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B65H 54/40

Arrangements for rotating packages

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material > Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers > Arrangements for rotating packages

CPC:

Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material (cores, formers, holders, cans or receptacles B65H75/02) > Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers > Arrangements for rotating packages

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 5 subcodes exist in both systems.

Child Classifications

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  • B65H 54/42 in which the package, core, or former is rotated by frictional contact of its periphery with a driving surface IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65H 54/44 in which the package, core, or former is engaged with, or secured to, a driven member rotatable about the axis of the package IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65H 54/52 Drive contact pressure control, e.g. pressing arrangements 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