B07C 1/02
Forming articles into a stream
Official title: Forming articles into a stream; Arranging articles in a stream, e.g. spacing, orientating {(transport of sheets B65H)}
B07C1/02 (Forming articles into a stream) appears on 353 US grants and 227 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Automated traying of finished mail11 Aug 2026US 12,703,598 B2DMT Solutions Global Corporation
- Method for analyzing malfunctions in an operation of a handling system, method for training or retraining a classifier, computer program and system for analyzing malfunctions16 Jun 2026US 12,654,950 B2KöRber Supply Chain Logistics GmbH
- Stacked-package detection system3 Mar 2026US 12,564,866 B2Laitram, L. L. C.
- Parcel singulation yield correcting system and method24 Feb 2026US 12,558,710 B2Siemens Logistics LLC
- Sorting system and method for operating same6 Jan 2026US 12,515,888 B2Dematic Corp.
- Multi-channel sorting machine for parcel singulation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295639 A1Wayzim Technology Co., Ltd.
- Robotic merge induction23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208974 A1
- Sorting system, sorting method, and non-transitory computer readable medium25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175261 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Mail processing system with a mail hazard screening machine28 May 2026US 2026/0148581 A1Tritek Technologies, Inc.
- Apparatus for delivery item sorting integrity1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001104 A1United States Postal Service
Most cited
By later US patents
- Postal sorting machine with a feed inlet having a robotized arm and a sloping flat conveyor124US 9,878,349 B2Solystic · 2018
- Mixed mail transport108US 5,508,818 AScan-Code, Inc. · 1996
- Storage rack for storing sorted mailpieces66US 6,435,353 B2Pitney Bowes Inc. · 2002
- Tray flip unloader65US 9,931,673 B2RG Research, Inc. · 2018
- Mail singulation and culling system64US 4,136,780 ABurroughs Corporation · 1979