A47J 37/04
Roasting apparatus with movably-mounted food supports or with movable heating implements
Official title: Roasting apparatus with movably-mounted food supports or with movable heating implements; Spits
A47J37/04 (Roasting apparatus with movably-mounted food supports or with movable heating implements) appears on 1,207 US grants and 908 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47J- Granted patents
- 1,207
- Published applications
- 908
- Assignees
- 474
- Inventors
- 1,900
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 18 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 23 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 29 | 0 |
| 1985 | 20 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 18 | 0 |
| 1988 | 23 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 17 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 23 | 0 |
| 1993 | 23 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 29 | 0 |
| 1996 | 23 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 28 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 11 |
| 2002 | 33 | 29 |
| 2003 | 25 | 20 |
| 2004 | 18 | 27 |
| 2005 | 17 | 28 |
| 2006 | 24 | 26 |
| 2007 | 13 | 24 |
| 2008 | 14 | 26 |
| 2009 | 16 | 37 |
| 2010 | 12 | 26 |
| 2011 | 15 | 29 |
| 2012 | 12 | 38 |
| 2013 | 18 | 34 |
| 2014 | 39 | 49 |
| 2015 | 25 | 52 |
| 2016 | 25 | 35 |
| 2017 | 36 | 50 |
| 2018 | 29 | 43 |
| 2019 | 35 | 69 |
| 2020 | 40 | 52 |
| 2021 | 54 | 52 |
| 2022 | 36 | 39 |
| 2023 | 35 | 34 |
| 2024 | 44 | 31 |
| 2025 | 25 | 28 |
| 2026 | 10 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A47J 37/044With conveyors moving in a horizontal or an inclined plane295
- A47J 37/041With food supports rotating about a horizontal axis265
- A47J 37/047With rotating drums or baskets181
- A47J 37/049Details of the food supports not specially adapted to one of the171
- A47J 37/043With food supports rotating about a vertical axis142
- A47J 37/045With endless conveyors136
- A47J 37/042With food supports arranged on wheels or spiders rotating about a horizontal115
- A47J 37/046With horizontal turntables58
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