B67B APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS (opening or closing devices attached to, or incorporated in, containers or container closures B65D)
Description
B67B covers machinery and methods for mechanically applying closure members (caps, corks, stoppers, seals) to bottles, jars, and analogous containers, as well as devices for opening sealed containers. This includes capping machines, corking equipment, sealing apparatus, and corresponding manual or automated tools used in packaging operations. The classification encompasses both the mechanical processes and the apparatus designed to handle various closure types and container geometries. Adjacent classes B67A (opening or closing by hand or simple mechanical means) address non-mechanical methods, while B67C covers filling or emptying containers.
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B67B 1/00 Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers (stoppers per se B65D39/00)
- B67B 2201/00 Indexing codes relating to constructional features of closing machines
- B67B 3/00 Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps (caps per se B65D41/00)
- B67B 5/00 Applying protective or decorative covers to closures; Devices for securing bottle closures with wire (infant feeding teats with means for fastening to bottles A61J11/04)
- B67B 6/00 Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying closure members, not provided for in groups B67B1/00 - B67B5/00
- B67B 7/00 Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers (nail pullers or extractors B25C11/00; attached to, or incorporated in, containers or container closures )
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B67, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- KRONES DE 1,493
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 869
- KHS DE 843
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV BE 515
- COCA-COLA COMPANY US 488
- PEPSICO US 477
- KRONES 417
- HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN NL 398
- COWAY COMPANY KR 339
- FREEZIO CH 322