B65H 2301/46
Splicing
B65H2301/46 (Splicing) appears on 672 US grants and 468 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 672
- Published applications
- 468
- Assignees
- 382
- Inventors
- 1,236
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 16 | 31 |
| 2025 | 40 | 29 |
| 2026 | 15 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65H 2301/463Splicing means, i.e. means by which a web end is bound toIndexing code374
- B65H 2301/461Processing webs in splicing processIndexing code249
- B65H 2301/462Form of spliceIndexing code231
- B65H 2301/464Effecting spliceIndexing code204
- B65H 2301/4606Preparing leading edge for splicingIndexing code133
- B65H 2301/4601Special splicing features or applicationsIndexing code84
- B65H 2301/4602Preparing splicing processIndexing code30
- B65H 2301/4604Opening web rolls, remove outer layersIndexing code18
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Recent patents
- Apparatus for connecting label tapes6 Oct 2026US 12,753,033 B2Krones AG
- Automatic roll-replacing apparatus4 Aug 2026US 12,698,174 B2Wuxi Intelligent Equipment Co. Ltd.
- Separator supply device and separator supply method4 Aug 2026US 12,698,175 B2SK On Co., Ltd.
- Image recording apparatus2 Jun 2026US 12,643,754 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing equipment and continuous feeding and cutting device thereof26 May 2026US 12,637,317 B2Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
- 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
- Technique for handling a label tape from a label roll8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307844 A1Krones AG
- Method of joining fiber web ends8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307925 A1Valmet Technologies Oy
- Automatic feeding apparatus for band-shaped sheet1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296822 A1SK On Co., Ltd.
- Heat-sealable web splicing tape and splicer13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233875 A1Pregis LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for splicing successive web rolls to feed a web into a rotary press or the like104US 4,543,152 ADai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha · 1985
- Composite web forming apparatus and method101US 5,902,431 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1999
- Low tension lap slicer unit100US 4,157,934 ACompensating Tension Controls, Inc. · 1979
- Flying splice apparatus85US 4,106,974 ACurt G. Joa, Inc. · 1978
- Web handling method and apparatus with pre-acceleration of web feed rolls84US 5,190,234 AButler Automatic, Inc. · 1993