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CPC Subgroup
B41J 33/50

comprising a single pawl or integral double-tooth pawl selectively engageable with two ratchets, one for each spool

Full Title

Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material > Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms > with arrangements for reversing the feed direction > automatically > and characterised by its application to mechanism in which two spools are driven by pawl-and-rachet mechanism > comprising a single pawl or integral double-tooth pawl selectively engageable with two ratchets, one for each spool

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