B65H 31/00
Pile receivers
Official title: Pile receivers (carriers used for associating, collating or gathering articles B65H39/00)
B65H31/00 (Pile receivers) appears on 4,832 US grants and 3,853 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 4,832
- Published applications
- 3,853
- Assignees
- 905
- Inventors
- 6,405
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 44 | 0 |
| 1977 | 47 | 0 |
| 1978 | 37 | 0 |
| 1979 | 28 | 0 |
| 1980 | 37 | 0 |
| 1981 | 32 | 0 |
| 1982 | 39 | 0 |
| 1983 | 27 | 0 |
| 1984 | 49 | 0 |
| 1985 | 48 | 0 |
| 1986 | 57 | 0 |
| 1987 | 48 | 0 |
| 1988 | 58 | 0 |
| 1989 | 64 | 0 |
| 1990 | 54 | 0 |
| 1991 | 76 | 0 |
| 1992 | 71 | 0 |
| 1993 | 62 | 0 |
| 1994 | 79 | 0 |
| 1995 | 72 | 0 |
| 1996 | 53 | 0 |
| 1997 | 64 | 0 |
| 1998 | 77 | 0 |
| 1999 | 84 | 0 |
| 2000 | 87 | 0 |
| 2001 | 89 | 30 |
| 2002 | 86 | 95 |
| 2003 | 99 | 110 |
| 2004 | 79 | 109 |
| 2005 | 61 | 102 |
| 2006 | 71 | 135 |
| 2007 | 68 | 130 |
| 2008 | 91 | 157 |
| 2009 | 107 | 176 |
| 2010 | 156 | 138 |
| 2011 | 161 | 169 |
| 2012 | 149 | 151 |
| 2013 | 150 | 154 |
| 2014 | 175 | 181 |
| 2015 | 175 | 229 |
| 2016 | 190 | 184 |
| 2017 | 184 | 171 |
| 2018 | 211 | 229 |
| 2019 | 186 | 187 |
| 2020 | 151 | 184 |
| 2021 | 157 | 174 |
| 2022 | 153 | 176 |
| 2023 | 147 | 143 |
| 2024 | 133 | 162 |
| 2025 | 131 | 113 |
| 2026 | 78 | 64 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65H 31/30Arrangements for removing completed piles1,437
- B65H 31/04Pile receivers: with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates1,256
- B65H 31/02Pile receivers: with stationary end support against which pile accumulates1,246
- B65H 31/34Apparatus for squaring-up piled articles1,141
- B65H 31/24Multiple or compartmented, e.d. for alternate, programmed, or selective filling761
- B65H 31/26Auxiliary devices for retaining articles in the pile486
- B65H 31/20Adjustable for different article sizes381
- B65H 31/32Auxiliary devices for receiving articles during removal of a completed pile351
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