B65G 47/261
Accumulating articles
Official title: {Accumulating articles}
B65G47/261 (Accumulating articles) appears on 565 US grants and 314 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 565
- Published applications
- 314
- Assignees
- 322
- Inventors
- 871
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 5 |
| 2002 | 9 | 8 |
| 2003 | 15 | 23 |
| 2004 | 10 | 16 |
| 2005 | 15 | 11 |
| 2006 | 10 | 14 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 |
| 2008 | 8 | 7 |
| 2009 | 10 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 | 9 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 3 | 9 |
| 2014 | 11 | 20 |
| 2015 | 14 | 11 |
| 2016 | 18 | 16 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7 |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 |
| 2019 | 12 | 14 |
| 2020 | 15 | 22 |
| 2021 | 20 | 17 |
| 2022 | 10 | 13 |
| 2023 | 17 | 19 |
| 2024 | 16 | 15 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- High-rate at high-density tunable accumulation conveyor6 Oct 2026US 12,753,022 B2Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC
- Production flow-rate measurement options for food process lines16 Jun 2026US 12,656,160 B2Nothum Manufacturing Company
- Method and apparatus for stacking lumber19 May 2026US 12,630,374 B2Eagle Machinery & Supply, Inc.
- Apparatus for transferring and accumulating objects and packaging line comprising said apparatus7 Apr 2026US 12,595,137 B2Europool S.R.L.
- System and method for automated sortation27 Jan 2026US 12,533,712 B2Aegis Sortation, LLC
- Method and system for receiving and manipulating articles1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296801 A1Krones AG
- Skirtboard liner assemblies3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257863 A1Martin Engineering Company
- Conveyor system with tip prevention25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176084 A1Laitram, L. L. C.
- Device and method for manipulating flat-lying products using controlled finger mechanisms25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176087 A1
- Method and apparatus for stacking lumber18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167441 A1Eagle Machinery & Supply, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Control system and module for an accumulation conveyor107US 5,862,907 AHytrol Conveyor Company, Inc. · 1999
- Accumulating conveyor and control system101US 5,285,887 AInterroll Holding A. G. · 1994
- Control system for an accumulating conveyor77US 5,228,558 AInterroll Holding AG · 1993
- Modular power roller conveyor72US 5,582,286 AElectroCom Automation, Inc. · 1996
- Control system for power driven conveyor line70US 5,318,167 ANewcor, Inc. · 1994