B65B 9/2042
Means for altering the cross-section of the tube filling opening prior to
Official title: {Means for altering the cross-section of the tube filling opening prior to transversal sealing, e.g. tube spreading devices (subdividing filled tubes to form two or more packages by sealing involving displacement of contents B65B9/12)}
B65B9/2042 (Means for altering the cross-section of the tube filling opening prior to) appears on 137 US grants and 112 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method and system for manufacturing a number of tubular packagings filled with a liquid26 Aug 2025US 12,397,954 B2Mu-Drop B.V.
- Flat-bottom stand-up bag, vertical form, fill, and seal system and methodology for utilizing the same1 Jul 2025US 12,344,429 B2Kellanova
- Packaging apparatus for small piece goods and method for producing a blister tube comprising a plurality of blister bags7 Jan 2025US 12,187,482 B2Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH
- Stretching unit for clamping and stretching a tubular film, flow-wrapper and method for clamping and stretching a tubular film27 Aug 2024US 12,070,911 B2Gea Food Solutions Weert B.V.
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing a pouched product14 May 2026US 2026/0131923 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing and inspecting a pouched product or at least one object associated therewith14 May 2026US 2026/0131927 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Device and method for forming a packaging film gusset in a tubular bag packaging30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116609 A1Loesch Verpackungstechnik GmbH
- Vertical bag-making/filling/packaging machine, manufacturing method of film packaging bag with content, and film packaging bag with content11 Apr 2024US 2024/0116659 A1Orihiro Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Flat-bottom stand-up bag, vertical form, fill, and seal system and methodology for utilizing the same7 Mar 2024US 2024/0076076 A1Kellogg Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Machine and a method for automatically forming, filling, and closing bags125US 5,826,401 AFlexico-France · 1998
- Vertical form, fill and seal machine for making recloseable bags121US 5,505,037 APacmac, Inc. · 1996
- Method and apparatus for forming a reclosable package95US 5,046,300 AReynolds Consumer Products, Inc. · 1991
- Tubular bagging machine with an asymmetrical forming shoulder and tubular bags with an edge-side longitudinal seam94US 5,862,652 ARovema Packaging Machines, L.P. · 1999
- Vertical form, fill and seal packaging machine for making recloseable product filled bags93US 5,400,565 APacmac, Inc. · 1995