B65G 47/846
Star-shaped wheels or wheels equipped with article-engaging elements
Official title: {Star-shaped wheels or wheels equipped with article-engaging elements}
B65G47/846 (Star-shaped wheels or wheels equipped with article-engaging elements) appears on 1,013 US grants and 877 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 1,013
- Published applications
- 877
- Assignees
- 502
- Inventors
- 1,647
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 5 |
| 2002 | 13 | 15 |
| 2003 | 19 | 15 |
| 2004 | 15 | 23 |
| 2005 | 13 | 19 |
| 2006 | 14 | 12 |
| 2007 | 12 | 16 |
| 2008 | 7 | 22 |
| 2009 | 14 | 31 |
| 2010 | 26 | 33 |
| 2011 | 23 | 38 |
| 2012 | 21 | 27 |
| 2013 | 24 | 25 |
| 2014 | 36 | 45 |
| 2015 | 41 | 51 |
| 2016 | 51 | 51 |
| 2017 | 55 | 55 |
| 2018 | 56 | 44 |
| 2019 | 47 | 46 |
| 2020 | 49 | 53 |
| 2021 | 46 | 56 |
| 2022 | 38 | 62 |
| 2023 | 44 | 45 |
| 2024 | 42 | 36 |
| 2025 | 44 | 27 |
| 2026 | 17 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Transport device15 Sep 2026US 12,735,279 B2Krones AG
- Star wheel conveyor for conveying containers in a beverage filling system25 Aug 2026US 12,715,713 B2Krones AG
- Apparatus and method for treating and in particular sterilizing containers18 Aug 2026US 12,709,491 B2Krones AG
- Orientation module11 Aug 2026US 12,703,529 B2WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
- Roll stacking device for secondary batteries28 Jul 2026US 12,692,096 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Laser treatment facility for applying laser treatment to a container1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295724 A1Sidel Participations
- Offset flywheel device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296802 A1
- A container rotating unit and a machine for handling containers including such unit24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285524 A1Tirelli S.r.l.
- Device For Separating Arbitrarily Supplied Food Products10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262662 A1Viam S.R.O.
- Conveying apparatus and battery production line10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264999 A1Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for repositioning discrete articles147US 4,726,876 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1988
- Apparatus for placing discrete parts transversely onto a moving web143US 5,556,504 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1996
- Rotary pad turner115US 5,025,910 ACurt G. Joa, Inc. · 1991
- Method and apparatus for placing discrete parts onto a moving web107US 6,022,443 AKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2000
- Method and device for transportation95US 6,722,494 B2Zuiko Corporation · 2004