DIFF Subgroup
D01H 4/08 Rotor spinning, i.e. the running surface being provided by a rotor
Introduced: January 1990
Full Title
Open-end spinning machines or arrangements for imparting twist to independently moving fibres separated from slivers; Piecing arrangements therefor; Covering endless core threads with fibres by open-end spinning techniques > imparting twist by contact of fibres with a running surface > Rotor spinning, i.e. the running surface being provided by a rotor
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1990.
Child Classifications
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- D01H 4/12 Rotor bearings; Arrangements for driving or stopping (control therefor D01H4/42) since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class D01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 1,242
- MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER CH 1,162
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 1,093
- TORAY INDUSTRIES 802
- JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 771
- WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY 663
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 653
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 559
- LENZING AT 525
- MURATA MACHINERY 492
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class D01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 1,268
- MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER CH 1,200
- NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 955
- LENZING AT 602
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 594
- WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY 494
- TRUETZSCHLER & COMPANY DE 453
- KOLON INDUSTRIES KR 433
- OERLIKON TEXTILE & COMPANY DE 430
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 412