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  3. /B41 · Printing
  4. /B41B · Machines or accessories for making, setting, or distributing type
  5. /B41B 17/00 · Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means
  6. /B41B 17/18 · Details
  7. /B41B 17/20 · Character carriers
  8. /B41B 17/24 · With all characters
  9. /B41B 17/34
B41B 17/34

On a cylinder

Official title: on a cylinder

B41B17/34 (On a cylinder) appears on 10 US grants and 0 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. BPerforming operations
  2. B41Printing
  3. B41BMachines or accessories for making, setting, or distributing type
  4. B41B 17/00Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means
  5. B41B 17/18Details
  6. B41B 17/20Character carriers
  7. B41B 17/24With all characters
  8. B41B 17/34On a cylinder
Granted patents
10
Published applications
0
Assignees
9
Inventors
17
Latest grant
19 Feb 1980

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
B41B 17/34: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
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197730
197840
197910
198010

19761977197819791980

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Document printing system19 Feb 1980US 4,189,217 ASweda International, Inc.
  • Printing character matrix and a process of making same30 Oct 1979US 4,172,642 AJ. Bobst & Fils, S.A.
  • Font element for photocomposing machine17 Oct 1978US 4,121,229 AAmerican Photo-Graphics Corporation
  • Method and apparatus of changing characters on a font and preparing a font duplicate13 Jun 1978US 4,094,680 ACastcraft Industries, Inc.
  • Font fastening means9 May 1978US 4,089,009 ACastcraft Industries, Inc.

No published applications in this class yet.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Photocomposing machine and font strip therefor for kerned characters7US 4,027,313 AEltra Corporation · 1977
  • Font fastening means6US 4,089,009 ACastcraft Industries, Inc. · 1978
  • Type carriers3US 4,015,273 AH. Berthold AG · 1977
  • Method and apparatus of changing characters on a font and preparing a font duplicate3US 4,094,680 ACastcraft Industries, Inc. · 1978
  • Film font for photocomposing apparatus2US 4,051,487 ALeonard Storch Enterprises, Inc. · 1977

Top assignees

Documents
  • CICastcraft Industries, Inc.2
  • AAlphatype Corporation1
  • APAmerican Photo-Graphics Corporation1
  • EEltra Corporation1
  • GSGraphic Systems, Inc.1
  • HBH. Berthold AG1
  • JBJ. Bobst & Fils, S.A.1
  • LSLeonard Storch Enterprises, Inc.1
  • SISweda International, Inc.1

Often classified with

  • G03CPhotosensitive materials for photographic purposes1
  • G03FPhotomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces1
  • G06KGraphical data reading1

Documents that also carry the other class.

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