B65F 3/02
Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse: with means for discharging refuse receptacles
Official title: with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto (conveyor construction B65G; loaders separate from vehicles B66F; fluid power control systems in general F15B)
B65F3/02 (Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse: with means for discharging refuse receptacles) appears on 930 US grants and 853 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65F- Granted patents
- 930
- Published applications
- 853
- Assignees
- 244
- Inventors
- 999
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 68 | 87 |
| 2025 | 72 | 121 |
| 2026 | 46 | 90 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65F 3/04Linkages, pivoted arms, or pivoted carriers for raising and subsequently tipping receptacles559
- B65F 2003/0263Constructional features relating to discharging meansIndexing code500
- B65F 2003/0223The discharging means comprising elements for holding the receptacleIndexing code386
- B65F 3/08Platform elevators or hoists with guides or runways for raising or tipping140
- B65F 2003/025Constructional features relating to actuating means for lifting or tipping containersIndexing code128
- B65F 2003/022The discharging means comprising a device for determining the weight of theIndexing code67
- B65F 3/0206While the receptacles remain in place or are still attached to their28
- B65F 3/0203With crane-like mechanisms23
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- B65F 3/12Conjoint motion of lids, flaps, and shutters on vehicle and on receptacle18
- B65F 3/0213Means for facilitating the separation of discharging means from collecting vehicles17
- B65F 2003/0293Means mounted on the vehicle for supporting the refuse receptacle in theIndexing code12
- B65F 2003/0286Means mounted on the vehicle for opening the lid or cover ofIndexing code11
- B65F 2003/0216The discharging means comprising a device for determining the volume of theIndexing code5
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- Refuse vehicle with assisted lift assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296778 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Connecting a refuse body to a refuse collection vehicle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285160 A1
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