B65H 69/00
Methods of, or devices for, interconnecting successive lengths of material
Official title: Methods of, or devices for, interconnecting successive lengths of material; Knot-tying devices {;Control of the correct working of the interconnecting device}
B65H69/00 (Methods of, or devices for, interconnecting successive lengths of material) appears on 493 US grants and 224 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 493
- Published applications
- 224
- Assignees
- 220
- Inventors
- 691
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65H 69/06Methods of, or devices for, interconnecting successive lengths of material: by splicing246
- B65H 69/04Methods of, or devices for, interconnecting successive lengths of material: by knotting111
- B65H 69/08Methods of, or devices for, interconnecting successive lengths of material: by welding31
- B65H 69/02Methods of, or devices for, interconnecting successive lengths of material: by means17
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- Method and configuration for connecting roving assemblies23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209002 A1Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
- Lacing engine for automated footwear platform18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165427 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Knot-tying device21 May 2026US 2026/0138847 A1
- Loom with rotationally incrementable pins9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096637 A1Choon's Design LLC
- Adjustable tether line systems and securement methods26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054802 A1MISSION Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Knot350US 5,573,286 A1996
- Braided line splices and methods of splicing to form same311US 5,699,657 A1997
- Continually adjustable nonreturn knot112US 6,030,007 AHughes Electronics Corporation · 2000
- Footwear having removable motorized adjustment system58US 9,693,605 B2NIKE, Inc. · 2017
- Yarn end splicing apparatus52US 5,003,676 A1991