B65H 31/36
Auxiliary devices for contacting each article with a front stop as it
Official title: Auxiliary devices for contacting each article with a front stop as it is piled
B65H31/36 (Auxiliary devices for contacting each article with a front stop as it) appears on 499 US grants and 473 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 499
- Published applications
- 473
- Assignees
- 120
- Inventors
- 839
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2017 | 19 | 32 |
| 2018 | 36 | 33 |
| 2019 | 30 | 18 |
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| 2021 | 21 | 29 |
| 2022 | 28 | 30 |
| 2023 | 29 | 19 |
| 2024 | 13 | 29 |
| 2025 | 28 | 13 |
| 2026 | 10 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Medium storage and medium processing device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242165 A1Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
- Recording medium processing device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202786 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Medium processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184529 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Sheet discharge apparatus and image forming apparatus18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169417 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular finisher for a reproduction apparatus135US 5,080,340 AEastman Kodak Company · 1992
- Automatic stacking and folding apparatus74US 4,616,815 AVijuk Bindery Equipment, Inc. · 1986
- Sheet handling apparatus55US 5,112,034 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1992
- Sheet handling device and image forming apparatus having sheet-aligning rotary member55US 6,398,214 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2002
- Sheet stacking apparatus with vertically movable tray53US 6,296,247 B1Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2001