D01B 1/14
Breaking or scutching
Official title: Breaking or scutching, e.g. of flax; Decorticating
D01B1/14 (Breaking or scutching) appears on 70 US grants and 65 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D01B- Granted patents
- 70
- Published applications
- 65
- Assignees
- 63
- Inventors
- 175
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 8 |
| 2020 | 4 | 9 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- D01B 1/30Details of machines39
- D01B 1/22With crushing or breaking rollers or plates22
- D01B 1/24With toothed or other pointed devices11
- D01B 1/16With devices dependent on a bending action to break or loosen fibre-bearing8
- D01B 1/28With beaters rotating about an axis perpendicular to the fibre bundle3
- D01B 1/26With beaters rotating about an axis parallel with the fibre bundle2
- D01B 1/18With stamping devices0
- D01B 1/20With scraping devices0
Recent patents
- Feedstock processing method and system16 Jun 2026US 12,655,354 B2Defugo Techologies Pte Ltd
- Hemp separation apparatus21 Apr 2026US 12,606,938 B2
- Hemp separation methods and apparatus15 Apr 2025US 12,276,045 B2
- Method and apparatus for decorticating plant stalks7 Jan 2025US 12,188,154 B2
- Decorticator and decorticating process10 Dec 2024US 12,163,253 B2Defugo Techologies Pte Ltd
- Process for converting raw bagasse into processed bagasse and processed bagasse made accordingly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308642 A1
- System and apparatus for manufacturing insulation made from hemp, and product made therefrom23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209994 A1Knauf Insulation, Inc.
- Method for preparing lyocell fibers from sugarcane bagasse as raw material19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078530 A1Jinjiang Anrun Textile Co., Ltd.
- System and method for manufacturing bamboo fibers from bamboo parts and device and method for manufacturing products from bamboo parts12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071354 A1
- Peeling decorticator for producing undamaged natural fiber from bast fiber plants26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055535 A1Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for the splitting of cellulosic fibers, methods for the treatment of fibrous pulps for a papermaking process, methods for paper drying and paper products with split fibers40US 8,961,739 B22015
- Fiber separation method and apparatus36US 5,513,805 A1996
- Process for making a pulp from bamboo31US 4,857,145 AProcess Evaluation and Development Corporation · 1989
- Device to separate contaminants from cotton and flax28US 6,539,585 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · 2003
- Plant material processing system24US 6,079,647 ADurafibre Inc. · 2000