B65H 1/18
Controlled by height of pile
Official title: controlled by height of pile
B65H1/18 (Controlled by height of pile) appears on 186 US grants and 113 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 186
- Published applications
- 113
- Assignees
- 73
- Inventors
- 315
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 7 | 8 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 |
| 2019 | 7 | 8 |
| 2020 | 6 | 12 |
| 2021 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 10 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Sheet conveyance device and image forming system20 May 2025US 12,304,768 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Medium conveying apparatus to set torque of motor according to position of medium tray6 May 2025US 12,291,423 B2Pfu Limited
- Device and method for separating value documents, in particular banknotes, and value document processing system18 Mar 2025US 12,254,734 B2Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
- Feeding device and image forming apparatus incorporating same28 Jan 2025US 12,208,979 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326595 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sheet conveyance device and image forming system25 Jan 2024US 2024/0025678 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Sheet storage apparatus, image forming system including the sheet storage apparatus, and image forming apparatus12 Oct 2023US 2023/0322509 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Sheet storage device, image processing apparatus, and control method5 Oct 2023US 2023/0312276 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Feeding device and image forming apparatus incorporating same17 Aug 2023US 2023/0257220 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Paper height measure apparatus for a media tray with linear sensor40US 5,839,015 AXerox Corporation · 1998
- Stack lifting apparatus and method36US 5,556,252 AMAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · 1996
- Machine control system utilizing paper parameter measurements28US 4,835,573 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1989
- Apparatus and method for feeding documents to an image forming apparatus, scanner, or the like28US 6,091,927 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 2000
- Adjusting air system pressures stack height and lead edge gap in high capacity feeder28US 6,186,492 B1Xerox Corporation · 2001