B07C 5/362
Separating or distributor mechanisms
Official title: {Separating or distributor mechanisms (switches for postal sorting B07C3/065; particular discharging devices for B65G47/74)}
B07C5/362 (Separating or distributor mechanisms) appears on 287 US grants and 233 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 287
- Published applications
- 233
- Assignees
- 213
- Inventors
- 669
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 25 | 20 |
| 2025 | 11 | 16 |
| 2026 | 14 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for sorting objects8 Sep 2026US 12,728,444 B2Optisort, LLC
- Apparatus for sorting abnormal battery cell11 Aug 2026US 12,703,010 B2Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
- Rotation system for rotating a packaged item4 Aug 2026US 12,697,643 B2Deutsche Post AG
- Beverage bottle sorting mechanism and sorting and recycling device14 Jul 2026US 12,678,829 B2Tomra Recyling Technology (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for particle sorting with automated adjustment of operational parameters12 May 2026US 12,623,254 B2Cytonome/St, LLC
- Mobile material sorting apparatus27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249326 A1
- Optimization of sortation order receptacle filling13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233256 A1Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
- System or machine for sorting objects with an aeraulic control device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233257 A1
- System and method for rejecting wall boards30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216753 A1Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC
- Robotic System and Method for Picking and/or Sorting Objects18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166590 A1Danu Robotics Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Direct transfer sorting system180US 4,895,242 AG B Instruments, Inc. · 1990
- Fluidic sorting device for two or more materials suspended in a fluid90US 5,101,978 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1992
- Laser particle sorter89US 4,887,721 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1989
- Multi-band spectral sorting system for light-weight articles74US 6,646,218 B1Key Technology, Inc. · 2003
- Dimensioning system57US 8,599,303 B2Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc. · 2013