B67B 7/18
Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers: for removing threaded caps
Official title: for removing threaded caps (B67B7/14 takes precedence; wrenches B25B13/00)
B67B7/18 (Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers: for removing threaded caps) appears on 318 US grants and 241 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67B- Granted patents
- 318
- Published applications
- 241
- Assignees
- 120
- Inventors
- 538
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 12 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 16 |
| 2025 | 11 | 15 |
| 2026 | 12 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Chemical liquid supply equipment and chemical liquid supply method6 Oct 2026US 12,757,667 B2Marketech International Corp.
- Container for human consumables29 Sep 2026US 12,747,149 B2Wolfpack Partners LLC
- Container and method and apparatus for adding a product to a container18 Aug 2026US 12,709,424 B2Colin Mear Engineering Limited
- Decapper4 Aug 2026US 12,698,193 B2Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
- Wrench apparatus14 Jul 2026US 12,679,711 B2Mallory Designs LLC
- Hand-Held Capper/Decapper Device and Method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296868 A1Azenta US, Inc.
- Cap attachment-detachment device, pre-processing device and cap attachment method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257904 A1Shimadzu Corporation
- Container for human consumables20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242200 A1Wolfpack Partners LLC
- Apparatus for opening tamper-resistant containers11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159368 A1
- Multifunctional bottle opener11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159369 A1Shenzhen Yingxiang Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Combination bottle hook and wrench94US 6,352,235 B22002
- Hand held opening apparatus72US 4,455,894 A1984
- Beverage bottle and can opener68US 4,414,865 A1983
- Pretreatment apparatus for analysis of sugar58US 5,472,669 AHoriba, Ltd. · 1995
- Automatic handling of sample cups closed with a screwable cap54US 6,216,340 B1Roche Diagnostics GmbH · 2001