Y10S 209/00
Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Y10S209/00 (Classifying, separating, and assorting solids) appears on 2,080 US grants and 517 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10S- Granted patents
- 2,080
- Published applications
- 517
- Assignees
- 920
- Inventors
- 2,987
- Latest grant
- 4 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 43 | 0 |
| 1977 | 29 | 0 |
| 1978 | 30 | 0 |
| 1979 | 41 | 0 |
| 1980 | 50 | 0 |
| 1981 | 50 | 0 |
| 1982 | 42 | 0 |
| 1983 | 36 | 0 |
| 1984 | 34 | 0 |
| 1985 | 47 | 0 |
| 1986 | 54 | 0 |
| 1987 | 48 | 0 |
| 1988 | 62 | 0 |
| 1989 | 68 | 0 |
| 1990 | 69 | 0 |
| 1991 | 66 | 0 |
| 1992 | 72 | 0 |
| 1993 | 66 | 0 |
| 1994 | 71 | 0 |
| 1995 | 79 | 0 |
| 1996 | 66 | 0 |
| 1997 | 56 | 0 |
| 1998 | 65 | 0 |
| 1999 | 80 | 0 |
| 2000 | 67 | 0 |
| 2001 | 72 | 24 |
| 2002 | 71 | 50 |
| 2003 | 75 | 57 |
| 2004 | 61 | 55 |
| 2005 | 33 | 49 |
| 2006 | 43 | 59 |
| 2007 | 51 | 26 |
| 2008 | 42 | 55 |
| 2009 | 36 | 46 |
| 2010 | 52 | 24 |
| 2011 | 63 | 15 |
| 2012 | 27 | 10 |
| 2013 | 10 | 19 |
| 2014 | 24 | 12 |
| 2015 | 16 | 10 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- Y10S 209/90Sorting flat-type mail592
- Y10S 209/93Municipal solid waste sorting277
- Y10S 209/939Video scanning150
- Y10S 209/912Endless feed conveyor with means for holding each item individually122
- Y10S 209/906Pneumatic or liquid stream feeding item99
- Y10S 209/933Accumulation receiving separated items89
- Y10S 209/942Operator selects destination of item83
- Y10S 209/932Fluid applied to items81
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- Y10S 209/919Rotary feed conveyor77
- Y10S 209/938Illuminating means facilitating visual inspection69
- Y10S 209/92Vibratory feed conveyor59
- Y10S 209/905Feeder conveyor holding item by suction52
- Y10S 209/927Cop sorter50
- Y10S 209/937Laundry sorting49
- Y10S 209/911Feed means supporting or guiding item moving under influence of gravity43
- Y10S 209/925Driven or fluid conveyor moving item from separating station42
- Y10S 209/922Miscellaneous feed conveyors41
- Y10S 209/934Moving items to sorting means in spaced relation lengthwise of feed path36
- Y10S 209/931Materials of construction35
- Y10S 209/914Diverse sequential feeding steps33
- Y10S 209/935Ambulant31
- Y10S 209/936Plural items tested as group30
- Y10S 209/94Noncondition-responsive sorting by contour30
- Y10S 209/91Feed hopper29
- Y10S 209/926Silverware sorter27
- Y10S 209/923Feed through including at least one endless conveyor25
- Y10S 209/908Item fed by free fall24
- Y10S 209/916Reciprocating pusher feeding item24
- Y10S 209/917Endless belt pusher feeding item24
- Y10S 209/929Fastener sorter23
- Y10S 209/903Feeder conveyor having opposed grippers22
- Y10S 209/913Screw feed conveyor22
- Y10S 209/918Swinging or rotating pusher feeding item21
- Y10S 209/924Gravity conveyor moving item from separating station21
- Y10S 209/928Container closure sorter17
- Y10S 209/909Item holding feed magazine insertable in sorting apparatus16
- Y10S 209/921Reciprocating or oscillating feed conveyor16
- Y10S 209/902Froth flotation11
- Y10S 209/941Item carrying bridge raisable to expose discharge opening11
- Y10S 209/915Centrifugal feeder8
- Y10S 209/904Feeder conveyor holding item by magnetic attraction7
- Y10S 209/901Froth flotation5
- Y10S 209/907Magnetic feeder4
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated method and apparatus for playing card sequencing, with optional defect detection244US 6,403,908 B22002
- Track-type sortation system234US 6,762,382 B1Innovative Picking Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Flat-article sorting apparatus227US 4,388,994 ANippon Electric Co., Ltd. · 1983
- System and method for deferred processing of OCR scanned mail215US 5,031,223 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1991
- Apparatus for intercepting and forwarding incorrectly addressed postal mail204US 5,422,821 AElectroCom Automation, Inc. · 1995