package thermal-shrinking oven17 Feb 2026US 12,553,668 B2
- Heat shrink packaging system6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340320 A1
- Heat sealing apparatuses and methods of use thereof11 Sep 2025US 2025/0282103 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Process for heat shrinking a film wrapped bundle or article24 Jul 2025US 2025/0236427 A1Polycerf, Inc.
- Hot air shrink tunnel for heat shrinking a shrink label, method for heat shrinking a shrink label, and heat shrinking apparatus for heat shrinking a shrink label26 Jun 2025US 2025/0206480 A1Fuji Seal International, Inc.
- System and method for using waste heat from computing devices13 Feb 2025US 2025/0052449 A1Core Scientific, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Heat tunnel for film shrinking54US 7,155,876 B2Douglas Machine Inc. · 2007
- Banding apparatus with floating mandrel49US 4,765,121 APDC International Corporation · 1988
- Method for packaging articles using pre-perforated heat shrink film47US 7,328,550 B2Douglas Machine Inc. · 2008
- Apparatus and method for selective processing of materials with radiant energy46US 7,823,366 B2Douglas Machine Inc. · 2010
- Heat tunnel for film shrinking46US 8,051,629 B2Douglas Machine Inc. · 2011