B65G 49/067
Sheet handling, means
Official title: {Sheet handling, means, e.g. manipulators, devices for turning or tilting sheet glass (suction cups B65G49/061; combined with vertical conveyors C03B33/00 - C03B33/10; stacking and destacking B65G49/068)}
B65G49/067 (Sheet handling, means) appears on 209 US grants and 249 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 209
- Published applications
- 249
- Assignees
- 145
- Inventors
- 532
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 8 | 9 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7 |
| 2026 | 5 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Glass cutting line with automatic remnant storage and retrieval including cutting table with integrated squaring stop and Y-break breaking bar facilitating sub-plate cutting3 Mar 2026US 12,565,388 B2Billco Manufacturing Incorporatei
- Factory transition system and transition device thereof10 Feb 2026US 12,545,530 B2Mirle Automation Corporation
- Scoring apparatus and glass cutting apparatus including the same13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234046 A1Corning Incorporated
- Conveyance vehicle system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217460 A1Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Apparatus and method for improving glass sheet surface quality18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167561 A1Corning Incorporated
- Rail guided cart system11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159138 A1Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Travel rail and traveling vehicle system16 Apr 2026US 2026/0107735 A1Murata Machinery, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for handling glass sheets71US 5,238,100 AFord Motor Company · 1993
- Material handling machine64US 4,676,713 A1987
- Sheet orienting and transporting frame51US 4,228,993 APPG Industries, Inc. · 1980
- Conveyor for separating and aligning glass sheets46US 4,111,412 APPG Industries, Inc. · 1978
- Unit for sorting and transferring sheets of glass44US 6,382,897 B2Bottero S.p.A. · 2002