Warp beam braking devices for thread tensioning

Introduced: September 1968

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IPC:

Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, warp knitting machines, restricted to machines of this kind > Devices for supplying, feeding, or guiding threads to needles > Warp beams; Bearings therefor > Warp beam braking devices for thread tensioning

CPC:

Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, warp knitting machines, restricted to machines of this kind (details or auxiliary devices not so restricted D04B35/00) > Devices for supplying, feeding, or guiding threads to needles > Warp beams; Bearings therefor > Warp beam braking devices for thread tensioning

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class D04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 887
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION US 727
TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 692
NIKE US 633
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 537
TORAY INDUSTRIES 528
NIKE INNOVATE US 522
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 479
NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 439
NINGBO CIXING COMPANY 425

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class D04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 1,303
TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 899
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION US 856
NIKE INNOVATE US 852
NIKE US 749
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 569
SHIMA SEIKI MANUFACTURING JP 469
SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER FR 468
REIFENHAEUSER & COMPANY MASCHINENFABRIK DE 462
NIKE INNOVATE NL 363