B65H 3/16
Separating articles from piles: using magnetic force
Official title: using magnetic force
B65H3/16 (Separating articles from piles: using magnetic force) appears on 26 US grants and 26 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 26
- Published applications
- 26
- Assignees
- 20
- Inventors
- 45
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
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| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Variable field magnetic couplers and methods for engaging a ferromagnetic workpiece25 Feb 2025US 12,237,126 B2Magswitch Automation Company
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- Apparatus and method for handling sheet electrodes27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250089 A1G. D S.p.A.
- Variable field magnetic couplers and methods for engaging a ferromagnetic workpiece27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253824 A1Magswitch Automation Company
- Magnetic coupling device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175337 A1Magswitch Automation Company
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic feeding apparatus27US 4,392,766 AGeneral Electric Company · 1983
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- Apparatus for raising a magnetizable object from a stack and for moving it away for further processing11US 4,815,916 AUnico, Inc. · 1989
- Device for separating, lifting and moving aluminium sheets or other non-ferromagnetic material9US 6,746,063 B12004
- Magnetic coupling device7US 11,772,214 B2Magswitch Technology, Inc. · 2023