B65H 2301/51256
Removing waviness or curl, smoothing
B65H2301/51256 (Removing waviness or curl, smoothing) appears on 212 US grants and 223 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 212
- Published applications
- 223
- Assignees
- 78
- Inventors
- 482
- Latest grant
- 30 Sep 2025
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| 2020 | 12 | 17 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8 |
| 2022 | 9 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sheet transport mechanism and sheet handling apparatus30 Sep 2025US 12,428,255 B2Glory Ltd.
- Printing apparatus and printing method12 Aug 2025US 12,384,168 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sheet inlet and outlet12 Aug 2025US 12,384,176 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Post processing device, recording system, and method for controlling post processing device12 Aug 2025US 12,384,638 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image forming system and charge eliminating apparatus1 Jul 2025US 12,344,498 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Printing apparatus and printing method26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054505 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sheet discharge apparatus and image forming system11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375973 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Printing apparatus and printing method6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340071 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Curved guides and guiding2 Oct 2025US 2025/0304399 A1NCR Atleos Corporation
- Image forming system and charge eliminating apparatus11 Sep 2025US 2025/0282570 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Air folder adjuster apparatus and method61US 6,840,616 B22005
- Predictive decurler apparatus and method39US 5,414,503 AXerox Corporation · 1995
- Curl correction device of an image forming apparatus37US 5,787,331 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Sheet de-curler35US 4,326,915 AXerox Corporation · 1982
- Dual decurler and control mechanism therefor35US 5,848,347 AXerox Corporation · 1998