B05B 11/0059
Allowing operation in any orientation
Official title: {allowing operation in any orientation, e.g. for discharge in inverted position}
B05B11/0059 (Allowing operation in any orientation) appears on 279 US grants and 227 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 279
- Published applications
- 227
- Assignees
- 130
- Inventors
- 434
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 9 | 7 |
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| 2004 | 8 | 10 |
| 2005 | 9 | 14 |
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| 2011 | 4 | 11 |
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| 2018 | 13 | 11 |
| 2019 | 15 | 11 |
| 2020 | 7 | 8 |
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| 2022 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Liquid product container and extending drawing unit of liquid product container20 May 2025US 12,304,720 B2Motedo Co., Ltd.
- Unit for upright and inverted attitudes9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192316 A1Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
- Straw-in-straw degassing units and containers thereof30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116631 A1L'oreal
- Trigger dispensing device for upside down operation5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061443 A1
- Fluid Dispenser With Sensor for Determining the Volume of Fluid in a Collapsible Container5 Jun 2025US 2025/0176766 A1OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Dispensing container with variable volume compensation126US 6,062,430 AIng. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH · 2000
- All directional fluid pick-up112US 5,195,664 A1993
- Pivotable syphon tube102US 5,655,714 AWagner Spray Tech Corporation · 1997
- Disposable plastic liquid pump101US 5,282,552 AHygiene-Technik Inc. · 1994
- Apparatus for facilitating inflow through closure threads of dispenser83US 4,239,132 AContainaire, Inc. · 1980