B65H 3/06
Rollers or like rotary separators
Official title: Rollers or like rotary separators {(B65H3/42 takes precedence)}
B65H3/06 (Rollers or like rotary separators) appears on 3,033 US grants and 2,666 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 3,033
- Published applications
- 2,666
- Assignees
- 430
- Inventors
- 4,025
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 20 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 19 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | 29 | 0 |
| 1988 | 25 | 0 |
| 1989 | 26 | 0 |
| 1990 | 28 | 0 |
| 1991 | 24 | 0 |
| 1992 | 25 | 0 |
| 1993 | 34 | 0 |
| 1994 | 31 | 0 |
| 1995 | 29 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 30 | 0 |
| 1998 | 44 | 0 |
| 1999 | 74 | 0 |
| 2000 | 60 | 0 |
| 2001 | 54 | 19 |
| 2002 | 55 | 48 |
| 2003 | 63 | 64 |
| 2004 | 44 | 85 |
| 2005 | 30 | 91 |
| 2006 | 51 | 94 |
| 2007 | 45 | 99 |
| 2008 | 76 | 135 |
| 2009 | 97 | 100 |
| 2010 | 110 | 106 |
| 2011 | 109 | 119 |
| 2012 | 115 | 99 |
| 2013 | 140 | 130 |
| 2014 | 160 | 148 |
| 2015 | 134 | 154 |
| 2016 | 122 | 125 |
| 2017 | 141 | 144 |
| 2018 | 130 | 157 |
| 2019 | 148 | 143 |
| 2020 | 99 | 109 |
| 2021 | 78 | 125 |
| 2022 | 86 | 106 |
| 2023 | 99 | 79 |
| 2024 | 78 | 77 |
| 2025 | 70 | 50 |
| 2026 | 48 | 60 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65H 3/0684On moving support914
- B65H 3/0669Driving devices therefor825
- B65H 3/063Separating from the bottom of pile510
- B65H 3/0661For separating inclined-stacked articles with separator rollers above the stack330
- B65H 3/0638Construction of the rollers or like rotary separators292
- B65H 3/0607Cooperating with means for automatically separating the pile from roller or rotary252
- B65H 3/0653For separating substantially vertically stacked articles186
- B65H 3/0676With two or more separator rollers in the feeding direction153
Recent patents
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- Sheet separation device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296814 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Media feeding apparatus, media feeding method, and non-transitory recording medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296815 A1Pfu Limited
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for currency discrimination and counting290US 5,295,196 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1994
- Automatic currency processing system275US 5,905,810 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1999
- Currency discriminator and authenticator270US 5,790,693 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1998
- Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents253US 5,790,697 ACummins-Allion Corp. · 1998
- Feed arrangement for currency handling machines239US 5,207,788 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1993