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IPC Subgroup
B65H 54/4

Arrangements for rotating packages

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material > Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers > Arrangements for rotating packages

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

5 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B65H 54/42 in which the package, core, or former is rotated by frictional contact of its periphery with a driving surface
  • B65H 54/44 in which the package, core, or former is engaged with, or secured to, a driven member rotatable about the axis of the package
  • B65H 54/52 Drive contact pressure control, e.g. pressing arrangements

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B65, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CANON 3,755
  2. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 3,721
  3. YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY 3,659
  4. DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 3,573
  5. KRONES DE 3,114
  6. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 2,777
  7. TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 2,720
  8. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,574
  9. KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 2,371
  10. RICOH COMPANY 2,349