B65G 47/64
Switching conveyors
B65G47/64 (Switching conveyors) appears on 409 US grants and 372 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 409
- Published applications
- 372
- Assignees
- 292
- Inventors
- 961
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 8 | 9 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 |
| 2004 | 9 | 14 |
| 2005 | 9 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 6 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 8 | 10 |
| 2013 | 5 | 11 |
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| 2017 | 11 | 14 |
| 2018 | 16 | 25 |
| 2019 | 22 | 24 |
| 2020 | 25 | 22 |
| 2021 | 31 | 34 |
| 2022 | 27 | 31 |
| 2023 | 20 | 29 |
| 2024 | 32 | 20 |
| 2025 | 25 | 20 |
| 2026 | 12 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Belt conveyor device for lumpy products and device and method for removing products from a product flow6 Oct 2026US 12,753,012 B2Loesch Verpackungstechnik GmbH
- Vertical sequencer for product order fulfillment18 Aug 2026US 12,709,489 B2Symbotic LLC
- Transport system28 Jul 2026US 12,692,098 B2Omnimod AS
- Inspection system28 Jul 2026US 12,696,717 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Transport device having a storage device, and method for operating same14 Jul 2026US 12,679,665 B2Ferag AG
- Device for Transporting and Needs-Based Buffering of Containers1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296800 A1
- Linear conveyance system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274594 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Branch transport device, conveyor table transport system, and conveyor table transport method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242150 A1Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Battery processing device and processing method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246111 A1Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
- Lab material conveying device, conveying belt device and equipment28 May 2026US 2026/0145881 A1Chemlex Pte. Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Auto reject unit151US 6,653,588 B1Rapiscan Security Products, Inc. · 2003
- Apparatus for alternating the folded and open edges of a succession of folded pads102US 4,307,800 A1981
- Automated array sorter for conveyors62US 6,227,377 B1United Parcel Service of America, Inc. · 2001
- Cookie conveying system with diverter59US 5,078,255 AFood Machinery Sales, Inc. · 1992
- Method and apparatus for sorting articles using a matrix of conveyor cells58US 6,005,211 AUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc. · 1999