B65H 3/00
Separating articles from piles
Official title: Separating articles from piles (associating, collating, or gathering articles B65H39/00; machines for separating superposed webs B65H41/00; unpiling thin material combined with folding B65H45/26; combinations of piling and depiling operations, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling B65H83/00)
B65H3/00 (Separating articles from piles) appears on 6,707 US grants and 4,849 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 6,707
- Published applications
- 4,849
- Assignees
- 1,360
- Inventors
- 8,760
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 103 | 0 |
| 1977 | 79 | 0 |
| 1978 | 55 | 0 |
| 1979 | 42 | 0 |
| 1980 | 58 | 0 |
| 1981 | 52 | 0 |
| 1982 | 65 | 0 |
| 1983 | 68 | 0 |
| 1984 | 69 | 0 |
| 1985 | 93 | 0 |
| 1986 | 114 | 0 |
| 1987 | 111 | 0 |
| 1988 | 75 | 0 |
| 1989 | 95 | 0 |
| 1990 | 90 | 0 |
| 1991 | 124 | 0 |
| 1992 | 135 | 0 |
| 1993 | 136 | 0 |
| 1994 | 111 | 0 |
| 1995 | 111 | 0 |
| 1996 | 82 | 0 |
| 1997 | 97 | 0 |
| 1998 | 129 | 0 |
| 1999 | 162 | 0 |
| 2000 | 143 | 0 |
| 2001 | 126 | 42 |
| 2002 | 130 | 135 |
| 2003 | 157 | 136 |
| 2004 | 114 | 190 |
| 2005 | 74 | 201 |
| 2006 | 103 | 163 |
| 2007 | 92 | 222 |
| 2008 | 141 | 239 |
| 2009 | 195 | 210 |
| 2010 | 218 | 212 |
| 2011 | 185 | 229 |
| 2012 | 215 | 191 |
| 2013 | 257 | 227 |
| 2014 | 272 | 226 |
| 2015 | 217 | 259 |
| 2016 | 207 | 209 |
| 2017 | 214 | 234 |
| 2018 | 200 | 247 |
| 2019 | 239 | 214 |
| 2020 | 164 | 193 |
| 2021 | 128 | 188 |
| 2022 | 145 | 175 |
| 2023 | 150 | 132 |
| 2024 | 133 | 147 |
| 2025 | 130 | 120 |
| 2026 | 102 | 108 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65H 3/02Separating articles from piles: using friction forces between articles and separator3,426
- B65H 3/46Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed2,537
- B65H 3/08Separating articles from piles: using pneumatic force1,600
- B65H 3/44Simultaneously, alternately, or selectively separating articles from two or more piles665
- B65H 3/66Article guides or smoothers274
- B65H 3/34Article-retaining devices controlling the release of the articles to the separators207
- B65H 3/24Separating articles from piles: by pushers engaging the edges of the articles173
- B65H 3/32Separating articles from piles: by elements158
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- B65H 3/22Separating articles from piles: by needles or the like engaging the articles124
- B65H 3/42Separating articles from piles: by two or more separators mounted for movement66
- B65H 3/18Separating articles from piles: using electrostatic force43
- B65H 3/36Separating articles from piles: by separators moved in special paths38
- B65H 3/26Separating articles from piles: by separators engaging folds, flaps, or projections of34
- B65H 3/30Separating articles from piles: by escapement devices32
- B65H 3/40Separating articles from piles: by two or more separators acting alternately on28
- B65H 3/20Separating articles from piles: using adhesives27
- B65H 3/28Separating articles from piles: by screw or like separators27
- B65H 3/16Separating articles from piles: using magnetic force26
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