F26B 15/12
The lines being all horizontal or slightly inclined
Official title: the lines being all horizontal or slightly inclined
F26B15/12 (The lines being all horizontal or slightly inclined) appears on 512 US grants and 494 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
- 512
- Published applications
- 494
- Assignees
- 344
- Inventors
- 1,168
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 5 |
| 2003 | 8 | 10 |
| 2004 | 7 | 10 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 |
| 2006 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 20 |
| 2008 | 1 | 16 |
| 2009 | 4 | 13 |
| 2010 | 5 | 14 |
| 2011 | 9 | 14 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16 |
| 2013 | 7 | 12 |
| 2014 | 11 | 17 |
| 2015 | 9 | 14 |
| 2016 | 18 | 16 |
| 2017 | 14 | 23 |
| 2018 | 25 | 34 |
| 2019 | 28 | 27 |
| 2020 | 24 | 32 |
| 2021 | 24 | 31 |
| 2022 | 26 | 29 |
| 2023 | 20 | 31 |
| 2024 | 19 | 33 |
| 2025 | 27 | 33 |
| 2026 | 8 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F26B 15/18The objects or batches of materials being carried by endless belts163
- F26B 15/14The objects or batches of materials being carried by trays or racks130
- F26B 15/122The objects or batches of material being carried by transversely moving rollers58
- F26B 15/16The objects or batches of materials being carried by wheeled trucks44
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