B65H
Handling thin or filamentary material
Official title: Handling thin or filamentary material, e.g. sheets, webs, cables
B65H (Handling thin or filamentary material) appears on 52,742 US grants and 36,418 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 52,742
- Published applications
- 36,418
- Assignees
- 10,343
- Inventors
- 61,635
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 866 | 0 |
| 1977 | 812 | 0 |
| 1978 | 675 | 0 |
| 1979 | 553 | 0 |
| 1980 | 637 | 0 |
| 1981 | 609 | 0 |
| 1982 | 614 | 0 |
| 1983 | 575 | 0 |
| 1984 | 730 | 0 |
| 1985 | 834 | 0 |
| 1986 | 803 | 0 |
| 1987 | 837 | 0 |
| 1988 | 773 | 0 |
| 1989 | 947 | 0 |
| 1990 | 895 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1052 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1061 | 0 |
| 1993 | 988 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1028 | 0 |
| 1995 | 936 | 0 |
| 1996 | 934 | 0 |
| 1997 | 925 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1175 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1163 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1156 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1150 | 349 |
| 2002 | 1101 | 1087 |
| 2003 | 1243 | 1380 |
| 2004 | 1095 | 1411 |
| 2005 | 819 | 1464 |
| 2006 | 904 | 1341 |
| 2007 | 773 | 1402 |
| 2008 | 931 | 1487 |
| 2009 | 935 | 1518 |
| 2010 | 1186 | 1470 |
| 2011 | 1284 | 1575 |
| 2012 | 1218 | 1363 |
| 2013 | 1380 | 1473 |
| 2014 | 1413 | 1481 |
| 2015 | 1440 | 1699 |
| 2016 | 1361 | 1579 |
| 2017 | 1440 | 1550 |
| 2018 | 1471 | 1817 |
| 2019 | 1611 | 1727 |
| 2020 | 1474 | 1623 |
| 2021 | 1274 | 1468 |
| 2022 | 1260 | 1430 |
| 2023 | 1167 | 1280 |
| 2024 | 1188 | 1412 |
| 2025 | 1213 | 1172 |
| 2026 | 833 | 860 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- B65H 2701/00Handled materialIndexing code16,258
- B65H 2301/00Handling processes for sheets or websIndexing code14,372
- B65H 2801/00Application fieldIndexing code8,645
- B65H 2511/00DimensionsIndexing code8,210
- B65H 2404/00Parts for transporting or guiding the handled materialIndexing code7,708
- B65H 29/00Delivering or advancing articles from machines7,600
- B65H 3/00Separating articles from piles6,707
- B65H 5/00Feeding articles separated from piles6,422
All 66 main groupsShow fewer
- B65H 75/00Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material5,462
- B65H 2405/00Parts for holding the handled materialIndexing code4,865
- B65H 31/00Pile receivers4,832
- B65H 1/00Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated4,415
- B65H 2402/00Constructional details of the handling apparatusIndexing code3,994
- B65H 7/00Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of3,993
- B65H 2403/00Power transmissionIndexing code3,653
- B65H 2513/00Dynamic entitiesIndexing code3,609
- B65H 23/00Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs3,335
- B65H 35/00Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines3,072
- B65H 2553/00Sensing or detecting meansIndexing code2,895
- B65H 45/00Folding thin material2,767
- B65H 19/00Changing the web roll2,672
- B65H 2601/00Problem to be solved or advantage achievedIndexing code2,409
- B65H 9/00Registering2,408
- B65H 37/00Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations2,304
- B65H 54/00Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material2,284
- B65H 2515/00Physical entities not provided for in groups b65h2511/00 or b65h2513/00Indexing code2,277
- B65H 39/00Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs2,168
- B65H 2406/00Means using fluidIndexing code2,107
- B65H 20/00Advancing webs1,889
- B65H 18/00Winding webs1,760
- B65H 2408/00Specific machinesIndexing code1,665
- B65H 43/00Use of control, checking, or safety devices1,566
- B65H 49/00Unwinding or paying-out filamentary material1,518
- B65H 2557/00Means for control not provided for in groups b65h2551/00 - b65h2555/00Indexing code1,373
- B65H 16/00Unwinding, paying-out webs1,338
- B65H 67/00Replacing or removing cores, receptacles, or completed packages at paying-out, winding, or1,203
- B65H 59/00Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material1,181
- B65H 51/00Forwarding filamentary material981
- B65H 57/00Guides for filamentary materials980
- B65H 2220/00Function indicatorsIndexing code935
- B65H 2407/00Means not provided for in groups b65h2220/00 – b65h2406/00 specially adapted forIndexing code916
- B65H 33/00Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles894
- B65H 2555/00Actuating meansIndexing code756
- B65H 27/00Special constructions689
- B65H 85/00Recirculating articles, i.e. feeding each article to, and delivering it from, the643
- B65H 63/00Warning or safety devices616
- B65H 2551/00Means for control to be used by operatorIndexing code572
- B65H 26/00Warning or safety devices547
- B65H 69/00Methods of, or devices for, interconnecting successive lengths of material493
- B65H 2401/00Materials used for the handling apparatus or parts thereofIndexing code429
- B65H 15/00Overturning articles423
- B65H 55/00Wound packages of filamentary material362
- B65H 83/00Combinations of piling and depiling operations360
- B65H 81/00Methods, apparatus, or devices for covering or wrapping cores by winding webs249
- B65H 65/00Securing material to cores or formers247
- B65H 21/00Apparatus for splicing webs231
- B65H 11/00Feed tables188
- B65H 61/00Applications of devices for metering predetermined lengths of running material131
- B65H 41/00Machines for separating superposed webs109
- B65H 71/00Moistening, sizing, oiling, waxing, colouring or drying filamentary material as additional measures92
- B65H 73/00Stripping waste material from cores or formers67
- B65H 79/00Driving-gear for devices for forwarding, winding, unwinding, or depositing material, not otherwise16
- B65H 2519/00Chemical characteristicsIndexing code13
- B65H 47/00Unfolding thin limp material8
- B65H 99/00Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass6
- B65H 13/00Lifting the ends of piles to facilitate the formation of overlapped piles4
Recent patents
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- Recording apparatus and sheet position adjustment method of recording apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,554 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Recording device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,558 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Printer loading and feeding6 Oct 2026US 12,753,031 B2Kornit Digital Ltd.
- Mud pan and tape holding device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305804 A1
- Elastomeric laminate(s) for absorbent article donning8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306309 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Drain cleaning device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307116 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Method of making largesurface-area microfluidic devices and microfluidic lung manufactured using said method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307174 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Adhesive-based robot gripper8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307274 A1Pickommerce Ai Robotics Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sheet finisher having an angularly movable stapler and image forming system including the same1,457US 7,207,556 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2007
- Disposable absorbent article having a registered graphic and process for making511US 5,766,389 AKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 1998
- Knot350US 5,573,286 A1996
- Process for rotating and placing a strip of material on a substrate336US 5,224,405 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1993
- Aneurysm treatment device and method of use323US 9,622,753 B2MicroVention, Inc. · 2017