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D01H 4/00

Open-end spinning machines or arrangements for imparting twist to independently moving fibres separated from slivers; Piecing arrangements therefor; Covering endless core threads with fibres by open-end spinning techniques

Introduced: January 1990

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
TEXTILES; PAPER
Class:
NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
Subclass:
SPINNING OR TWISTING

8 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • D01H 4/02 imparting twist by a fluid, e.g. air vortex
  • D01H 4/28 using electrostatic fields
  • D01H 4/38 Channels for feeding fibres to the yarn forming region
  • D01H 4/4 Removing running yarn from the yarn forming region, e.g. using tubes

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class D01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 1,242
  2. MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER CH 1,162
  3. TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 1,093
  4. TORAY INDUSTRIES 802
  5. JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 771
  6. WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY 663
  7. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 653
  8. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 559
  9. LENZING AT 525
  10. MURATA MACHINERY 492