B65H 5/00
Feeding articles separated from piles
Official title: Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines ({B65H9/00 takes precedence; } identical mechanisms or parts for delivering or advancing articles from machines B65H29/00; recirculating articles B65H85/00 {, G03B27/6257})
B65H5/00 (Feeding articles separated from piles) appears on 6,422 US grants and 5,512 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 6,422
- Published applications
- 5,512
- Assignees
- 1,231
- Inventors
- 9,334
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 50 | 0 |
| 1977 | 47 | 0 |
| 1978 | 44 | 0 |
| 1979 | 41 | 0 |
| 1980 | 32 | 0 |
| 1981 | 34 | 0 |
| 1982 | 48 | 0 |
| 1983 | 42 | 0 |
| 1984 | 60 | 0 |
| 1985 | 66 | 0 |
| 1986 | 67 | 0 |
| 1987 | 65 | 0 |
| 1988 | 52 | 0 |
| 1989 | 81 | 0 |
| 1990 | 53 | 0 |
| 1991 | 89 | 0 |
| 1992 | 96 | 0 |
| 1993 | 83 | 0 |
| 1994 | 63 | 0 |
| 1995 | 62 | 0 |
| 1996 | 71 | 0 |
| 1997 | 72 | 0 |
| 1998 | 75 | 0 |
| 1999 | 107 | 0 |
| 2000 | 86 | 0 |
| 2001 | 99 | 33 |
| 2002 | 90 | 116 |
| 2003 | 124 | 101 |
| 2004 | 107 | 148 |
| 2005 | 57 | 153 |
| 2006 | 75 | 142 |
| 2007 | 73 | 141 |
| 2008 | 94 | 167 |
| 2009 | 116 | 182 |
| 2010 | 159 | 203 |
| 2011 | 173 | 215 |
| 2012 | 161 | 172 |
| 2013 | 231 | 243 |
| 2014 | 285 | 303 |
| 2015 | 321 | 367 |
| 2016 | 314 | 327 |
| 2017 | 316 | 289 |
| 2018 | 272 | 331 |
| 2019 | 300 | 302 |
| 2020 | 230 | 305 |
| 2021 | 221 | 260 |
| 2022 | 221 | 299 |
| 2023 | 235 | 231 |
| 2024 | 229 | 216 |
| 2025 | 188 | 163 |
| 2026 | 145 | 103 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65H 5/06Feeding articles separated from piles: by rollers or balls2,901
- B65H 5/36Article guides or smoothers953
- B65H 5/02Feeding articles separated from piles: by belts or chains761
- B65H 5/08Feeding articles separated from piles: by grippers671
- B65H 5/22Feeding articles separated from piles: by air-blast or suction device596
- B65H 5/26Duplicate, alternate, selective, or coacting feeds568
- B65H 5/30Opening devices for folded sheets or signatures204
- B65H 5/24Feeding articles in overlapping streams, i.e. by separation of articles from a195
All 19 subgroupsShow fewer
- B65H 5/34Varying the phase of feed relative to the receiving machine182
- B65H 5/28Feeding articles stored in rolled or folded bands121
- B65H 5/04Feeding articles separated from piles: by movable tables or carriages112
- B65H 5/32Saddle-like members over which partially-unfolded sheets or signatures are fed to signature-gathering108
- B65H 5/006Feeding stacks of articles to machines103
- B65H 5/16Feeding articles separated from piles: by pusher, needles, friction, or like devices87
- B65H 5/004Feeding articles separated from piles: using electrostatic force66
- B65H 5/002Adaptations of counting devices29
- B65H 5/008Feeding articles separated from piles: using vibrations23
- B65H 5/18Feeding articles separated from piles: by rotary dials or tables20
- B65H 5/20Feeding articles separated from piles: by dropping-roller or like device7
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Gripping apparatus for transporting a panel of adhesive material299US 4,995,778 AKrupp Maschinentechnik Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung · 1991
- Currency note dispensing system172US 4,337,864 ADocutel Corporation · 1982
- Process, lateral and skew sheet positioning apparatus and method162US 6,059,284 AXerox Corporation · 2000
- Apparatus for repositioning discrete articles147US 4,726,876 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1988
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