B05B 12/14
Arrangements for controlling delivery: for supplying a selected one of a plurality
Official title: for supplying a selected one of a plurality of liquids or other fluent materials {or several in selected proportions} to a {spray apparatus, e.g. to a} single spray outlet
B05B12/14 (Arrangements for controlling delivery: for supplying a selected one of a plurality) appears on 1,080 US grants and 1,060 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,060
- Assignees
- 542
- Inventors
- 2,108
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 51 | 62 |
| 2024 | 63 | 56 |
| 2025 | 43 | 60 |
| 2026 | 32 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B05B 12/1418For supplying several liquids or other fluent materials in selected proportions to375
- B05B 12/149Characterised by colour change manifolds or valves therefor160
- B05B 12/1409The selection means being part of the discharge apparatus122
- B05B 12/1472Separate supply lines supplying different materials to separate outlets of the spraying117
- B05B 12/1463Separate containers for different materials to be sprayed being moved from a65
- B05B 12/1481Comprising pigs, i.e. movable elements sealingly received in supply pipes, for separating65
- B05B 12/1454Separate units comprising both a material container and a spray device permanently22
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By later US patents
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