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B65H

HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

Description

B65H encompasses machinery and devices for handling, processing, and transporting thin or filamentary materials such as sheets, webs, cables, and similar elongated products. This subclass covers unwinding, winding, tensioning, guiding, feeding, and edge-control mechanisms for materials in roll or continuous form, as well as apparatus for splicing, severing, and detecting defects in such materials. Applications include textile processing, paper handling, film conversion, wire and cable management, and similar industrial operations where precise material manipulation is required throughout manufacturing workflows.

66 direct subcodes

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  • B65H 13/00 Lifting the ends of piles to facilitate the formation of overlapped piles

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B65, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 3,369
  2. KRONES DE 3,304
  3. TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE CH 2,227
  4. CANON JP 2,051
  5. AUTOSTORE TECHNOLOGY NO 1,731
  6. GPI (GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL) US 1,707
  7. CANON 1,693
  8. G.D IT 1,678
  9. MURATA MACHINERY JP 1,664
  10. DAIFUKU COMPANY JP 1,654