B65H 3/124
Suction bands or belts
Official title: {Suction bands or belts}
B65H3/124 (Suction bands or belts) appears on 431 US grants and 336 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 431
- Published applications
- 336
- Assignees
- 121
- Inventors
- 589
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 9 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 15 |
| 2008 | 4 | 12 |
| 2009 | 11 | 15 |
| 2010 | 17 | 27 |
| 2011 | 14 | 34 |
| 2012 | 28 | 21 |
| 2013 | 27 | 13 |
| 2014 | 16 | 14 |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 |
| 2016 | 11 | 14 |
| 2017 | 14 | 17 |
| 2018 | 8 | 15 |
| 2019 | 19 | 14 |
| 2020 | 13 | 16 |
| 2021 | 7 | 13 |
| 2022 | 10 | 21 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 |
| 2024 | 16 | 11 |
| 2025 | 12 | 11 |
| 2026 | 8 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,741,836 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Medium supply device and image forming apparatus2 Jun 2026US 12,643,756 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Feeding device, transporting device, and processing system12 May 2026US 12,623,872 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Sheet feeding device and printing system12 May 2026US 12,623,877 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Feeder with moving belt21 Apr 2026US 12,606,393 B2Bobst Mex SA
- Recording medium accommodating device and image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299491 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- No-Feed-Roll Corrugated Board or Paperboard Sheet Feeder Retrofit Apparatus and Method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193046 A1Sun Automation, Inc.
- Mail processing system with a mail hazard screening machine28 May 2026US 2026/0148581 A1Tritek Technologies, Inc.
- Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326595 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Medium feeder and image forming system9 Oct 2025US 2025/0315000 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sheet supply apparatus63US 5,645,274 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Top vacuum corrugation feeder59US 4,887,805 AXerox Corporation · 1989
- Feeding sheets of corrugated paperboard55US 5,074,539 AWard Holding Company, Inc. · 1991
- Method of and apparatus for separating and feeding sheets53US 5,090,676 AHitachi Koki Co., Ltd. · 1992
- Unstacker for unstacking flat items, the unstacker including realignment apparatus50US 5,391,051 ACompagnie Generale D"Automatisme CGA HBS · 1995