B65G 47/20
The hoppers or chutes being movable
Official title: the hoppers or chutes being movable
B65G47/20 (The hoppers or chutes being movable) appears on 43 US grants and 31 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 43
- Published applications
- 31
- Assignees
- 38
- Inventors
- 92
- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Aerosol-generating article collation forming with increased number of hoppers6 Jan 2026US 12,515,835 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Diversion assembly4 Feb 2025US 12,214,970 B2Iso-Pacific Remediation Technologies, Inc.
- Article transport facility12 Nov 2024US 12,139,347 B2Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Device for depositing poultry to a poultry conveyer18 Jun 2024US 12,011,005 B2Meyn Food Processing Technology B. V.
- Truck detection sensor for material transfer vehicles22 Aug 2023US 11,731,840 B2Weiler and Company, Inc.
- Vibratory conveyors and method for vibratory conveying of bulk material16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200687 A1
- Feed hopper18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167434 A1Hazemag & EPR GmbH
- Aerosol-generating article collation forming with increased number of hoppers3 Jul 2025US 2025/0214727 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Hopper cleanout16 Nov 2023US 2023/0365343 A1Weiler and Company, Inc.
- Article Transport Facility17 Aug 2023US 2023/0257211 A1Daifuku Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hopper door assembly and method for feeding bulk metal objects from a hopper48US 6,622,849 B1Sperling Railway Services, Inc. · 2003
- Down flow distributor16US 4,754,869 A1988
- System for feeding bulk material11US 4,983,090 AK-Tron International, Inc. · 1991
- Adjustable conveyor chute11US 8,607,964 B2Fluor Technologies Corporation · 2013
- Method and apparatus for receiving bulk particulate materials involving dust control and reduced air contamination10US 4,252,493 AOwens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation · 1981