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B41L 47/42

Printing mechanisms

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Details of addressing machines or like series-printing machines > Printing mechanisms

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

6 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B41L 47/44 using flat platens
  • B41L 47/46 using line-contact members, e.g. rollers, cylinders
  • B41L 47/48 with inking or ink-ribbon devices
  • B41L 47/5 using multiple impression-members or -surfaces, e.g. for printing series of addresses with standing context, for printing from selected parts of printing surfaces
  • B41L 47/52 with movable counter-pressure plates for printing from selected areas of printing surfaces
  • B41L 47/54 with means for automatically reciprocating printing plate transversely to enable addresses to be printed in columns side by side

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 14,672
  2. CANON 14,153
  3. RICOH COMPANY 8,049
  4. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,044
  5. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,312
  6. BROTHER INDUSTRIES 6,887
  7. KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 5,463
  8. CANON JP 5,001
  9. KONICA MINOLTA CORPORATION 4,512
  10. BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,681