Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price of liquid transferred (arrangement of flow- or pressure-control valves B67D7/36; computing, calculating, counting G06; coin-freed apparatus for dispensing fluids G07F13/00; prepayment devices for metering liquids G07F15/00)

Introduced: January 2010

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price of liquid transferred

CPC: Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price of liquid transferred (arrangement of flow- or pressure-control valves B67D7/36; computing, calculating, counting G06; coin-freed apparatus for dispensing fluids G07F13/00; prepayment devices for metering liquids G07F15/00)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes > Details or accessories > Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price of liquid transferred

CPC:

Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes (general disposition of plant in stations for supplying fuel to vehicles B60S5/02; for filling or emptying locomotive water tanks, e.g. water columns, B61K11/00; for refuelling aircraft during flight B64D39/00; liquid- handling ground installations specially adapted for fuelling stationary aircraft B64F1/28) > Details or accessories > Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price of liquid transferred (arrangement of flow- or pressure-control valves B67D7/36; computing, calculating, counting G06; coin-freed apparatus for dispensing fluids G07F13/00; prepayment devices for metering liquids G07F15/00)

Of 8 combined children, 7 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 2010.

Child Classifications

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B67D 7/085 CPC only CPC only
B67D 7/10 operated by keys, push-buttons or cash registers since 2010 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B67D 7/12 operated by movement of delivery hose or nozzle or by devices associated therewith since 2010 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B67D 7/14 responsive to input of recorded programmed information, e.g. on punched cards since 2010 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B67D 7/16 Arrangements of liquid meters since 2010 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B67D 7/22 Arrangements of indicators or registers (indicating or recording in fluid meters G01F15/06) since 2010 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B67D 7/28 with automatic means for reducing or intermittently interrupting flow before completion of delivery, e.g. to produce dribble feed since 2010 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B67D 7/30 with means for predetermining quantity of liquid to be transferred (B67D7/10, B67D7/14 take precedence) since 2010 +3 CPC 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