B65G 13/00
Roller-ways
Official title: Roller-ways (storage devices comprising roller-ways B65G1/02; endless-chain conveyors comprising load-supporting rollers B65G17/00; rollers or arrangements thereof B65G39/00)
B65G13/00 (Roller-ways) appears on 1,433 US grants and 1,159 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 1,433
- Published applications
- 1,159
- Assignees
- 766
- Inventors
- 2,450
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 18 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 17 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 31 | 0 |
| 1992 | 26 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 18 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 13 |
| 2002 | 32 | 25 |
| 2003 | 32 | 29 |
| 2004 | 31 | 23 |
| 2005 | 15 | 27 |
| 2006 | 16 | 34 |
| 2007 | 23 | 25 |
| 2008 | 15 | 29 |
| 2009 | 20 | 17 |
| 2010 | 16 | 15 |
| 2011 | 13 | 23 |
| 2012 | 6 | 20 |
| 2013 | 26 | 45 |
| 2014 | 37 | 58 |
| 2015 | 48 | 45 |
| 2016 | 46 | 37 |
| 2017 | 32 | 64 |
| 2018 | 62 | 63 |
| 2019 | 75 | 55 |
| 2020 | 69 | 90 |
| 2021 | 71 | 81 |
| 2022 | 64 | 73 |
| 2023 | 65 | 73 |
| 2024 | 74 | 76 |
| 2025 | 73 | 53 |
| 2026 | 42 | 66 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Conveyor sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,753,019 B2Banner Engineering Corp.
- Object orientation adjusting device6 Oct 2026US 12,753,020 B2NGK Insulators, Ltd.
- Conveyor system and an associated method15 Sep 2026US 12,735,269 B2Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC
- Roller conveyor gap filler system15 Sep 2026US 12,735,273 B2Lewco, Inc.
- Conveyor bidirectional roller assembly and conveyor therewith1 Sep 2026US 12,722,904 B1Roach Manufacturing Corporation
- Manufacturing arrangement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307186 A1Interroll Holding AG
- Rotary member for conveyance, conveyor device, and roller member1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296795 A1Itoh Denki Co., Ltd.
- Aligner device for redirecting items in conveyance1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296798 A1
- A method and a system for sorting and storing objects24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285596 A1BEUMER Group GmbH & Co. KG
- Pallet return assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285622 A1Walmart Apollo, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Auto reject unit151US 6,653,588 B1Rapiscan Security Products, Inc. · 2003
- Flow rack135US 6,948,900 B1Life Time Systems, LLC · 2005
- Universal flow track system119US 6,132,158 AUnex Manufacturing, Inc. · 2000
- Rollers and track for gravity fed shelving apparatus105US 6,523,664 B2B-O-F Corporation · 2003
- Selectable width track apparatus and method for a gravity fed shelving system105US 7,114,606 B2B-O-F Corporation · 2006