B29C 2049/4679
Sterile gas to surround or flush parts of the blow-moulding apparatus
Official title: {Sterile gas to surround or flush parts of the blow-moulding apparatus, e.g. blowing means, preforms or parisons}
B29C2049/4679 (Sterile gas to surround or flush parts of the blow-moulding apparatus) appears on 49 US grants and 57 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 49
- Published applications
- 57
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 76
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2019 | 7 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with sterilizable aseptic valve18 Aug 2026US 12,709,050 B2Krones AG
- Gas shield for a blow/fill/seal machine7 Jan 2025US 12,186,964 B2Weiler Engineering, Inc.
- Method for sterilizing blow molding machine, and blow molding machine3 Sep 2024US 12,076,906 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Apparatus and method to form hollow containers20 Aug 2024US 12,064,914 B2Alphamac S.R.L.
- Machine and method for treating and in particular transporting plastic parisons28 Nov 2023US 11,826,943 B2Krones AG
- Apparatus and method for treating and in particular sterilizing plastic preforms or containers13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345475 A1Krones AG
- Parison directional canopy for a blow/fill/seal machine6 Feb 2025US 2025/0042074 A1Weiler Engineering, Inc.
- Gas shield generator for a blow/fill/seal machine14 Nov 2024US 2024/0375339 A1Weiler Engineering, Inc.
- Gas shield for a blow/fill/seal machine14 Nov 2024US 2024/0375340 A1Weiler Engineering, Inc.
- Apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with sterilizable aseptic valve25 Jul 2024US 2024/0246282 A1Krones AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Point of fill air system72US 5,759,218 AAllergan, Inc. · 1998
- Aseptic filling system17US 9,321,621 B2Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · 2016
- Apparatus for molding containers obtained from parisons9US 8,197,245 B2Gea Procomac S.P.A. · 2012
- Blow molding machine and method8US 6,635,216 B2Graham Engineering Corporation · 2003
- Apparatus for shaping plastic preforms, comprising a sterile chamber8US 8,708,680 B2Krones AG · 2014