IPC Main Group
B65G 15/00 Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- Subclass:
- TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
Filing statistics
IPC B65G 15/00 belongs to the parent subclass B65G, which recorded 773,577 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 27,737 in 2013 to 105,830 in 2023 (+282%), peaking at 107,540 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B65 are CANON (3,755 applications), SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (3,721 applications) and YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY (3,659 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Related Keywords
FEEDING -devices associated with conveyers
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65G 15/02 for conveying in a circular arc
- B65G 15/04 the load being carried on the lower run of the endless surface
- B65G 15/06 with oppositely-moving parts of the endless surface located in the same plane and parallel to one another
- B65G 15/08 the load-carrying surface being formed by a concave or tubular belt, e.g. a belt forming a trough
- B65G 15/1 comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface
- B65G 15/22 comprising a series of co-operating units
- B65G 15/28 Conveyors with a load-conveying surface formed by a single flat belt, not otherwise provided for
- B65G 15/3 Belts or like endless load-carriers
- B65G 15/6 Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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