B65H 59/38
Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material: by regulating speed of driving
Official title: by regulating speed of driving mechanism of unwinding, paying-out, forwarding, winding, or depositing devices, e.g. automatically in response to variations in tension
B65H59/38 (Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material: by regulating speed of driving) appears on 358 US grants and 205 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 9 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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