B65D 7/045
Casks, barrels, or drums in their entirety
Official title: {Casks, barrels, or drums in their entirety, e.g. beer barrels, i.e. presenting most of the following features like rolling beads, double walls, reinforcing and supporting beads for end walls (thermally insulated barrels, B65D81/3802)}
B65D7/045 (Casks, barrels, or drums in their entirety) appears on 81 US grants and 69 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 81
- Published applications
- 69
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 152
- Latest grant
- 14 Oct 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Drum for transporting and/or storing batteries and the use of such a drum14 Oct 2025US 12,441,527 B2Bebat Vzw
- Tamper-indicating device having robotic application features10 Jun 2025US 12,325,567 B2Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC
- Container for storing, transporting and dispensing a beverage24 Sep 2024US 12,098,010 B2Square Keg, LLC
- TopSink: liquid storage device with automatic discharge in high volume batches10 Sep 2024US 12,085,969 B2
- RFID-equipped pressure chamber for keg7 May 2024US 11,975,901 B2Carlsberg Breweries A/S
- Improved container assembly for aging liquid1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296720 A1Bit365
- Barrel with dispensing device4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152326 A1
- Barrel with dispensing device4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152331 A1
- Alcoholic beverage flavoring container3 Jul 2025US 2025/0214757 A1
- Bung assembly for use in beverage alcohol barrels and casks22 May 2025US 2025/0162766 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for sealing an open head drum88US 5,622,280 ANorth American Packaging Company · 1997
- Bulk carbonated beverage container78US 4,690,299 ASonoco Products Company · 1987
- Identification tag for fluid containment drum39US 7,760,104 B2Entegris, Inc. · 2010
- Container for storing and dispensing beverage, in particular beer36US 6,745,922 B1Heineken Technical Services B.V. · 2004
- Keg for draft beer33US 5,165,569 AFujitechno Ltd. · 1992