F26B 17/02
Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form
Official title: with movement performed by belts carrying the materials; with movement performed by belts propelling the materials over stationary surfaces {(F26B17/003, F26B17/263 take precedence)}
F26B17/02 (Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form) appears on 301 US grants and 255 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
- 301
- Published applications
- 255
- Assignees
- 224
- Inventors
- 671
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002 | 8 | 7 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 9 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 10 |
| 2011 | 3 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 11 |
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| 2017 | 9 | 16 |
| 2018 | 14 | 20 |
| 2019 | 11 | 13 |
| 2020 | 15 | 19 |
| 2021 | 11 | 15 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 |
| 2023 | 9 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 | 14 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F26B 17/04The belts being all horizontal or slightly inclined199
- F26B 17/023The material being a slurry or paste, which adheres to a moving50
- F26B 17/08The belts being arranged in a sinuous or zig-zag path37
- F26B 17/026The material being moved in-between belts which may be perforated26
- F26B 17/06The belts being all vertical or steeply inclined4
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