B65G 47/18
Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes
B65G47/18 (Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes) appears on 400 US grants and 340 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 400
- Published applications
- 340
- Assignees
- 274
- Inventors
- 723
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 | 7 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 4 | 8 |
| 2013 | 5 | 14 |
| 2014 | 12 | 20 |
| 2015 | 13 | 12 |
| 2016 | 17 | 20 |
| 2017 | 18 | 17 |
| 2018 | 20 | 14 |
| 2019 | 21 | 15 |
| 2020 | 17 | 30 |
| 2021 | 22 | 27 |
| 2022 | 20 | 29 |
| 2023 | 20 | 23 |
| 2024 | 34 | 26 |
| 2025 | 23 | 20 |
| 2026 | 14 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Feeding apparatus and substrate processing device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,570 B2Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
- Robot informed dynamic parcel inflow gating25 Aug 2026US 12,715,714 B2Dexterity, Inc.
- Self-locking folding hopper and a locking method thereof18 Aug 2026US 12,709,460 B2Sandvik AB
- Drop-down device30 Jun 2026US 12,668,438 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Apparatus for quality grading, sorting and conveying cucumbers, and dynamic separation implementation method9 Jun 2026US 12,649,630 B2Agricultural Information Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultral Science
- Storage of granular compositions1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296797 A1
- Drop-down device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296810 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Integrated conveyor system for efficient and automated handling of particulate materials from belly dump trailers17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274479 A1Belly2Box LLC
- Trailer-integrated drive-over sand-truck unloader method and system with safety features20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242162 A1Site Prop Systems, Inc.
- Proppant handling system with one or more bucket elevators and proppant delivery rate control20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243153 A1Quickthree Technology, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and systems to transfer proppant for fracking with reduced risk of production and release of silica dust at a well site99US 9,340,353 B2Oren Technologies, LLC · 2016
- Hopper gate for self-unloading ships94US 4,004,700 AAllis-Chalmers Corporation · 1977
- Apparatus for conveying granular plastic material79US 6,379,086 B1Mann & Hummel ProTec GmbH · 2002
- Systems and methods for processing objects including space efficient distribution stations and automated output processing62US 10,438,034 B2Berkshire Grey, Inc. · 2019
- Automatically adjustable continuous feeder system56US 4,580,698 APebco, Inc. · 1986