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B65H 3/00

Separating articles from piles (associating, collating, or gathering articles B65H39/00; machines for separating superposed webs B65H41/00; unpiling thin material combined with folding B65H45/26; combinations of piling and depiling operations, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling B65H83/00)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Separating articles from piles

CPC: Separating articles from piles (associating, collating, or gathering articles B65H39/00; machines for separating superposed webs B65H41/00; unpiling thin material combined with folding B65H45/26; combinations of piling and depiling operations, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling B65H83/00)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Separating articles from piles

CPC:

Separating articles from piles (associating, collating, or gathering articles B65H39/00; machines for separating superposed webs B65H41/00; unpiling thin material combined with folding B65H45/26; combinations of piling and depiling operations, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling B65H83/00)

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 18 subcodes exist in both systems.

4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B65H 3/16 using magnetic force IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65H 3/18 using electrostatic force IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65H 3/20 using adhesives IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65H 3/22 by needles or the like engaging the articles IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65H 3/26 by separators engaging folds, flaps, or projections of articles IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65H 3/28 by screw or like separators IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65H 3/30 by escapement devices (screw and like separators B65H3/28); from staggered piles; from piles of articles having staggered formations, e.g. cuts or perforations IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65H 3/34 Article-retaining devices controlling the release of the articles to the separators IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65H 3/40 by two or more separators acting alternately on the same pile (rotary or oscillating bodies carrying two or more separators B65H3/42) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65H 3/42 by two or more separators mounted for movement with, or relative to, rotary or oscillating bodies IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B65,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CANON 3,755
  2. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 3,721
  3. YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY 3,659
  4. DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 3,573
  5. KRONES DE 3,114
  6. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 2,777
  7. TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 2,720
  8. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,574
  9. KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 2,371
  10. RICOH COMPANY 2,349

Top Applicants (CPC)

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