B65H 49/18
Methods or apparatus in which packages rotate
Official title: Methods or apparatus in which packages rotate (supports or holders, for storing and repeatedly paying-out and rewinding lengths of material provided for particular purposes B65H75/34)
B65H49/18 (Methods or apparatus in which packages rotate) appears on 974 US grants and 700 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 974
- Published applications
- 700
- Assignees
- 454
- Inventors
- 1,645
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 5 |
| 2002 | 20 | 14 |
| 2003 | 26 | 17 |
| 2004 | 10 | 17 |
| 2005 | 10 | 18 |
| 2006 | 13 | 22 |
| 2007 | 10 | 17 |
| 2008 | 15 | 18 |
| 2009 | 9 | 16 |
| 2010 | 13 | 28 |
| 2011 | 19 | 20 |
| 2012 | 14 | 27 |
| 2013 | 18 | 25 |
| 2014 | 11 | 26 |
| 2015 | 20 | 32 |
| 2016 | 15 | 27 |
| 2017 | 36 | 35 |
| 2018 | 45 | 44 |
| 2019 | 45 | 54 |
| 2020 | 57 | 41 |
| 2021 | 52 | 48 |
| 2022 | 33 | 36 |
| 2023 | 37 | 24 |
| 2024 | 30 | 43 |
| 2025 | 27 | 32 |
| 2026 | 24 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Warp supply device for loom1 Sep 2026US 12,722,932 B2Tsudakoma Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Apparatus and method for managing craft supplies11 Aug 2026US 12,703,599 B2Lemonwood Inc.
- Hose deployment and retrieval device11 Aug 2026US 12,703,601 B2Elevate Energy Services, LLC
- Device for depositing material in the form of wire comprising at least one wire spool and at least one system indicating the filling level of the spool4 Aug 2026US 12,697,776 B2Airbus Operations GmbH
- Cleaning tool3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257882 A1Fujikura Ltd.
- Metal wire feeding system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241477 A1Norsk Titanium AS
- Wire feed system for wire bonding solar cells30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216814 A1Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.
- Winding machine having a positionable reel25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176100 A1Bf S.R.L.
- Cable spool measurement systems and methods18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167453 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cable dispensing device and method95US 4,454,999 A1984
- Powered device for controlling the rotation of a reel94US 4,241,884 A1980
- Strip handling apparatus and method83US 5,169,081 ADraftex Industries Limited · 1992
- Cable unwinding system and method75US 6,554,221 B22003
- Boxed pay-out reel for optic fiber cable or wire or the like, with smooth pay-out, high-impact and cable end holding features68US 5,529,186 AAT&T Corp. · 1996