B65G 45/02
Lubricating devices
B65G45/02 (Lubricating devices) appears on 169 US grants and 118 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 169
- Published applications
- 118
- Assignees
- 113
- Inventors
- 319
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 8 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 10 |
| 2017 | 7 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Belt transport device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,754,497 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Conveyor lubricants including emulsion of a lipophilic compound and an emulsifier and/or an anionic surfactant and methods employing them12 May 2026US 12,624,305 B2Ecolab USA Inc.
- System and method for lubricating a conveyor24 Feb 2026US 12,559,322 B2DuBois Chemicals, Inc.
- Transport system for containers in the beverage industry and lubrication method29 Apr 2025US 12,286,308 B2Krones AG
- Drive device for a conveying carriage of a distributing conveyor14 Jan 2025US 12,195,282 B2Gebhardt Foerdertechnik GmbH
- Apparatus for conveying containers and associated operating method25 Dec 2025US 2025/0388412 A1Krones AG
- Belt conveyor13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346436 A1
- Conveyance apparatus24 Apr 2025US 2025/0128885 A1Ishida Co., Ltd.
- Systems and method for an early detection of a malfunction of a conveyor unit of a conveyor system of an oven, and oven comprising at least one such system21 Nov 2024US 2024/0383693 A1Belvac Production Machinery, Inc.
- System and method for lubricating a conveyor21 Nov 2024US 2024/0383697 A1DuBois Chemicals, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Exercise treadmill and method84US 5,433,679 ALife Fitness, LLC · 1995
- Electrical lubricating apparatus73US 4,274,509 AMadison-Kipp Corporation · 1981
- Conveyor lubricating system63US 4,262,776 AH. B. Fuller Company · 1981
- Lubricant qualified for contact with a composition suitable for human consumption including a food, a conveyor lubrication method and an apparatus using droplets or a spray of liquid lubricant62US 6,576,298 B2Ecolab Inc. · 2003
- Conveyor lubricating apparatus42US 4,537,285 A1985