IPC Subgroup
B41J 33/14 Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material > Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
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
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41J 33/16 with drive applied to spool or spool spindle
- B41J 33/24 with drive applied directly to ribbon
- B41J 33/3 Escapement mechanisms
- B41J 33/32 Electromagnetic devices
- B41J 33/34 driven by motors independently of the machine as a whole
- B41J 33/36 with means for adjusting feeding rate
- B41J 33/38 Slow, e.g. "creep", feed mechanisms
- B41J 33/4 with arrangements for reversing the feed direction
- B41J 33/52 Braking devices therefor
- B41J 33/54 for ensuring maximum life of the ribbon
- B41J 33/6 responsive to telegraph code or other extraneous signals
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