B65B 69/0008
Opening and emptying bags
Official title: {Opening and emptying bags}
B65B69/0008 (Opening and emptying bags) appears on 196 US grants and 172 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 172
- Assignees
- 154
- Inventors
- 392
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 8 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Packaging machine6 Oct 2026US 12,752,954 B2Mpac Lambert Limited
- Device and method for refilling and transferring solid raw materials from a container into a mixer15 Sep 2026US 12,735,221 B2BASF Coatings GmbH
- Powder intake unit1 Sep 2026US 12,722,824 B2Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Device, set and method for removing a sterile object from a foil bag30 Jun 2026US 12,668,393 B2Syntegon Technology GmbH
- Product-containing outer bag, bag feeding device, and supply method31 Mar 2026US 12,589,912 B2Seisan Nipponsha, Ltd.
- Devices and methods for handling flexible large-volume receptacles containing bulk material1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296708 A1Mhwirth AS
- Product-containing outer bag, bag feeding device, and supply method11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159277 A1Seisan Nipponsha, Ltd.
- Device and method for refilling and transferring solid raw materials from a container into a mixer30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116610 A1BASF Coatings GmbH
- A bulk dispenser5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060450 A1Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Automated bulk bag unloading system with an automated blade cutting system26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054877 A1CMT Process Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Packages for dispensing flowable materials and dispensing systems using such packages62US 6,953,069 B2Fres-co System USA, Inc. · 2005
- System and package for dispensing flowable material and method for product dispensing54US 7,153,026 B2Fres-co System USA, Inc. · 2006
- Particulate dispensing system50US 5,638,988 ALoveland Industries, Inc. · 1997
- Apparatus for supporting and discharging flexible fluid containers44US 6,062,429 AValley West, Inc. · 2000
- Bag discharge station38US 5,277,014 AAbr, LLC · 1994