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B41B 27/28

Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various kinds or types > Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
Subclass:
MACHINES OR ACCESSORIES FOR MAKING, SETTING, OR DISTRIBUTING TYPE; TYPE; PHOTOGRAPHIC OR PHOTOELECTRONIC COMPOSING DEVICES

9 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B41B 27/3 for arresting or varying speed of one operation in response to failure or variation in speed of another operation
  • B41B 27/38 for measuring length of composed lines; for reading composed characters
  • B41B 27/4 for proof-printing operations
  • B41B 27/41 Printing mechanisms coupled to typographical composing machines
  • B41B 27/42 for controlling selection of shifting of matrix magazines
  • B41B 27/48 for deleting errors or inserting corrections
  • B41B 27/5 operated by coupled machines

Top Applicants

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

  1. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 14,672
  2. CANON 14,153
  3. RICOH COMPANY 8,049
  4. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,044
  5. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,312
  6. BROTHER INDUSTRIES 6,887
  7. KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 5,463
  8. CANON JP 5,001
  9. KONICA MINOLTA CORPORATION 4,512
  10. BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,681