IPC Main Group
B41J 21/00 Column, tabular or like printing arrangements; Means for centralising short lines
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- Subclass:
- TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
Additional Content
Carriage-release mechanisms
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41J 21/02 Stops or stop-racks
- B41J 21/04 Mechanisms for setting or restoring tabulation stops
- B41J 21/06 with means for preventing rebound from stops
- B41J 21/08 Mechanisms for initiating, effecting, skipping, or stopping tabulation movement; Means for centralising short lines
- B41J 21/1 with central, counter, or equivalent stop projected into path of tabulation stops
- B41J 21/12 characterised by arrangements of electrical contacts
- B41J 21/14 characterised by denominational arrangements
- B41J 21/16 controlled by the sensing of marks or formations on the paper being typed, an undersheet, or the platen
- B41J 21/17 controlled by stored information
- B41J 21/18 characterised by applications of scales or indicators
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