B65H 31/30
Arrangements for removing completed piles
Official title: Arrangements for removing completed piles (bands, chains, or like moving receivers B65H31/28)
B65H31/30 (Arrangements for removing completed piles) appears on 1,437 US grants and 1,073 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 1,437
- Published applications
- 1,073
- Assignees
- 465
- Inventors
- 2,305
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 18 | 0 |
| 1985 | 22 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 23 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 27 | 6 |
| 2002 | 31 | 22 |
| 2003 | 20 | 42 |
| 2004 | 27 | 31 |
| 2005 | 18 | 25 |
| 2006 | 19 | 42 |
| 2007 | 24 | 40 |
| 2008 | 21 | 49 |
| 2009 | 29 | 56 |
| 2010 | 53 | 45 |
| 2011 | 54 | 54 |
| 2012 | 50 | 45 |
| 2013 | 42 | 51 |
| 2014 | 48 | 42 |
| 2015 | 48 | 69 |
| 2016 | 55 | 52 |
| 2017 | 55 | 56 |
| 2018 | 67 | 67 |
| 2019 | 56 | 44 |
| 2020 | 37 | 48 |
| 2021 | 42 | 42 |
| 2022 | 43 | 46 |
| 2023 | 29 | 34 |
| 2024 | 32 | 25 |
| 2025 | 27 | 24 |
| 2026 | 15 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65H 31/3081By acting on edge of the pile for moving it along a471
- B65H 31/3027By the nip between moving belts or rollers404
- B65H 31/3009By dropping273
- B65H 31/3054By moving the surface supporting the lowermost article of the pile239
- B65H 31/3036By gripping the pile174
- B65H 31/3072By moving a surface supporting the pile of articles on edge72
- B65H 31/309By acting on one of the outermost articles for moving the pile23
Recent patents
- Device and method for feeding flat objects into a transport container29 Sep 2026US 12,747,125 B2Bowe Systec AG
- System for support and movement of a stack of interfolded sheets during production of paper products in stacks of interfolded sheets in an interfolding machine8 Sep 2026US 12,729,091 B2Ot Lucca S.R.L.
- Arrangement for handling stacks of sheets1 Sep 2026US 12,722,928 B2Yaskawa Nordic AB
- Sheet stack handler comprising a sheet stacker and/or sheet feeder for a printer18 Aug 2026US 12,709,500 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Automated traying of finished mail11 Aug 2026US 12,703,598 B2DMT Solutions Global Corporation
- Collecting device for laser printer17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273972 A1Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH
- Sheet processing apparatus, image forming system, and non-transitory recording medium27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252019 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Combination system and combination method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233960 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Punching device and sheet post-processing apparatus9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193050 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Medium processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184529 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Printer output sets compiler to stacker system196US 6,819,906 B1Xerox Corporation · 2004
- Polypeptide cartilage-inducing factors found in bone152US 4,774,322 ACollagen Corporation · 1988
- Sheet handling apparatus134US 5,342,165 ADiebold, Incorporated · 1994
- Modular transaction terminal with microprocessor control126US 3,937,925 AIBM Corporation · 1976
- Unstacking apparatus for removing a partial stack from a stack of sheets115US 5,102,293 AIngenieurburo Willi Schneider · 1992