IPC Subgroup
D04C 3/02 with spool carriers guided by track plates or by bobbin heads exclusively
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Braiding or lacing machines > with spool carriers guided by track plates or by bobbin heads exclusively
Classification Context
- Section:
- TEXTILES; PAPER
- Class:
- BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
- Subclass:
- BRAIDING OR MANUFACTURE OF LACE, INCLUDING BOBBIN-NET OR CARBONISED LACE; BRAIDING MACHINES; BRAID; LACE
13 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- D04C 3/04 with spool carriers guided and reciprocating in non-endless paths
- D04C 3/06 with spool carriers moving always in the same direction in endless paths
- D04C 3/08 with means for superimposing threads or braids
- D04C 3/1 with means for forming edge loops, ears, or eyes
- D04C 3/12 with means for introducing core threads
- D04C 3/14 Spool carriers
- D04C 3/2 Arrangement of bobbin heads and guides or track plates in the machine
- D04C 3/22 Guides or track plates
- D04C 3/24 Devices for controlling spool carriers to obtain patterns, e.g. devices on guides or track plates
- D04C 3/32 Pattern input
- D04C 3/34 Beater or beat-up mechanisms
- D04C 3/36 Frames
- D04C 3/38 Driving-gear; Starting or stopping mechanisms
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class D04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 887
- KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION US 727
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 692
- NIKE US 633
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 537
- TORAY INDUSTRIES 528
- NIKE INNOVATE US 522
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 479
- NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 439
- NINGBO CIXING COMPANY 425