B02C 17/18
Details
B02C17/18 (Details) appears on 790 US grants and 764 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B02C- Granted patents
- 790
- Published applications
- 764
- Assignees
- 528
- Inventors
- 1,637
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 20 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 20 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 12 |
| 2003 | 7 | 12 |
| 2004 | 10 | 19 |
| 2005 | 6 | 27 |
| 2006 | 8 | 17 |
| 2007 | 12 | 11 |
| 2008 | 8 | 25 |
| 2009 | 9 | 27 |
| 2010 | 13 | 29 |
| 2011 | 34 | 29 |
| 2012 | 20 | 19 |
| 2013 | 10 | 38 |
| 2014 | 22 | 41 |
| 2015 | 16 | 34 |
| 2016 | 43 | 48 |
| 2017 | 24 | 33 |
| 2018 | 21 | 39 |
| 2019 | 38 | 33 |
| 2020 | 39 | 43 |
| 2021 | 21 | 40 |
| 2022 | 29 | 48 |
| 2023 | 40 | 43 |
| 2024 | 37 | 49 |
| 2025 | 30 | 24 |
| 2026 | 31 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B02C 17/183Feeding or discharging devices234
- B02C 17/22Lining for containers200
- B02C 17/20Disintegrating members168
- B02C 17/24Driving mechanisms109
- B02C 17/1805Monitoring devices for tumbling mills93
- B02C 17/1815Cooling or heating devices64
- B02C 17/1825Lifting devices33
- B02C 17/181Bearings specially adapted for tumbling mills23
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Recent patents
- Grate plate for a pulp lifter of a grinding mill29 Sep 2026US 12,746,551 B2Metso Finland Oy
- Method and system for operating a comminution process in a ball mill29 Sep 2026US 12,746,553 B2S.P.M. Instrument AB
- Mill discharge grate having dynamic variable sieve openings29 Sep 2026US 12,746,554 B2FLSmidth A/S
- Method and system for generating information relating to an internal state of a tumbling mill25 Aug 2026US 12,715,000 B2S.P.M. Instrument AB
- System and method for mounting a liner element to a mill shell of a mill25 Aug 2026US 12,715,001 B2Metso Finland Oy
- Agitator Mill and Method for Assembly and Dismantling a Grinding Vessel Bottom of an Agitator Mill8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307081 A1NETZSCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH
- Method and system for operating a comminution process in a ball mill10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264089 A1S.P.M. Instrument AB
- Separating Device in An Agitator Mill, Separating Module and Agitator Mill with A Separating Device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249303 A1NETZSCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH
- System and method for operating a comminution process in a tumbling mill27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249304 A1S.P.M. Instrument AB
- Loosening of grinding bodies in an agitator bead mill13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233232 A1
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By later US patents
- Lubricating system for bearing shoes147US 4,209,079 AFives-Cail Babcock · 1980
- Mill door in coal-burning utility electrical power generation plant98US 6,189,819 B1Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCO) · 2001
- Grinding method86US 8,783,589 B2Imerys · 2014
- System and method for milling materials84US 6,976,647 B2Elan Pharma International Limited · 2005
- Method for making paper using microparticles71US 6,193,844 B12001