B65H 2406/362
Adjusting or controlling distribution of vacuum transversally to the transport direction
Official title: adjusting or controlling distribution of vacuum transversally to the transport direction, e.g. according to the width of material
B65H2406/362 (Adjusting or controlling distribution of vacuum transversally to the transport direction) appears on 80 US grants and 89 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 80
- Published applications
- 89
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 174
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Converting machine with inversion transfer module1 Sep 2026US 12,722,924 B2Bobst Lyon
- Inversion transfer module for a converting machine28 Apr 2026US 12,612,273 B2Bobst Lyon
- Vacuum conveyor system for inkjet printing with adjustment to the covered area24 Feb 2026US 12,559,333 B2Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
- Paper transport device12 Aug 2025US 12,384,643 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Printing apparatus24 Jun 2025US 12,337,590 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Vacuum conveyor system for inkjet printing with adjustment to the covered area5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035193 A1Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
- Vacuum box for a belt conveyor and belt conveyor for conveying veneer sheets20 Feb 2025US 2025/0058992 A1Raute Oyj
- Converting machine with inversion transfer module23 Jan 2025US 2025/0026123 A1Bobst Lyon
- Vacuum conveyor system for inkjet printing with adjustment to the covered area24 Oct 2024US 2024/0351812 A1Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
- Suction roller, ink-jet printer and suction width adjustment method by suction roller21 Mar 2024US 2024/0092598 A1SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gripper drum45US 4,145,040 AGretag Aktiengesellschaft · 1979
- Vacuum media transport system with shutter for multiple media sizes17US 9,815,303 B1Xerox Corporation · 2017
- Apparatus and method for picking printing plates of various sizes13US 6,571,709 B1Agfa NV · 2003
- Machine having a pneumatic drum for processing sheets of different formats10US 9,315,331 B2Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · 2016
- Internal sliding baffles for controlling air flow in a vacuum transport8US 7,963,522 B2Xerox Corporation · 2011