B05B 12/1481
Comprising pigs, i.e. movable elements sealingly received in supply pipes, for separating
Official title: {comprising pigs, i.e. movable elements sealingly received in supply pipes, for separating different fluids, e.g. liquid coating materials from solvent or air (cleaning pipes with pigs B08B9/0557, pigs per se F16L55/26)}
B05B12/1481 (Comprising pigs, i.e. movable elements sealingly received in supply pipes, for separating) appears on 65 US grants and 82 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 65
- Published applications
- 82
- Assignees
- 42
- Inventors
- 120
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
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| 2024 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Coating material supply device31 Mar 2026US 12,590,664 B2
- Coating agent pump, coating installation and associated operating method24 Mar 2026US 12,583,002 B2
- Paint-supply system for a coating installation, and associated operating method17 Feb 2026US 12,551,915 B2
- Fluid spraying facility and method for moving an associated fluid3 Dec 2024US 12,157,133 B2Exel Industries
- Apparatus for spraying a fluid4 Jun 2024US 11,998,936 B2Exel Industries
- Coating agent pump, coating installation and associated operating method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192314 A1
- Coating installation and associated operating method having a simulation of the amount of coating agent required5 Jun 2025US 2025/0178010 A1
- Valve and System15 May 2025US 2025/0155036 A1
- Coating material supply device16 Jan 2025US 2025/0020260 A1
- Method of Monitoring Cleaning of Coating Apparatus, Method of Cleaning Coating Apparatus, Coating Apparatuses, and Robot System11 Jul 2024US 2024/0226944 A9ABB Schweiz AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Paint spraying equipment and method of cleaning the same65US 6,037,010 ALacTec Gesellschaft fuer moderne Lackiertechnik mbH · 2000
- Interior pipeline coating process59US 5,230,842 A1993
- Pipeline scraper29US 5,127,125 AI.S.T. Molchtechnik GmbH · 1992
- Process for supplying painting lines with paint26US 4,390,126 ABASF Farben & Fasern AG · 1983
- Method and apparatus for spray coating a workpiece26US 6,090,450 ALacTec GmbH Gesellschaft fuer moderne Lackiertechnik · 2000