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)
Introduced: September 1968
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.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES, JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
CPC: 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)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES, JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
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)
Of 6 combined children, 5 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Note: 1 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
5 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B67B 1/00 Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers (stoppers per se B65D39/00) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B67B 2201/00 Indexing codes relating to constructional features of closing machines 2nd only +6 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B67B 3/00 Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps (caps per se B65D41/00) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B67B 6/00 Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying closure members, not provided for in groups B67B1/00 - B67B5/00 since 2009 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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 ) +3 CPC −1 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B67,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- KRONES DE 1,255
- KHS DE 781
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 687
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV BE 472
- COCA-COLA COMPANY US 461
- PEPSICO US 408
- TRUKING TECHNOLOGY 401
- HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN NL 390
- COWAY COMPANY KR 332
- KRONES 321
Top Applicants (CPC)
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