Loading work on to conveyors; Arranging work on conveyors, e.g. varying spacing between individual workpieces

Introduced: July 1974

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting > Loading work on to conveyors; Arranging work on conveyors, e.g. varying spacing between individual workpieces

CPC:

Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting (incorporated in working-spindles B23B13/00) > Loading work on to conveyors; Arranging work on conveyors, e.g. varying spacing between individual workpieces

Of 2 combined children, 1 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 1974.

Child Classifications

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B23Q 7/165 CPC only CPC only
B23Q 7/18 Orienting work on conveyors since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B23,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,407
FANUC JP 3,120
DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 2,777
HAN'S LASER TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY GROUP COMPANY 2,629
ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,468
FANUC 2,273
DISCO CORPORATION JP 2,267
GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,611
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,534
ISCAR IL 1,499

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B23,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,642
DISCO CORPORATION JP 3,316
FANUC JP 3,111
ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,711
FANUC 2,163
GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,113
ISCAR IL 1,516
SIEMENS DE 1,459
LINCOLN GLOBAL US 1,433
KOBE STEEL JP 1,423