B67B 1/03
Pretreatment of stoppers
Official title: Pretreatment of stoppers, e.g. cleaning, steaming, heating, impregnating or coating; Applying resilient rings to stoppers (mechanical working of cork B27J5/00)
B67B1/03 (Pretreatment of stoppers) appears on 22 US grants and 19 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67B- Granted patents
- 22
- Published applications
- 19
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 60
- Latest grant
- 2 May 2017
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Packing apparatus in a sterile environment with a loading and supply system of articles2 May 2017US 9,637,261 B2Marchesini Group S.p.A.
- Machine and method for treating containers of liquids13 Dec 2016US 9,517,854 B2Steelco SPA
- Apparatus and method of radiation-based sterilization of container closures18 Aug 2015US 9,107,968 B2Krones AG
- Method for sanifying/sterilizing cork stoppers21 Jul 2015US 9,084,833 B2Brentapack S.R.L.
- Apparatus and method for sterilizing container closures3 Feb 2015US 8,945,477 B2Sidel
- Device for treating container closures5 Dec 2019US 2019/0367342 A1Krones AG
- Method and facility for treating cork15 Oct 2015US 2015/0291405 A1Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Packing Apparatus In A Sterile Environment With A Loading And Supply System Of Articles19 Jun 2014US 2014/0165500 A1Marchesini Group S.r.I.
- Machine and method for treating containers of liquids2 Jan 2014US 2014/0000220 A1Steelco SPA
- Method for sanifying/sterilizing cork stoppers17 Oct 2013US 2013/0270213 A1Brentapack S.R.L. (50% Interest Only)
Most cited
By later US patents
- Closure lining machine11US 4,605,351 AW. R. Grace & Co. · 1986
- Apparatus and method for sterilizing container closures10US 8,834,790 B2Sidel · 2014
- Method and apparatus for cleaning container closures9US 4,304,611 AAluminum Company of America · 1981
- Process for bleaching and sterilizing cork articles, and cork articles bleached using the said process7US 5,098,447 AInterox Chimica S.p.A. · 1992
- Closure treatment machine6US 4,296,769 AGist-Brocades N. V. · 1981