D01G 7/00
Breaking or opening fibre bales
D01G7/00 (Breaking or opening fibre bales) appears on 216 US grants and 61 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D01G- Granted patents
- 216
- Published applications
- 61
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 228
- Latest grant
- 5 Aug 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 12 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Growing medium and mulch fiber opening apparatus5 Aug 2025US 12,378,703 B2Profile Products L.L.C.
- Module for a fiber preparation machine and fiber preparation machine17 Jun 2025US 12,331,431 B2Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
- Method for recycling nonwoven fabric8 Oct 2024US 12,110,613 B2
- Recording of trash in a fiber preparation system7 May 2024US 11,976,388 B2Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
- System for making a rigid foam substitute27 Feb 2024US 11,911,932 B2ThermoPod, LLC
- Fiber opening apparatus11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159996 A1Profile Products L.L.C.
- Fibers, woven fabrics including the fibers, and methods of manufacturing the same16 Nov 2023US 2023/0366134 A1Indo Count Industries Ltd.
- Operating device for operating textile machines and method for operating textile machines12 Oct 2023US 2023/0323571 A1Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
- Module for a fiber preparation machine and fiber preparation machine1 Sep 2022US 2022/0275540 A1Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
- Growing medium and mulch fiber opening apparatus26 May 2022US 2022/0162777 A1Profile Products L.L.C.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bale-opening method and apparatus41US 4,929,141 AInternational Baler Corp. · 1990
- Method and apparatus for recognizing foreign substances in and separating them from a pneumatically conveyed fiber stream38US 6,087,608 ATrutzschler GmbH & Co. KG · 2000
- Method and apparatus for conveying and breaking apart fiber modules25US 4,057,876 A1977
- Bale level control system for mechanical hopper feeder25US 4,363,585 AAutomatic Material Handling, Inc. · 1982
- Module feeding apparatus23US 4,109,875 AContinental Conveyor & Equipment Co., Inc. · 1978