CPC Subgroup
B07C 5/16 Sorting according to weight (sorting eggs A01K43/00; weighing apparatus per se G01G)
Full Title
Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches (sorting by hand only B07C7/00; separating solids from solids by sieving, screening, or sifting or by using gas currents or other separating by dry methods applicable to bulk material B07B) > Sorting according to weight (sorting eggs A01K43/00; weighing apparatus per se G01G)
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Child Classifications
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- B07C 5/18 using a single stationary weighing mechanism
- B07C 5/22 using a plurality of stationary weighing mechanisms
- B07C 5/24 using moving weighing mechanisms, e.g. moving along a circular path
- B07C 5/28 using electrical control means
- B07C 5/30 with associated counting means
- B07C 5/32 with associated check-weighing means
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B07, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- DERRICK CORPORATION US 427
- SOLYSTIC FR 370
- M-I SWACO US 223
- SATAKE CORPORATION JP 190
- ANHUI JIEXUN OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 186
- SIEMENS DE 175
- UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE US 158
- ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 156
- UNITEC IT 150
- XINXIANG ZHEN YING MACHINERY EQUIPMENT COMPANY 149