B65G
Transport or storage devices
Official title: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
B65G (Transport or storage devices) appears on 45,478 US grants and 35,678 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 45,478
- Published applications
- 35,678
- Assignees
- 14,782
- Inventors
- 65,599
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 704 | 0 |
| 1977 | 624 | 0 |
| 1978 | 549 | 0 |
| 1979 | 425 | 0 |
| 1980 | 505 | 0 |
| 1981 | 569 | 0 |
| 1982 | 501 | 0 |
| 1983 | 490 | 0 |
| 1984 | 573 | 0 |
| 1985 | 608 | 0 |
| 1986 | 584 | 0 |
| 1987 | 679 | 0 |
| 1988 | 644 | 0 |
| 1989 | 737 | 0 |
| 1990 | 711 | 0 |
| 1991 | 766 | 0 |
| 1992 | 779 | 0 |
| 1993 | 698 | 0 |
| 1994 | 694 | 0 |
| 1995 | 650 | 0 |
| 1996 | 576 | 0 |
| 1997 | 561 | 0 |
| 1998 | 619 | 0 |
| 1999 | 688 | 0 |
| 2000 | 703 | 0 |
| 2001 | 802 | 211 |
| 2002 | 751 | 627 |
| 2003 | 716 | 761 |
| 2004 | 650 | 843 |
| 2005 | 553 | 799 |
| 2006 | 561 | 841 |
| 2007 | 527 | 776 |
| 2008 | 480 | 859 |
| 2009 | 497 | 913 |
| 2010 | 660 | 980 |
| 2011 | 665 | 877 |
| 2012 | 631 | 896 |
| 2013 | 807 | 1176 |
| 2014 | 1060 | 1488 |
| 2015 | 1319 | 1490 |
| 2016 | 1427 | 1535 |
| 2017 | 1584 | 1628 |
| 2018 | 1545 | 1960 |
| 2019 | 1808 | 2065 |
| 2020 | 1950 | 2275 |
| 2021 | 1840 | 2228 |
| 2022 | 1767 | 2272 |
| 2023 | 1719 | 2227 |
| 2024 | 2059 | 2407 |
| 2025 | 1997 | 2042 |
| 2026 | 1466 | 1502 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- B65G 47/00Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors13,261
- B65G 2201/00Indexing codes relating to handling devicesIndexing code8,219
- B65G 1/00Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines6,810
- B65G 17/00Conveyors having an endless traction element3,671
- B65G 15/00Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to3,099
- B65G 2203/00Indexing code relating to control or detection of the articles or theIndexing code2,928
- B65G 43/00Control devices2,764
- B65G 21/00Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements2,645
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- B65G 2207/00Indexing codes relating to constructional details, configuration and additional features of aIndexing code2,465
- B65G 65/00Loading or unloading2,403
- B65G 69/00Auxiliary measures taken, or devices used, in connection with loading or unloading2,285
- B65G 53/00Conveying materials in bulk through troughs, pipes or tubes by floating the2,240
- B65G 67/00Loading or unloading vehicles1,834
- B65G 23/00Driving gear for endless conveyors1,688
- B65G 57/00Stacking of articles1,651
- B65G 39/00Rollers1,639
- B65G 13/00Roller-ways1,433
- B65G 49/00Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided1,306
- B65G 51/00Conveying articles through pipes or tubes by fluid flow or pressure1,104
- B65G 59/00De-stacking of articles1,097
- B65G 19/00Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an1,092
- B65G 54/00Non-mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for1,053
- B65G 45/00Lubricating, cleaning, or clearing devices1,042
- B65G 37/00Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds1,037
- B65G 33/00Screw or rotary spiral conveyors926
- B65G 35/00Mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for905
- B65G 61/00Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or885
- B65G 41/00Supporting frames or bases for conveyors as a whole828
- B65G 25/00Conveyors comprising a cyclically-moving807
- B65G 11/00Chutes794
- B65G 27/00Jigging conveyors704
- B65G 7/00Devices for assisting manual moving or tilting heavy loads665
- B65G 2249/00Aspects relating to conveying systems for the manufacture of fragile sheetsIndexing code554
- B65G 29/00Rotary conveyors478
- B65G 2812/00Indexing codes relating to the kind or type of conveyorsIndexing code468
- B65G 63/00Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours or in437
- B65G 2209/00Indexing codes relating to order picking devices in generalIndexing code388
- B65G 2814/00Indexing codes relating to loading or unloading articles or bulk materialsIndexing code384
- B65G 2811/00Indexing codes relating to common features for more than one conveyor kindIndexing code336
- B65G 5/00Storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth283
- B65G 2205/00Stopping elements used in conveyors to stop articles or arrays of articlesIndexing code266
- B65G 9/00Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or226
- B65G 60/00Simultaneously or alternatively stacking and de-stacking of articles122
- B65G 3/00Storing bulk material or loose, i.e. disorderly, articles106
- B65G 31/00Mechanical throwing machines for articles or solid materials69
- B65G 2813/00Indexing codes relating to transport for special purposesIndexing code22
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- Manufacturing arrangement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307186 A1Interroll Holding AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Roll mover and method of using1,021US 5,797,637 A1998
- Modular wafer transport and processing system655US 4,917,556 AVarian Associates, Inc. · 1990
- System and method for rapidly customizing design, manufacture and/or selection of biomedical devices614US 6,772,026 B2Therics, Inc. · 2004
- Virtual reality system with enhanced sensory apparatus493US 5,980,256 A1999
- Load storage equipment474US 6,722,837 B2Daifuku Co., Ltd. · 2004