B23Q 7/16
Loading work on to conveyors
Official title: Loading work on to conveyors; Arranging work on conveyors, e.g. varying spacing between individual workpieces
B23Q7/16 (Loading work on to conveyors) appears on 160 US grants and 60 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
- 160
- Published applications
- 60
- Assignees
- 134
- Inventors
- 316
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems with robotic arms for handling and milling a workpiece, and for positioning a vacuum pod on a milling platform26 May 2026US 12,636,715 B2Intelligent City Inc.
- Workpiece conveying wheeled platform and working system14 Apr 2026US 12,600,000 B2Amada Company, Limited
- Loading system for an optical machine, in particular for loading and unloading optical workpieces, such as eyeglass lenses, and deblocking apparatus comprising a loading system of this type1 Jul 2025US 12,343,838 B2Satisloh AG
- Assembling equipment24 Jun 2025US 12,337,433 B2Fulian Yuzhan Precision Technology Co., Ltd
- Unloading station for a metal-cutting machine and metal-cutting machine for cutting tubular or bar-shaped workpieces4 Feb 2025US 12,214,466 B2TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
- Systems with robotic arms for handling and milling a workpiece, and for positioning a vacuum pod on a milling platform30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216800 A1
- Tape mounter, processing apparatus, and method for processing workpieces19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048463 A1Disco Corporation
- Production cell with workpiece return8 Aug 2024US 2024/0261922 A1
- Systems with robotic arms for handling and milling a workpiece, and for positioning a vacuum pod on a milling platform18 Jul 2024US 2024/0238881 A1Intelligent City Inc.
- Bar feeder and machine tool11 Apr 2024US 2024/0116149 A1Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of and apparatus for automatically grinding cathode ray tube faceplates33US 4,760,671 AOwens-Illinois Television Products Inc. · 1988
- Multiple-spindle lathe29US 5,704,262 APCC Pittler Maschinenfabrik GmbH · 1998
- Orientation of cant for translatory feed through edging cutters28US 3,970,128 ASaab-Scania Aktiebolag · 1976
- Wafer transferring device27US 4,846,623 ADainippon Screen Mfg.Co., Ltd. · 1989
- Meltable matrix chucking machining center and process using26US 4,629,378 A1986