IPC 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
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
Additional Content
Escalators or paternosters neither combined nor associated with loading or unloading apparatus
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65G 17/02 comprising a load-carrying belt attached to, or resting on, the traction element
- B65G 17/06 having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms
- B65G 17/12 comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element
- B65G 17/16 comprising individual load-carriers which are pivotally mounted, e.g. for free-swinging movement
- B65G 17/2 comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains
- B65G 17/22 with oppositely-moving parts of the conveyor located in a common plane
- B65G 17/24 comprising a series of rollers which are moved over a supporting surface by the traction element to effect conveyance of loads or load-carriers
- B65G 17/26 comprising a series of co-operating units, e.g. interconnected by pivots
- B65G 17/3 Details; Auxiliary devices
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
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