Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices

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 sorting, e.g. postal

Related Keywords

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5 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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B65G 47/02 Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors
B65G 47/22 Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
B65G 47/34 Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyors
B65G 47/52 Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices
B65G 47/74 Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types

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