B65G 21/14
To allow adjustment of length or configuration of load-carrier or traction element
Official title: to allow adjustment of length or configuration of load-carrier or traction element (varying speed of conveyance by adjusting configuration of load-carrier B65G23/00; {tensioning arrangements for belt or chain B65G23/44})
B65G21/14 (To allow adjustment of length or configuration of load-carrier or traction element) appears on 459 US grants and 336 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 336
- Assignees
- 293
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- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 18 | 12 |
| 2025 | 15 | 14 |
| 2026 | 11 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Fold linkage and method of using same88US 6,296,109 B1Astec Industries, Inc. · 2001
- Material conveying apparatus and method84US 5,685,416 AUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc. · 1997
- Folding transport conveyor for a construction machine, automotive construction machine, as well as method for pivoting a transport conveyor69US 8,424,666 B2Wirtgen GmbH · 2013
- Multiple-stage extendable conveyor65US 5,351,809 ARapistan Demag Corporation · 1994
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