B65G 17/00
Conveyors having an endless traction element
Official title: Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface
B65G17/00 (Conveyors having an endless traction element) appears on 3,671 US grants and 2,721 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 3,671
- Published applications
- 2,721
- Assignees
- 1,675
- Inventors
- 5,358
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 49 | 0 |
| 1977 | 25 | 0 |
| 1978 | 30 | 0 |
| 1979 | 28 | 0 |
| 1980 | 30 | 0 |
| 1981 | 41 | 0 |
| 1982 | 22 | 0 |
| 1983 | 28 | 0 |
| 1984 | 31 | 0 |
| 1985 | 46 | 0 |
| 1986 | 35 | 0 |
| 1987 | 46 | 0 |
| 1988 | 46 | 0 |
| 1989 | 53 | 0 |
| 1990 | 67 | 0 |
| 1991 | 58 | 0 |
| 1992 | 68 | 0 |
| 1993 | 54 | 0 |
| 1994 | 80 | 0 |
| 1995 | 53 | 0 |
| 1996 | 58 | 0 |
| 1997 | 56 | 0 |
| 1998 | 55 | 0 |
| 1999 | 53 | 0 |
| 2000 | 70 | 0 |
| 2001 | 93 | 22 |
| 2002 | 80 | 45 |
| 2003 | 60 | 71 |
| 2004 | 62 | 71 |
| 2005 | 57 | 85 |
| 2006 | 68 | 99 |
| 2007 | 67 | 78 |
| 2008 | 59 | 86 |
| 2009 | 67 | 82 |
| 2010 | 67 | 93 |
| 2011 | 61 | 66 |
| 2012 | 52 | 71 |
| 2013 | 65 | 96 |
| 2014 | 93 | 137 |
| 2015 | 145 | 143 |
| 2016 | 125 | 98 |
| 2017 | 118 | 118 |
| 2018 | 109 | 160 |
| 2019 | 175 | 164 |
| 2020 | 177 | 140 |
| 2021 | 125 | 128 |
| 2022 | 113 | 144 |
| 2023 | 105 | 151 |
| 2024 | 123 | 146 |
| 2025 | 130 | 132 |
| 2026 | 93 | 95 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65G 17/30Details1,696
- B65G 17/06Conveyors having an endless traction element: having a load-carrying surface formed by1,299
- B65G 17/12Comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to464
- B65G 17/24Comprising a series of rollers which are moved304
- B65G 17/20Comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains271
- B65G 17/002Comprising load carriers resting on the traction element203
- B65G 17/26Comprising a series of co-operating units129
- B65G 17/16Comprising individual load-carriers which are pivotally mounted118
All 12 subgroupsShow fewer
- B65G 17/005Comprising individual load carriers which are movably mounted87
- B65G 17/02Comprising a load-carrying belt attached to or resting on the traction element69
- B65G 17/22Conveyors having an endless traction element: with oppositely-moving parts of the conveyor63
- B65G 17/007Conveyors having an endless traction element: for conveying the load on the10
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