IPC Subgroup
B41J 7/02 Type-lever actuating mechanisms
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Type-selecting or type-actuating mechanisms > Type-lever actuating 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
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41J 7/04 Levers mounted on fixed pivots
- B41J 7/18 Levers having moving or variable fulcra to alter the mechanical advantage during the stroke
- B41J 7/2 Levers having moving pivots fixed relative to the lever; Type-bars each pivoted on two links
- B41J 7/22 Type-baskets; Bearings or hangers for type-levers
- B41J 7/24 Construction of type-levers
- B41J 7/26 Special means, e.g. repulsers, for ensuring return of type-levers
- B41J 7/28 Key-lever and type-member returned independently to rest position
- B41J 7/3 Preventing rebound or clash of levers or type-members
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