IPC Main Group
B65H 51/00 Forwarding filamentary material
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- Subclass:
- HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65H 51/005 Separating a bundle of forwarding filamentary materials into a plurality of groups
- B65H 51/015 Gathering a plurality of forwarding filamentary materials into a bundle
- B65H 51/02 Rotary devices, e.g. with helical forwarding surfaces
- B65H 51/14 Aprons, endless belts, lattices, or like driven elements
- B65H 51/16 Devices for entraining material by flow of liquids or gases, e.g. air-blast devices
- B65H 51/18 Gripping devices with linear motion
- B65H 51/2 Devices for temporarily storing filamentary material during forwarding, e.g. for buffer storage
- B65H 51/28 Arrangements for initating a forwarding operation
- B65H 51/3 Devices controlling the forwarding speed to synchronise with supply, treatment, or take-up apparatus
- B65H 51/32 Supporting or driving arrangements for forwarding devices
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