B08B 2209/08
Details of machines or methods for cleaning containers
Official title: Details of machines or methods for cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
B08B2209/08 (Details of machines or methods for cleaning containers) appears on 184 US grants and 332 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 332
- Assignees
- 213
- Inventors
- 741
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2022 | 14 | 60 |
| 2023 | 20 | 57 |
| 2024 | 41 | 53 |
| 2025 | 41 | 44 |
| 2026 | 30 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods and apparatus for cleaning a vessel29 Sep 2026US 12,746,584 B2ASM IP Holding B. V.
- Sanitary device and pest prevention device for garbage can lids22 Sep 2026US 12,741,809 B2Grote Industries, Inc.
- Cleaning method, recording medium, and substrate processing apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,561 B2Kokusai Electric Corporation
- Automated solid/liquid dispenser1 Sep 2026US 12,721,308 B1
- Dry cleaning device and dry cleaning method1 Sep 2026US 12,722,190 B2Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Process for cleaning or removing solids from tanks8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307117 A1Wacker Chemie AG
- Cleaning device and method for cleaning wastewater holding tanks8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307118 A1Williams Company Enterprises, LLC
- Carrying method and device for cleaning foup8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307916 A1Asia Neo Tech Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Cleaning tool for a hearing device charger1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295643 A1
- Process for Chemically Cleaning Lithium Carbonate Scale from Surfaces of Equipment24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284721 A1Veolia Water Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for spraying the interior of a container17US 11,090,700 B1Core Insight Systems, Inc. · 2021
- Ground tank cleaning method and system14US 11,179,754 B2Warrior Technologies, LLC · 2021
- Nozzles and container cleaning system13US 5,713,101 A1998
- Method for cleaning intermediate bulk containers on a mobile vehicle12US 5,286,302 A1994
- Method and apparatus for cleaning flexible containers5US 5,478,406 ABetter Agricultural Goals Corporation · 1995