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B27N 3/08

Moulding or pressing

Introduced: January 1985

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Manufacture of substantially flat articles, e.g. boards, from particles or fibres > Moulding or pressing

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
Subclass:
MANUFACTURE BY DRY PROCESSES OF ARTICLES, WITH OR WITHOUT ORGANIC BINDING AGENTS, MADE FROM PARTICLES OR FIBRES CONSISTING OF WOOD OR OTHER LIGNOCELLULOSIC OR LIKE ORGANIC MATERIAL

7 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B27N 3/16 Transporting the material from mat moulding stations to presses; Apparatus specially adapted for transporting the material or component parts therefor, e.g. cauls
  • B27N 3/18 Auxiliary operations, e.g. preheating, humidifying, cutting-off
  • B27N 3/24 characterised by using continuously acting presses having endless belts or chains moved within the compression zone
  • B27N 3/26 characterised by using continuously acting presses having a heated press drum and an endless belt to compress the material between belt and drum
  • B27N 3/28 characterised by using extrusion presses

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B27, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY 960
  2. ROBERT BOSCH DE 762
  3. HOMAG DE 384
  4. HARBIN ARTS AND CRAFTS COMPANY 350
  5. NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY 343
  6. SWISS KRONO TEC CH 304
  7. MAKITA CORPORATION 298
  8. DIEFFENBACHERMASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU DE 296
  9. VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 287
  10. HUSQVARNA SE 282