F26B 25/185
Spacers
Official title: {Spacers; Elements for supporting the goods to be dried, i.e. positioned in-between the goods to build a ventilated stack (separators for articles packaged in stacks B65D57/00; manipulating spacers for stacking purposes B65G57/005)}
F26B25/185 (Spacers) appears on 41 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
- 41
- Published applications
- 45
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 89
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Electrode drying device19 May 2026US 12,631,395 B2LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Container, fluid handling device, and freeze-drying method20 Jan 2026US 12,529,519 B2Enplas Corporation
- Drying rack device11 Nov 2025US 12,467,688 B2
- Extruded aluminum sticker for spacing wood9 Apr 2024US 11,951,518 B2Imagineering Werks, LLC
- Extruded aluminum sticker for spacing wood9 Apr 2024US 11,953,263 B2Imagineering Werks, LLC
- Multi-modal drying apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276302 A1
- Fort’s dry and hold pail22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022888 A1
- Heating element for timber drying device and timber drying device using same17 Jul 2025US 2025/0230979 A1
- Spray stack7 Nov 2024US 2024/0369297 A1
- Method and apparatus for drying foodstuff13 Jun 2024US 2024/0191942 A1The Regents of the University of California
Most cited
By later US patents
- Structurally ribbed support component for millwork drying operations37US 8,371,456 B22013
- Dry kiln wood spacing sticker29US 4,788,777 A1988
- Lath for lumber stacking21US 5,813,137 ABreeze Dried, Inc. · 1998
- Plastic lumber spacing or piling strip20US 6,517,926 B12003
- Method for preventing sticker marks on architectural grade plywood and lumber19US 4,199,870 AKoppers Company, Inc. · 1980