B29B 2017/0286
Cleaning means used for separation
Official title: {Cleaning means used for separation}
B29B2017/0286 (Cleaning means used for separation) appears on 219 US grants and 268 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29B- Granted patents
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- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Combined washing/delamination process for multilayer film-containing recycling streams29 Sep 2026US 12,747,331 B2Borealis AG
- Apparatus and method for de-vulcanisation of rubber8 Sep 2026US 12,729,281 B2Electronic Systems S.P.A.
- Polyester film recovery method, recycled polyester product, recovery device, and functional layer removal agent25 Aug 2026US 12,715,976 B2Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
- Reducing surface and bulk contamination in plastic9 Jun 2026US 12,649,115 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Methods for manufacturing bulked continuous filament from recycled pet9 Jun 2026US 12,649,261 B2Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation
- Reducing surface and bulk contamination in plastic24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284550 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Method for recycling polyolefin containers10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264293 A1Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
- Process for recycling used plastics based on polyethylene using a light hydrocarbon solvent3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257400 A1Ifp Energies Nouvelles
- Processes for producing upgraded post-consumer recycled polyethylene20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242576 A1Dow Global Technologies LLC
- Method for cleaning bulk material, and separating device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233253 A1Wittmann Technology GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for sorting post-consumer articles according to PVC content120US 5,419,438 ASimco/Ramic Corporation · 1995
- Plastics separation and recycling methods73US 4,830,188 ARutgers, The State University · 1989
- Process for recycling plastic container scrap59US 4,379,525 AOwens-Illinois, Inc. · 1983
- Process for cleaning thermoplasts by friction compacting53US 5,306,803 ABayer Aktiengesellschaft · 1994
- Method and apparatus for cleaning and recycling post-consumer plastic films50US 5,540,244 AAdvanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. · 1996