B65B 9/20
The webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
Official title: the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
B65B9/20 (The webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles) appears on 1,221 US grants and 1,165 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 1,221
- Published applications
- 1,165
- Assignees
- 439
- Inventors
- 1,738
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 18 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 15 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 18 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 42 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 11 |
| 2002 | 33 | 42 |
| 2003 | 37 | 39 |
| 2004 | 39 | 62 |
| 2005 | 34 | 45 |
| 2006 | 35 | 49 |
| 2007 | 26 | 39 |
| 2008 | 31 | 40 |
| 2009 | 28 | 43 |
| 2010 | 22 | 41 |
| 2011 | 16 | 67 |
| 2012 | 25 | 67 |
| 2013 | 30 | 40 |
| 2014 | 38 | 47 |
| 2015 | 30 | 34 |
| 2016 | 34 | 49 |
| 2017 | 34 | 60 |
| 2018 | 23 | 53 |
| 2019 | 50 | 58 |
| 2020 | 42 | 39 |
| 2021 | 50 | 30 |
| 2022 | 39 | 51 |
| 2023 | 33 | 41 |
| 2024 | 43 | 49 |
| 2025 | 39 | 35 |
| 2026 | 21 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65B 9/213The web having intermittent motion416
- B65B 9/2014Tube advancing means301
- B65B 9/207The web advancing continuously207
- B65B 9/2056Machines for packages of special type or form147
- B65B 9/2042Means for altering the cross-section of the tube filling opening prior to137
- B65B 9/22Forming shoulders137
- B65B 9/2049Package shaping devices acting on filled tubes prior to sealing the filling110
- B65B 9/2007Means for stripping or squeezing filled tubes prior to sealing to remove74
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By later US patents
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- Reclosable bag, material, and method of and means for making same223US 4,617,683 AMinigrip, Inc. · 1986
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