B67B 7/20
Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers: for breaking vacuum seals
Official title: for breaking vacuum seals between lids or covers and bodies of preserving jars, e.g. by wedge action
B67B7/20 (Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers: for breaking vacuum seals) appears on 20 US grants and 22 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67B- Granted patents
- 20
- Published applications
- 22
- Assignees
- 12
- Inventors
- 35
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lateral-cutting can opener with integrated lid removal feature and method for using same29 Sep 2026US 12,747,150 B2Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
- Pressure equalising piercing device for jars having a screw-top closure20 Sep 2022US 11,447,382 B2Pro4UK Limited
- Pod opener25 Jan 2022US 11,232,964 B2Rorze Corporation
- Jar sealing and unsealing device14 Sep 2021US 11,117,791 B2Unovo, Inc.
- Device for opening containers for liquids and for holding the corresponding lids11 Jun 2019US 10,315,903 B2Steelco SPA
- Lateral-cutting can opener with integrated lid removal feature and method for using same27 Feb 2025US 2025/0066177 A1Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
- Pressure equalising piercing device for jars having a screw-top closure26 Aug 2021US 2021/0261396 A1Pro4UK Limited
- Puncture device to open vacuum jars25 Feb 2021US 2021/0053810 A1
- Pod opener23 Jul 2020US 2020/0234987 A1Rorze Corporation
- Multi-functional paint tool14 May 2020US 2020/0146436 A11310 Ventures, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Combination tool for opening, sealing, and puncturing a paint can29US 4,631,769 A1986
- Combination receptacle opener29US 4,633,740 AColor Dynamics, Inc. · 1987
- Hand tool7US 9,315,369 B2Hangzhou Great Star Tools Co., Ltd. · 2016
- Jar sealing and unsealing device4US 11,117,791 B2Unovo, Inc. · 2021
- Tool for breaking a vacuum in a preserving jar closed with a screw cap4US 6,378,398 B22002