CPC Main Group
B65H 5/00 Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines ( identical mechanisms or parts for delivering or advancing articles from machines B65H29/00; recirculating articles B65H85/00 )
19 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65H 5/02 by belts or chains
- B65H 5/04 by movable tables or carriages (rotary tables B65H5/18 )
- B65H 5/06 by rollers
- B65H 5/08 by grippers, e.g. suction grippers
- B65H 5/16 by pusher, needles, friction, or like devices adapted to feed single articles along a surface or table
- B65H 5/18 by rotary dials or tables
- B65H 5/20 by dropping-roller or like device
- B65H 5/22 by air-blast or suction device (suction grippers B65H5/08)
- B65H 5/26 Duplicate, alternate, selective, or coacting feeds
- B65H 5/28 Feeding articles stored in rolled or folded bands
- B65H 5/30 Opening devices for folded sheets or signatures
- B65H 5/32 Saddle-like members over which partially-unfolded sheets or signatures are fed to signature-gathering, stitching, or like machines
- B65H 5/34 Varying the phase of feed relative to the receiving machine
- B65H 5/36 Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B65, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 3,369
- KRONES DE 3,304
- TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE CH 2,227
- CANON JP 2,051
- AUTOSTORE TECHNOLOGY NO 1,731
- GPI (GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL) US 1,707
- CANON 1,693
- G.D IT 1,678
- MURATA MACHINERY JP 1,664
- DAIFUKU COMPANY JP 1,654