B65H 59/00
Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material
Official title: Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material, e.g. for preventing snarling; Applications of tension indicators
B65H59/00 (Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material) appears on 1,181 US grants and 638 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 1,181
- Published applications
- 638
- Assignees
- 636
- Inventors
- 1,970
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 27 | 0 |
| 1977 | 31 | 0 |
| 1978 | 31 | 0 |
| 1979 | 21 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 26 | 0 |
| 1983 | 21 | 0 |
| 1984 | 21 | 0 |
| 1985 | 31 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 29 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 31 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 19 | 0 |
| 1994 | 31 | 0 |
| 1995 | 23 | 0 |
| 1996 | 22 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 39 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 31 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 9 |
| 2002 | 20 | 8 |
| 2003 | 19 | 13 |
| 2004 | 15 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5 | 15 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17 |
| 2010 | 8 | 17 |
| 2011 | 12 | 18 |
| 2012 | 11 | 14 |
| 2013 | 15 | 31 |
| 2014 | 15 | 31 |
| 2015 | 23 | 28 |
| 2016 | 29 | 21 |
| 2017 | 27 | 42 |
| 2018 | 25 | 46 |
| 2019 | 41 | 49 |
| 2020 | 54 | 49 |
| 2021 | 36 | 40 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 |
| 2023 | 39 | 31 |
| 2024 | 30 | 35 |
| 2025 | 27 | 22 |
| 2026 | 16 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65H 59/10Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material: by devices acting on running484
- B65H 59/38Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material: by regulating speed of driving358
- B65H 59/02Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material: by regulating delivery of material291
- B65H 59/40Applications of tension indicators129
- B65H 59/005Means compensating the yarn tension in relation with its moving due to38
- B65H 59/08Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material: by contact of running length7
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