B65B 7/168
By applying and securing double closures
Official title: {by applying and securing double closures}
B65B7/168 (By applying and securing double closures) appears on 58 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 58
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 105
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Packaging and method for plant matter29 Jul 2025US 12,371,212 B2VIRGIN FRUIT, Inc.
- Isolator system for filling a container with a liquid, transfer station for transferring a container and method therefor6 May 2025US 12,291,364 B2Groninger & Co. GmbH
- Container and method and apparatus for adding a product to a container22 Apr 2025US 12,280,909 B2Colin Mear Engineering Limited
- Feeding unit for a manufacturing machine and related feeding method4 Mar 2025US 12,240,648 B2G. D. Societa per Azioni
- Apparatus and method for automatically closing containers30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217398 A1I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
- Isolator system for filling a container with a liquid, transfer station for transferring a container and method therefor12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187763 A1Groninger & Co. GmbH
- Container and method and apparatus for adding a product to a container23 Jan 2025US 2025/0026511 A1Sewtec Automation Limited
- Isolator system for filling a container with a liquid, transfer station for transferring a container and method therefor28 Nov 2024US 2024/0391617 A1Groninger & Co. GmbH
- Method for securing a stopper on a container, securing station for securing a container closed by a stopper24 Oct 2024US 2024/0351842 A1TT Innovation AG
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- Dual state food packaging73US 5,348,752 AWorld Class Packaging Systems, Inc. · 1994
- Food packaging with gas between tensioned film & lid60US 5,155,974 ASeawell North America, Inc. · 1992
- Machine and process for capping and sealing containers54US 4,095,390 AMcKenna Equipment Company, Inc. · 1978
- Packaging54US 5,103,618 ASeawell Corporation N.V. · 1992
- Method of shrinking film to apply lidstock and package made therefrom54US 5,591,468 AW. R. Grace & Co.-Conn. · 1997