IPC Subgroup
B29C 48/4 using two or more parallel screws, e.g. twin screw extruders
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 > Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it through the nozzle or die > using screws surrounded by a cooperating barrel, e.g. single screw extruders > using two or more parallel screws, e.g. twin screw extruders
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
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B29C 48/405 Intermeshing co-rotating screws
- B29C 48/41 Intermeshing counter-rotating screws
- B29C 48/415 and having partially non-intermeshing screws
- B29C 48/42 Non-identical or non-mirrored screws
- B29C 48/425 using three or more screws
- B29C 48/435 Sub-screws
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