B67C 3/045
Apparatus specially adapted for filling bottles with hot liquids
Official title: {Apparatus specially adapted for filling bottles with hot liquids}
B67C3/045 (Apparatus specially adapted for filling bottles with hot liquids) appears on 90 US grants and 114 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67C- Granted patents
- 90
- Published applications
- 114
- Assignees
- 36
- Inventors
- 162
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Hot fill container with wavy groove29 Sep 2026US 12,747,060 B2The Coca-Cola Company
- Method of processing a plastic container to increase internal pressure17 Mar 2026US 12,577,027 B2
- Method of inverting container base prior to cooling27 May 2025US 12,312,227 B2Amcor Rigid Packaging USA, LLC
- Method of handling a plastic container having a moveable base31 Dec 2024US 12,179,986 B2CO2PAC Limited
- Method and device for hot-filling a liquid product31 Dec 2024US 12,180,055 B2Krones AG
- Method of processing a plastic container to increase internal pressure23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208939 A1CO2PAC Limited
- Hybrid system for processing containers25 Sep 2025US 2025/0296826 A1David Melrose Design Limited
- Method Of Inverting Container Base Prior To Cooling11 Sep 2025US 2025/0282600 A1Amcor Rigid Packaging USA, LLC
- Method of processing a plastic container to increase internal pressure23 Jan 2025US 2025/0026556 A1CO2PAC Limited
- Container filling system and valve for same26 Dec 2024US 2024/0425341 A1PepsiCo, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of supporting plastic containers during product filling and packaging when exposed to elevated temperatures and internal pressure variations122US 6,502,369 B1Amcor Twinpak-North America Inc. · 2003
- Method of packaging products in plastic containers121US 5,251,424 AAmerican National Can Company · 1993
- Multi-functional base for a plastic, wide-mouth, blow-molded container114US 6,612,451 B2Graham Packaging Company L. P. · 2003
- Semi-rigid collapsible container94US 7,077,279 B2Co2 Pac Limited · 2006
- Apparatus for filling a high temperature liquid into a biaxially oriented, saturated polyester bottle, a device for cooling said bottle86US 4,450,878 AYoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd. · 1984