B02C 18/0007
Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material
Official title: {specially adapted for disintegrating documents}
B02C18/0007 (Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material) appears on 603 US grants and 615 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B02C- 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.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B02C 2018/0046Shape or construction of frames, housings or casingsIndexing code144
- B02C 2018/0023Switching devicesIndexing code132
- B02C 2018/0015For disintegrating cds, dvds and/or credit cardsIndexing code82
- B02C 2018/0038Motor drivesIndexing code78
- B02C 2018/0069With stripping devicesIndexing code69
- B02C 2018/0061With compacting devices for the disintegrated materialIndexing code31
- B02C 2018/003Removing clips, pins or staples before disintegratingIndexing code30
- B02C 2018/0053Hand-operatedIndexing code2
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