B07C 5/02
Measures preceding sorting
Official title: Measures preceding sorting, e.g. arranging articles in a stream orientating {(sorting and transport of caps B67B3/06)}
B07C5/02 (Measures preceding sorting) appears on 285 US grants and 209 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Arrangement for feeding parts104US 4,819,784 AStiwa-Fertigungstechnik Sticht Gesellschaft m.b.H. · 1989
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- Method and apparatus for sorting particles75US 7,569,788 B2Cytonome/St, LLC · 2009
- Apparatus for spinning fruit for sorting thereof74US 4,726,898 APennwalt Corporation · 1988
- Device for controlling and regularizing the spacing objects such as parcels, packages72US 5,165,520 ALa Poste · 1992