Y10T 137/7316
Self-emptying tanks
Y10T137/7316 (Self-emptying tanks) appears on 88 US grants and 34 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 34
- Assignees
- 51
- Inventors
- 152
- Latest grant
- 23 Dec 2025
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| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 |
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| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System for controlling rain water flow23 Dec 2025US 12,503,857 B1
- Auto drain valve24 Oct 2023US 11,797,032 B2Rotex Automation Limited
- Ebb and flow watering system27 Feb 2018US 9,901,044 B2IP Holdings, LLC
- Flow control methods and devices21 Feb 2017US 9,574,337 B1Lane Enterprises, Inc.
- Double action float valve2 Feb 2016US 9,249,897 B2
- Tank overfill and pump runaway prevention for a fluid management system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209026 A1Graco Minnesota Inc.
- Auto drain valve1 Apr 2021US 2021/0096584 A1Rotex Automation Limited
- Ebb and flow watering system14 Jan 2016US 2016/0007548 A1IP Holdings, LLC
- Dumping well3 Dec 2015US 2015/0346735 A1
- System and Method for Automatically Actuating A Valve23 Apr 2015US 2015/0107676 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fuel transfer pump and control112US 6,792,966 B2Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc. · 2004
- Dispensing system52US 4,870,986 A1989
- Developing device for electrophotographic color copier43US 4,800,839 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1989
- Liquid level sensing method and apparatus35US 5,207,251 ADipiero, Inc. · 1993
- Automated planter box system33US 4,083,147 A1978