B29C 49/6835
Using reflectors
Official title: {using reflectors}
B29C49/6835 (Using reflectors) appears on 174 US grants and 122 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for automatically positioning ramps in a preform heating station21 Apr 2026US 12,605,879 B2Sidel Participations
- Process to heat preformed plastic pipes10 Mar 2026US 12,570,025 B2Optiflux Tech Innovations Private Limited
- Device and method for the thermal conditioning of preforms23 Dec 2025US 12,502,821 B2Sidel Participations
- Method for automatically verifying the presence of members for holding preforms in a heating station7 Oct 2025US 12,434,425 B2Sidel Participations
- Oven for preforms11 Mar 2025US 12,246,480 B2Smi S.P.A. Con Socio Unico
- Thermal treatment unit for preforms4 Sep 2025US 2025/0276484 A1Sidel Participations
- Apparatus and method for heating plastics material preforms with inspection of the holding devices26 Sep 2024US 2024/0316832 A1Krones AG
- System and process to heat preformed plastic pipes6 Jun 2024US 2024/0181679 A1Optiflux Tech Innovations Private Limited
- Detecting lost plastic preforms in the heating module by multiple heating lamp failure detection7 Mar 2024US 2024/0075675 A1Krones AG
- Method for automatically positioning ramps in a preform heating station11 Jan 2024US 2024/0009915 A1Sidel Participations
Most cited
By later US patents
- Oriented polymeric products67US 6,053,214 AUponor N.V. · 2000
- Method and apparatus for the thermal treatment of thermoplastic preforms46US 5,322,651 ASidel · 1994
- Method and apparatus for measuring a characteristic of a plastic container42US 7,253,892 B2Petwall, LLC · 2007
- Apparatus for preparing heat-set plastic hollow vessel39US 4,790,741 AToyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. · 1988
- Container with multiple integral connection handle, preform and method of manufacture39US 6,789,689 B1B & R Industries, Pty. Ltd · 2004