B65H 23/1888
And controlling web tension
Official title: {and controlling web tension}
B65H23/1888 (And controlling web tension) appears on 235 US grants and 231 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
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- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method and apparatus for controlling separator tension of laminated plates of secondary battery4 Aug 2026US 12,700,608 B2Mplus Co., Ltd.
- Bag making machines and methods thereof14 Apr 2026US 12,600,107 B2CMD Corporation
- Printing apparatus17 Mar 2026US 12,577,080 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Apparatus and method for making thermoplastic film rolls8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307926 A1
- Material strip tension adjusting mechanism and stacking machine30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217489 A1Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Bag making machines and methods thereof2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184034 A1CMD Corporation
- Substrate alignment18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166898 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- System and method for the setting of a machine for the conversion of paper11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159344 A1Valmet Tissue Converting S.p.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for controlling web tension by actively controlling velocity and acceleration of a dancer roll120US 6,314,333 B1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2001
- Pretensioner for stretchable film web with dancer roller compensation117US 4,458,467 AInfra Pak (Dallas), Inc. · 1984
- Controlling web tension, and accumulating lengths of web, by actively controlling velocity and acceleration of a festoon72US 6,473,669 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2002
- Stretch head for facilitating wrapping palletized loads42US 6,848,240 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2005
- Take-out/take-up tension control apparatus41US 4,775,086 A1988