B08B 9/0322
In combination with a plug
Official title: {in combination with a plug, e.g. inflatable mole, to isolate a part of the tube (plugging pigs for stopping flow in pipes F16L55/1283)}
B08B9/0322 (In combination with a plug) appears on 55 US grants and 36 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 55
- Published applications
- 36
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 94
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Pipe cleaning assembly and method of cleaning a piping system using the same26 Dec 2023US 11,850,636 B2Fisher Controls International LLC
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- Setting of a cleaning operation for a container filling apparatus12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042652 A1Krones AG
- Fluid Flushing Systems for Foreign Object Debris Amelioration, and Methods and Devices Related Thereto5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034568 A1Relativity Space, Inc.
- Fluid purging system12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187046 A1CNX Resources Corporation
- Tooling assembly for cleaning a cylinder head using pressurized fluid and a method for the same28 Nov 2024US 2024/0390956 A1Fives Cinetic Corp.
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By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for cleaning columns by inducing vibrations in fouling material and the column33US 5,674,323 AAmerican International Corporation · 1997
- Method and apparatus for cleaning tubular structures28US 4,021,265 ABell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated · 1977
- Method for cleaning heat exchanger tubes by creating shock wave and mixing the liquid with injected air28US 5,423,917 A1995
- Drain declogging device24US 3,937,404 A1976
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