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:
Separating articles from piles
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 3/26 by separators engaging folds, flaps, or projections of articles 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 3/32 by elements, e.g. fingers, plates, rollers, inserted or traversed between articles to be separated and remainder of the pile (such elements acting only as supplementary devices to assist separation or prevent double feed B65H3/50) +1 CPC 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 3/36 by separators moved in special paths, e.g. enclosing an area 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
- B65H 3/44 Simultaneously, alternately, or selectively separating articles from two or more piles +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65H 3/46 Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed (control means comprising detectors responsive to double feed B65H7/12) 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