C14B 17/00
Details of apparatus or machines for manufacturing or treating skins, hides, leather
Official title: Details of apparatus or machines for manufacturing or treating skins, hides, leather, or furs
C14B17/00 (Details of apparatus or machines for manufacturing or treating skins, hides, leather) appears on 77 US grants and 59 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C14B- Granted patents
- 77
- Published applications
- 59
- Assignees
- 50
- Inventors
- 136
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 8 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C14B 17/005Inspecting hides or furs32
- C14B 17/06Work feeding or clamping devices27
- C14B 17/02Blading cylinders or other working cylinders16
- C14B 17/04Work-supports or other counter-pressing elements6
- C14B 17/14Auxiliary devices for leather-working machines5
- C14B 17/10Arrangements for driving parts of leather-working machines3
- C14B 17/12Safety devices specially adapted for leather-working machines0
Recent patents
- Method for producing a multilayer laminar product and plant for implementing said method24 Feb 2026US 12,559,805 B2Costa S.R.L.
- Natural leather trimming machine and natural leather conditioning plant28 Oct 2025US 12,454,729 B2
- Inspecting machine for leather and inspection method applicable to said machine23 Sep 2025US 12,422,372 B2
- System for processing and supply of an optimal batch of homogeneous grade hides from multiple tanneries with random qualities10 Jun 2025US 12,327,289 B2Lesa—Hidexe S.A.
- Hide sorting systems and methods1 Apr 2025US 12,264,372 B2National Beef Packing Company, LLC
- Machine for processing leather and fabrics26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085370 A1Renbertech S.R.L.
- Hide sorting systems and methods14 Aug 2025US 2025/0257414 A1National Beef Packing Company, LLC
- Process and device for the automated handling of flexible laminar materials19 Jun 2025US 2025/0196335 A1Barnini S.R.L.
- Natural leather trimming machine and natural leather conditioning plant2 Jan 2025US 2025/0003018 A1
- Hide feeding apparatus in lines for the treatment or working of hides24 Oct 2024US 2024/0351810 A1Barnini S.R.L.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for nesting contours to be cut out of natural leather66US 5,258,917 ADurkopp Systemtechnik GmbH · 1993
- Method and apparatus for cutting parts from pieces of irregularly shaped and sized sheet material55US 4,725,961 AGerber Garment Technology, Inc. · 1988
- Method of cutting out blanks from, irregular workpieces of sheet material36US 5,953,232 AGFM GmbH · 1999
- Visual inspection system for leather hide29US 6,157,730 A2000
- Method of digitizing and cutting up remnants of non-repetitive shapes22US 5,838,569 ALetra Systemes · 1998