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B66B 17/16

for loading or unloading mining-hoist cars or cages

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Hoistway equipment > Applications of loading or unloading equipment > for loading or unloading mining-hoist cars or cages

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
Subclass:
ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS

Related Keywords

LOADING mining-hoist cages

3 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B66B 17/18 Swinging bridges, e.g. for compensating for differences in level between car or cage and landing
  • B66B 17/2 by moving vehicles into, or out of, the cars or cages

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B66, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. INVENTIO CH 3,843
  2. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 3,709
  3. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 2,987
  4. KONE CORPORATION FI 2,922
  5. TOSHIBA ELEVATOR COMPANY 2,922
  6. HITACHI 2,321
  7. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 2,287
  8. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,870
  9. HITACHI BUILDING SYSTEMS COMPANY 1,700
  10. ANHUI HELI COMPANY 1,325