IPC Main Group
B65G 43/00 Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting
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
For elevators, escalators or moving walkways
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65G 43/02 detecting dangerous physical condition of load- carriers, e.g. for interrupting the drive in the event of overheating
- B65G 43/04 detecting slip between driving element and load- carrier, e.g. for interrupting the drive
- B65G 43/06 interrupting the drive in case of driving-element breakage; Braking or stopping loose load-carriers
- B65G 43/08 Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
- B65G 43/1 Sequence control of conveyors operating in combination
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B65, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CANON 3,755
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- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 2,777
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