IPC Subgroup
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
- 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