B65G 51/36
Other devices for indicating or controlling movements of carriers
Official title: Other devices for indicating or controlling movements of carriers, e.g. for supervising individual tube sections, for counting carriers, for reporting jams or other operating difficulties
B65G51/36 (Other devices for indicating or controlling movements of carriers) appears on 82 US grants and 66 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 66
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 121
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for monitoring components moving in automated feed system28 Apr 2026US 12,612,268 B2Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
- Pneumatic payment system for gas stations and method of use28 Apr 2026US 12,614,163 B2
- Transport system30 Dec 2025US 12,509,311 B2Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.
- Feeding device for guiding and providing one-piece ties14 Oct 2025US 12,441,559 B2HellermannTyton Corporation
- Automated station for a pneumatic transport system for histological samples, configured for the automated loading and/or unloading of histological samples, and process for transporting and handling histological samples11 Feb 2025US 12,221,298 B2Inpeco SA
- Devices and systems for pneumatic tube transport14 Aug 2025US 2025/0256927 A1Vanderbilt University
- Automated station for a pneumatic transport system for organic samples, configured for the automated loading and/or unloading of organic samples, and process for transporting and handling organic samples8 May 2025US 2025/0145391 A1Inpeco SA
- Air lock for pneumatic vial sorter2 Jan 2025US 2025/0002274 A1Innovation Associates, Inc.
- System and Method for Monitoring Components Moving in Automated Feed System18 Jul 2024US 2024/0239617 A1Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
- Transport system18 Jul 2024US 2024/0239618 A1Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Autoacceptertube delivery system with a robotic interface151US 6,477,442 B12002
- Parenteral products automation system (PPAS)97US 5,805,454 A1998
- Parenteral products automatic system (PPAS) with an oral/solid interface87US 6,048,086 A2000
- Parenteral products automation system (PPAS)57US 7,260,447 B2ForHealth Technologies, Inc. · 2007
- Gridlock detection and alleviation for pneumatic carrier systems41US 5,864,485 ATranslogic Corporation · 1999