B65G 17/086
Specially adapted to follow a curved path
Official title: {specially adapted to follow a curved path (for individual load carriers B65G17/22)}
B65G17/086 (Specially adapted to follow a curved path) appears on 326 US grants and 229 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 326
- Published applications
- 229
- Assignees
- 121
- Inventors
- 348
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2006 | 8 | 18 |
| 2007 | 11 | 7 |
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| 2019 | 11 | 11 |
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| 2022 | 6 | 10 |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 18 |
| 2025 | 14 | 8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Side flexing modular conveyor belt and hinge pin therefor, as well as method of transferring tensile load in a side flexing modular conveyor belt18 Aug 2026US 12,709,483 B2Rexnord Flattop Europe B.V.
- Device for orderly transfer of products7 Jul 2026US 12,673,833 B2FlexLink Systems AB
- Laterally articulable belt conveyor systems23 Jun 2026US 12,662,321 B2Robbins Mining, Inc.
- Oblique-link modular conveyor belt21 Apr 2026US 12,606,381 B2Laitram, L. L. C.
- Warewasher conveyor with tilting conveyor chain assembly21 Apr 2026US 12,606,382 B2Ali Group North America Corporation
- Non-tenting conveyor belt6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225816 A1Laitram, L. L. C.
- Ribless positive driven spiral system with pointed or rounded end transition elements23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109544 A1Ashworth Bros., Inc.
- Carrier body for carrying promotional object in restaurant and conveyor system having the same12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042613 A1Kura Sushi, Inc.
- Metal conveyor belt with service points30 Oct 2025US 2025/0333247 A1Laitram, L. L. C.
- Warewasher Conveyor With Tilting Conveyor Chain Assembly30 Oct 2025US 2025/0333248 A1Ali Group North America Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Low friction flat-top article carrying chain78US 4,436,200 ARexnord Inc. · 1984
- Modular link conveyor system76US 4,953,693 ASpan Tech LLC · 1990
- Plastic conveyor belt66US 4,742,907 AKVP Systems, Inc. · 1988
- Low back pressure plastic conveyor64US 5,224,583 A1993
- Low tension plastic conveyor belt system61US 4,901,844 AKVP Systems, Inc. · 1990