B65G 23/14
Endless driving elements extending parallel to belt or chain
Official title: Endless driving elements extending parallel to belt or chain {(B65G23/18 takes precedence)}
B65G23/14 (Endless driving elements extending parallel to belt or chain) appears on 134 US grants and 89 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 134
- Published applications
- 89
- Assignees
- 94
- Inventors
- 214
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
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| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cargo transport complex25 Nov 2025US 12,479,667 B1
- Support link for a conveyor belt23 Sep 2025US 12,421,049 B2Dale Holdings Pty Ltd
- Drive device for a conveying carriage of a distributing conveyor14 Jan 2025US 12,195,282 B2Gebhardt Foerdertechnik GmbH
- Detection of conveyor belt condition31 Dec 2024US 12,180,010 B2John Bean Technologies Corporation
- Circulation conveyor transport wheel, substrate carrier and method27 Aug 2024US 12,071,309 B2Von Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co. KG
- Self-stacking spiral belt with a leading bend and ribbed drive chains9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097902 A1Ashworth Bros., Inc.
- Drive unit, chain conveyor and method1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001725 A1Raumaster Paper Oy
- Conveyor drive systems26 Dec 2024US 2024/0425291 A1Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC
- Support link for a conveyor belt21 Mar 2024US 2024/0092585 A1Dale Holdings Pty Ltd
- Circulation conveyor transport wheel, substrate carrier and method28 Dec 2023US 2023/0416007 A1Von Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co. KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Drive mechanism143US 4,759,439 ADominion Chain Inc. · 1988
- Modular accumulator conveyor system51US 6,193,054 B1FKI Industries, Inc., Mathews Conveyor Division · 2001
- Movable backup bar assembly34US 6,322,467 B1Jervis B. Webb Company · 2001
- Pin belt mechanism for movement of a continuous strip30US 3,938,721 AThe Standard Register Company · 1976
- Stretchable belt conveyor30US 4,061,223 AThe First National Bank of Akron, Trustee · 1977