B29C 49/4205
Handling means
Official title: {Handling means, e.g. transfer, loading or discharging means (handling of inserts or reinforcements B29C49/20; handling of linings or labels B29C49/2408)}
B29C49/4205 (Handling means) appears on 941 US grants and 798 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 941
- Published applications
- 798
- Assignees
- 277
- Inventors
- 1,302
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 24 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1 |
| 2002 | 17 | 7 |
| 2003 | 12 | 24 |
| 2004 | 22 | 23 |
| 2005 | 13 | 18 |
| 2006 | 16 | 18 |
| 2007 | 9 | 17 |
| 2008 | 9 | 23 |
| 2009 | 9 | 21 |
| 2010 | 18 | 37 |
| 2011 | 20 | 49 |
| 2012 | 23 | 31 |
| 2013 | 38 | 32 |
| 2014 | 30 | 36 |
| 2015 | 42 | 51 |
| 2016 | 48 | 44 |
| 2017 | 32 | 37 |
| 2018 | 43 | 38 |
| 2019 | 36 | 39 |
| 2020 | 32 | 34 |
| 2021 | 27 | 38 |
| 2022 | 26 | 42 |
| 2023 | 39 | 45 |
| 2024 | 29 | 40 |
| 2025 | 30 | 28 |
| 2026 | 24 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29C 49/42073Grippers536
- B29C 49/42093Transporting apparatus534
- B29C 49/42113Means for manipulating the objects' position or orientation218
- B29C 49/42069Means explicitly adapted for transporting blown article169
- B29C 49/42051Means for stripping, aligning or de-stacking116
- B29C 49/42065Means specially adapted for transporting preforms88
- B29C 49/42071Temperature conditioned transport7
Recent patents
- Resin molded product information management method, method for producing resin container, resin molded product information management device, and blow molding device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,473 B2Nissei Asb Machine Co., Ltd.
- Method and device for loading a fibre-based container with a preform and for inserting the container into a blow mold8 Sep 2026US 12,728,581 B2Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
- Apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with sterilizable aseptic valve18 Aug 2026US 12,709,050 B2Krones AG
- Apparatus and method for heating plastic preforms with spatially resolved temperature detection18 Aug 2026US 12,709,051 B2Krones AG
- System for producing plastic containers with universally usable changing robot and method therefore11 Aug 2026US 12,703,138 B2Krones AG
- Heater for a preform used in container manufacturing20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241629 A1Discma AG
- Method of forming containers using a manufacturing cell20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241630 A1Discma AG
- Blow molding device and blow molding method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233455 A1Nissei Asb Machine Co., Ltd.
- Facility for manufacturing containers, equipped with a suction-extraction device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233948 A1Sidel Participations
- Container treatment facility with container discharge functionality6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225823 A1Krones AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for conveying and checking containers, in particular preforms77US 6,808,382 B22004
- Coated polyester preforms and method of making same72US 6,391,408 B1Advanced Plastics Technologies, Ltd. · 2002
- Preform coating apparatus and method66US 5,509,965 AContinental PET Technologies, Inc. · 1996
- Methods for preparing coated polyester articles62US 6,676,883 B2Advanced Plastics Technologies, Ltd. · 2004
- Machine system for formation of molecularly oriented plastic bottles61US 4,140,464 AEmhart Industries, Inc. · 1979