IPC Subgroup
B41F 31/02 Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Inking arrangements or devices > Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- Subclass:
- PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41F 31/03 Ink agitators
- B41F 31/04 with duct-blades or like metering devices
- B41F 31/06 Troughs or like reservoirs with immersed, or partly immersed, rollers or cylinders
- B41F 31/08 with ink-ejecting means, e.g. pumps, nozzles
- B41F 31/1 Applications of feed or duct rollers
- B41F 31/13 Means for driving fountain rollers
- B41F 31/14 Applications of messenger or other moving transfer rollers
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 14,672
- CANON 14,153
- RICOH COMPANY 8,049
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,044
- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,312
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES 6,887
- KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 5,463
- CANON JP 5,001
- KONICA MINOLTA CORPORATION 4,512
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,681