B65B 7/14
Closing collapsible or resilient tubes
Official title: Closing collapsible or resilient tubes, e.g. for tooth paste, for lighter fuel
B65B7/14 (Closing collapsible or resilient tubes) appears on 41 US grants and 37 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 41
- Published applications
- 37
- Assignees
- 36
- Inventors
- 92
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tail sealing method of tube container and a product thereof25 Nov 2025US 12,479,617 B2
- Container, closure, and methods for manufacture14 Jan 2025US 12,195,242 B2H. J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
- Beta container for an alpha-beta port system1 Oct 2024US 12,103,746 B2castus GmbH & Co. KG
- Container, closure, and methods for manufacture11 Apr 2023US 11,623,798 B2H. J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
- Container, closure, and methods for manufacture18 Oct 2022US 11,472,610 B2H. J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing inhaler articles13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232011 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Container, closure, and methods for manufacture6 Mar 2025US 2025/0074668 A1H. J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
- Hair color container with mixing features11 Jul 2024US 2024/0228124 A9Kiss Nail Products, Inc.
- Tail sealing method of tube container and a product thereof30 May 2024US 2024/0174399 A1
- Hair color container with mixing features25 Apr 2024US 2024/0132254 A1Kiss Nail Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Inhaler for powdered medications having spiral deagglomeration chamber186US 5,687,710 ASchering Corporation · 1997
- Inhaler for powdered medications140US 5,829,434 ASchering Corporation · 1998
- Inhaler for powdered medications with gear-teeth counter assembly135US 5,740,792 ASchering Corporation · 1998
- Method of vacuum packaging substances, in particular cosmetic or pharmaceutical products, inside variable-capacity containers closed by dispenser members, that prevent ingress of air, apparatus for implementing the method, and dispensers obtained thereby37US 5,237,797 AValois (Societe Anonyme) · 1993
- Container, closure, and methods for manufacture30US 11,292,642 B2H. J. Heinz Company Brands LLC · 2022