IPC Subgroup
B65B 43/26 Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Forming, feeding, opening, or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging > Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- Subclass:
- MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65B 43/28 by grippers co-operating with fixed supports
- B65B 43/3 by grippers engaging opposed walls, e.g. suction-operated
- B65B 43/32 by external pressure diagonally applied
- B65B 43/34 by internal pressure
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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