F26B 9/063
For drying granular material in bulk
Official title: {for drying granular material in bulk, e.g. grain bins or silos with false floor (shallow layer rotary sweep drying bins F26B9/10; perforated wall silos with drying air channels in the stack F26B9/103)}
F26B9/063 (For drying granular material in bulk) appears on 151 US grants and 133 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
- 151
- Published applications
- 133
- Assignees
- 91
- Inventors
- 257
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 2024 | 7 | 8 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Drying-storing apparatus for powdered or granular material and feeding system for powdered or granular material62US 7,703,217 B2Kabushikikaisha Matsui Seisakusho · 2010
- Method and means for grain drying optimization55US 6,530,160 B12003
- System and method for regulating agriculture storage facilities in order to promote uniformity among separate storage facilities45US 7,004,401 B2Cerys Systems, Inc. · 2006
- Method and apparatus for use in drying biomass particles42US 4,564,368 A1986
- Method and apparatus for aeration of stored grain with proactive cooling40US 4,930,229 ASentry Technologies, Inc. · 1990