DIFF Main Group
B65G 17/00 Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface
Introduced: September 1968
Additional Content IPC
Escalators or paternosters neither combined nor associated with loading or unloading apparatus
Of 12 combined children, 9 exist in both systems.
3 codes are CPC-only extensions.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B65G 17/02 comprising a load-carrying belt attached to or resting on the traction element IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65G 17/06 having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65G 17/12 comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65G 17/16 comprising individual load-carriers which are pivotally mounted, e.g. for free-swinging movement (guides inverting or tilting load-carriers for emptying ) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65G 17/20 comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65G 17/22 with oppositely-moving parts of the conveyor located in a common plane IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65G 17/26 comprising a series of co-operating units, e.g. interconnected by pivots IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65G 17/30 Details; Auxiliary devices (belts B65G15/30; framework B65G21/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B65,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CANON 3,755
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 3,721
- YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY 3,659
- DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 3,573
- KRONES DE 3,114
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 2,777
- TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 2,720
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,574
- KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 2,371
- RICOH COMPANY 2,349
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B65,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 3,369
- KRONES DE 3,304
- TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE CH 2,227
- CANON JP 2,051
- AUTOSTORE TECHNOLOGY NO 1,731
- GPI (GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL) US 1,707
- CANON 1,693
- G.D IT 1,678
- MURATA MACHINERY JP 1,664
- DAIFUKU COMPANY JP 1,654