DIFF Main Group
B65H 20/00 Advancing webs
Introduced: January 1985
Of 13 combined children, 12 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1985.
Child Classifications
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- B65H 20/10 by a feed band against which web is held by fluid pressure, e.g. suction or air blast since 1985 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65H 20/26 Mechanisms for advancing webs to or from the inside of web rolls since 1985 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65H 20/28 Mechanisms for delivering webs in superposed folds and refeeding them from the lower end of the folded assemblies since 1985 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65H 20/30 Arrangements for accumulating surplus web (while changing the web roll B65H19/14, B65H19/24) since 1985 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65H 20/36 having means to optionally advance the web either in one longitudinal direction or in the opposite longitudinal direction since 1985 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
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
Top Applicants (CPC)
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