IPC Subgroup
B29C 48/25 Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
Introduced: January 2019
Full Title
Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor > Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- Subclass:
- SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
14 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B29C 48/255 Flow control means, e.g. valves
- B29C 48/265 Support structures or bases for apparatus, e.g. frames
- B29C 48/27 Cleaning; Purging; Avoiding contamination
- B29C 48/275 Recovery or reuse of energy or materials
- B29C 48/28 Storing of extruded material, e.g. by winding up or stacking
- B29C 48/285 Feeding the extrusion material to the extruder
- B29C 48/3 Extrusion nozzles or dies
- B29C 48/355 Conveyors for extruded articles
- B29C 48/36 Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it through the nozzle or die
- B29C 48/78 Thermal treatment of the extrusion moulding material or of preformed parts or layers, e.g. by heating or cooling
- B29C 48/88 Thermal treatment of the stream of extruded material, e.g. cooling
- B29C 48/92 Measuring, controlling or regulating
- B29C 48/94 Lubricating
- B29C 48/96 Safety devices
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B29, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 3,802
- BOEING COMPANY US 3,087
- COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN FR 2,315
- SUMITOMO RUBBER IND 1,784
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,663
- CANON 1,658
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 1,587
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 1,555
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 1,470
- LG CHEM KR 1,415