B65G 65/30
Methods or devices for filling or emptying bunkers, hoppers, tanks, or like
Official title: Methods or devices for filling or emptying bunkers, hoppers, tanks, or like containers, of interest apart from their use in particular chemical or physical processes or their application in particular machines, e.g. not covered by a single other subclass (devices for tilting and emptying containers B65G65/23; such containers having means facilitating filling or emptying B65D88/54)
B65G65/30 (Methods or devices for filling or emptying bunkers, hoppers, tanks, or like) appears on 1,254 US grants and 988 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 1,254
- Published applications
- 988
- Assignees
- 720
- Inventors
- 2,050
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 30 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 25 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 25 | 0 |
| 1985 | 21 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 20 | 0 |
| 1989 | 18 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 21 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 3 |
| 2002 | 9 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 13 |
| 2004 | 10 | 19 |
| 2005 | 13 | 23 |
| 2006 | 7 | 15 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12 |
| 2008 | 3 | 10 |
| 2009 | 7 | 11 |
| 2010 | 9 | 22 |
| 2011 | 6 | 10 |
| 2012 | 16 | 28 |
| 2013 | 19 | 30 |
| 2014 | 27 | 51 |
| 2015 | 31 | 52 |
| 2016 | 46 | 75 |
| 2017 | 68 | 72 |
| 2018 | 65 | 74 |
| 2019 | 66 | 61 |
| 2020 | 67 | 88 |
| 2021 | 67 | 70 |
| 2022 | 54 | 59 |
| 2023 | 59 | 48 |
| 2024 | 56 | 68 |
| 2025 | 54 | 42 |
| 2026 | 34 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Apparatus and system for well site sand storage and handling1 Sep 2026US 12,722,916 B2
- Seed tender with automatic conveyor positioning25 Aug 2026US 12,715,705 B2J. & M. Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Article supply device11 Aug 2026US 12,703,574 B2Bandai Co., Ltd.
- Drop-down device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296810 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Proppant dispensing system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286823 A1Proppant Express Solutions, LLC
- Improvements in handling bulk material feedstocks17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274555 A1
- Bin sweep system for moving particulate material in a bin20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242161 A1Sioux Steel Company
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Proppant discharge system and a container for use in such a proppant discharge system178US 8,585,341 B12013
- Proppant discharge system and a container for use in such a proppant discharge system153US 8,668,430 B22014
- Proppant storage vessel and assembly thereof140US 8,505,780 B22013
- Proppant storage vessel and assembly thereof135US 8,827,118 B2Oren Technologies, LLC · 2014
- System of delivering and storing proppant for use at a well site and container for such proppant128US 8,622,251 B22014