CPC Main Group
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 )
13 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B67B 7/02 for removing stoppers
- B67B 7/12 for removing disc-closures
- B67B 7/14 for removing tightly-fitting lids or covers, e.g. of shoe-polish tins, by gripping and rotating
- B67B 7/16 for removing flanged caps, e.g. crown caps
- B67B 7/18 for removing threaded caps (B67B7/14 takes precedence; wrenches B25B13/00)
- B67B 7/20 for breaking vacuum seals between lids or covers and bodies of preserving jars, e.g. by wedge action
- B67B 7/40 Devices for engaging tags, strips, or tongues for opening by tearing, e.g. slotted keys for opening sardine tins
- B67B 7/42 Devices for removing barrel bungs
- B67B 7/44 Combination tools, e.g. comprising cork-screws, can piercers, crowncap removers (combinations of opening devices with cutting tools B26; with devices serving other purposes, see appropriate subclasses, e.g. B25F; B43K29/00)
- B67B 7/92 by breaking, e.g. for ampoules
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