B65B 7/164
Securing by heat-sealing
Official title: {Securing by heat-sealing}
B65B7/164 (Securing by heat-sealing) appears on 290 US grants and 348 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Convenient meal box sealing machine for use9 Jun 2026US 12,649,595 B1
- Primary packaging line for ophthalmic articles5 May 2026US 12,617,569 B2Alcon Inc.
- Separating unit24 Mar 2026US 12,583,646 B2Weber Food Technology GmbH
- Systems and methods for sealing a container10 Mar 2026US 12,570,420 B2Yum Connect, LLC
- Cooling sealed packages after hot filing and sealing20 Jan 2026US 12,528,614 B2Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
- Sealing group for a machine for making pods with extraction products30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217404 A1I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
- Well-plate sealing apparatus11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159265 A1Seegene, Inc.
- Flip-top coffee capsule sealer21 May 2026US 2026/0138766 A1
- Systems and methods for sealing a container14 May 2026US 2026/0131920 A1Yum Connect, LLC
- Apparatus for sealing open-topped containers with heat-shrinking film material23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109501 A1Yum Connect, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pill dispensing machine207US 4,655,026 A1987
- Drug filling machine98US 5,946,883 AKabushiki Kaisha Yuyama Seisakusho · 1999
- Drug filling packaging and labeling machine83US 6,308,494 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Yuyama Seisakusho · 2001
- Process for the aseptic packing of products and machine employing said process75US 4,208,852 APont-A-Mousson S. A. · 1980
- Deactivation of microorganisms65US 5,768,853 APurePulse Technologies, Inc. · 1998