IPC Main Group
B41L 47/00 Details of addressing machines or like series-printing machines
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- Subclass:
- APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41L 47/02 Applications of printing surfaces in addressing machines or like series-printing machines
- B41L 47/12 Auxiliary devices, e.g. for flattening plates, for assembling plates in predetermined order, for wetting stencils
- B41L 47/14 Devices or arrangements for storing or handling plates
- B41L 47/24 Mechanisms for conveying copy material through addressing machines or like series-printing machines
- B41L 47/42 Printing mechanisms
- B41L 47/56 Indicating, warning, control or safety devices
- B41L 47/58 Arrangements or devices for selecting, or for facilitating selection of, text or image to be printed
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