B67B 3/02
Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps: by applying flanged
Official title: by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges
B67B3/02 (Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps: by applying flanged) appears on 227 US grants and 164 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67B- Granted patents
- 227
- Published applications
- 164
- Assignees
- 142
- Inventors
- 384
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Capper head for capper11 Aug 2026US 12,703,619 B2Krones AG
- Apparatus for applying a container closure to a container, and closer30 Jun 2026US 12,668,475 B2Krones AG
- Food container and animal food dispensing device compatible with food container26 May 2026US 12,635,666 B2Shenzhen Libro Technology Co., Ltd.
- Closures with tamper evidence21 Apr 2026US 12,606,352 B2Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Closures with tamper evidence31 Mar 2026US 12,589,917 B2Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Insulated capping head1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296866 A1Arol S.P.A.
- Customized perfume-filling equipment23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209021 A1Everfree Technology (Guangdong) Co., Ltd.
- Closures with tamper evidence25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176029 A1Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Closures with tamper evidence18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167389 A1Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Closing assembly for capping head for capping machine and capping machine12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070771 A1Arol S.P.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of applying roll-on closures83US 4,628,669 ASewell Plastics, Inc. · 1986
- Bottle can member, bottle, and thread forming device79US 7,798,357 B2Universal Can Corporation · 2010
- Systems and methods for sorting40US 8,731,711 B1Express Scripts, Inc. · 2014
- Vessel closure machine33US 5,280,693 AKrones AG Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik · 1994
- Automatic feeding hopper31US 4,006,812 AZapata Industries, Inc. · 1977