B24C 5/02
Blast guns
Official title: Blast guns, e.g. for generating high velocity abrasive fluid jets for cutting materials {(perforating by fluid jet B26F1/26)}
B24C5/02 (Blast guns) appears on 545 US grants and 454 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24C- Granted patents
- 545
- Published applications
- 454
- Assignees
- 333
- Inventors
- 1,027
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 14 | 3 |
| 2002 | 13 | 14 |
| 2003 | 5 | 14 |
| 2004 | 12 | 13 |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 |
| 2006 | 15 | 12 |
| 2007 | 4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 4 | 10 |
| 2009 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 7 | 15 |
| 2011 | 6 | 14 |
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| 2019 | 17 | 41 |
| 2020 | 16 | 26 |
| 2021 | 12 | 26 |
| 2022 | 26 | 29 |
| 2023 | 19 | 30 |
| 2024 | 18 | 26 |
| 2025 | 22 | 16 |
| 2026 | 11 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for abrasive blasting6 Oct 2026US 12,752,397 B2Axxiom Manufacturing, Inc.
- Silencer for a blast nozzle29 Sep 2026US 12,746,640 B2Blastone Technology Pty Ltd
- Wet blasting treatment device and wet blasting treatment method25 Aug 2026US 12,715,082 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Single motion, ergonomic fail-to-safe trigger/switch with rapidly adjustable securement26 May 2026US 12,636,754 B2Triton Systems, Inc.
- Spray head device and sandblasting device for automobile part processing5 May 2026US 12,617,059 B2Zhejiang Wanli University
- Tool tip attachment for ultrasonic impact grinding and method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273695 A1Rtx Corporation
- High pressure liquid-jet seal assembly carriage27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249434 A1Hypertherm, Inc.
- Noise reduction appliance16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200040 A1Blastone Technology Pty Ltd
- Apparatus, methods, and systems for abrasive blasting16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200041 A1Axxiom Manufacturing, Inc.
- High pressure water jet cutting apparatus and method for rock-wall crane girder in underground cavern powerhouse11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158614 A1Shandong University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Supersonic exhaust nozzle having reduced noise levels for CO.sub.2 cleaning system199US 5,390,450 AFord Motor Company · 1995
- Coating or ablation applicator with a debris recovery attachment154US 5,795,626 AInnovative Technology Limited · 1998
- Nozzle mounted lamp134US 5,873,647 A1999
- CO.sub.2 cleaning system and method132US 5,405,283 AFord Motor Company · 1995
- Cutting head for water jet cutting machine126US 5,018,670 APossis Corporation · 1991