IPC Main Group
B67B 7/00 Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- OPENING OR CLOSING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- Subclass:
- APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES, JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
Related Keywords
opening BOTTLE(S)opening or piercing closed CONTAINER(S)EXTRACTING of container closuresopening JARSOPENING closed containersPIERCING of closed containersextracting PLUGS from bottlesremoving STOPPERS from bottles
11 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
- B67B 7/2 for breaking vacuum seals between lids or covers and bodies of preserving jars, e.g. by wedge action
- B67B 7/4 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, crown-cap removers
- B67B 7/46 Cutting devices, i.e. devices including at least one cutting element having one or more cutting edges for piercing through the wall of a closed container, e.g. can openers
- 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 1,255
- 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