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B41J 29/58

and automatically actuated

Full Title

Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for > Locking devices applied to printing mechanisms > and automatically actuated

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  • B41J 29/60 in response to failure of power supply
  • B41J 29/62 by the absence of paper to lock hammer mechanism
  • B41J 29/68 by completion of a page or predetermined number of lines or exhaustion of paper to lock the keyboard
  • B41J 29/70 Interlocks between any two-carriage-moving mechanisms, e.g. character-space, back space, tabulation, carriage return or carriage- release mechanisms

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8,446
  2. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,438
  3. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,828
  4. CANON JP 5,419
  5. CANON 4,156
  6. BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,763
  7. BROTHER INDUSTRIES 2,779
  8. RICOH COMPANY JP 2,717
  9. FUJIFILM JP 2,423
  10. RICOH COMPANY 1,739