IPC Main Group
B65H 57/00 Guides for filamentary materials; Supports therefor
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
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65H 57/02 Stationary rods or plates
- B65H 57/04 Guiding surfaces within slots or grooves
- B65H 57/06 Annular guiding surfaces; Eyes, e.g. pigtails
- B65H 57/12 Tubes
- B65H 57/14 Pulleys, rollers, or rotary bars
- B65H 57/16 formed to maintain a plurality of filaments in spaced relation
- B65H 57/18 mounted to facilitate unwinding of material from packages
- B65H 57/22 adapted to prevent excessive ballooning of material
- B65H 57/24 with wear-resistant surfaces
- B65H 57/26 Supports for guides
- B65H 57/28 Reciprocating or oscillating guides
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