CPC Subgroup
B41B 27/28 Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements (in devices for supplying molten metal B41B11/86, B41B11/88; for light sources B41B21/08)
Full Title
Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various kinds or types (computers in general G06F) > Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements (in devices for supplying molten metal B41B11/86, B41B11/88; for light sources B41B21/08)
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Child Classifications
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- B41B 27/30 for arresting or varying speed of one operation in response to failure or variation in speed of another operation
- B41B 27/32 for line-justification operations
- B41B 27/38 for measuring length of composed lines; for reading composed characters
- B41B 27/40 for proof-printing operations
- B41B 27/41 Printing mechanisms coupled to typographical composing machines
- B41B 27/42 for controlling selection or shifting of matrix magazines
- B41B 27/44 for controlling assembly of matrices and space bands
- B41B 27/48 for deleting errors or inserting corrections (means for cancelling or correcting errors in typewriters or selective printing mechanisms B41J29/26)
- B41B 27/50 operated by coupled machines
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8,446
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,438
- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,828
- CANON JP 5,419
- CANON 4,156
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,763
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES 2,779
- RICOH COMPANY JP 2,717
- FUJIFILM JP 2,423
- RICOH COMPANY 1,739