B41F 17/003
Special types of machines for printing textiles
Official title: {Special types of machines for printing textiles (using the screen printing process B41F15/00; printing on knitted fabrics B41F17/38)}
B41F17/003 (Special types of machines for printing textiles) appears on 108 US grants and 100 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 100
- Assignees
- 52
- Inventors
- 193
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Garment palletization4 Aug 2026US 12,700,136 B2Kornit Digital Ltd.
- Heat press suitable for applying a water-based ink print on a stack of fabric layers of different sizes3 Mar 2026US 12,565,035 B2
- Hybrid silk screen and direct-to-garment printing machine and process3 Mar 2026US 12,565,050 B2M&R Printing Equipment, Inc.
- Heat transfer press projection alignment system and method28 Oct 2025US 12,454,126 B2Stahls' Inc.
- Heat transfer press projection alignment system and method21 Oct 2025US 12,447,737 B2Stahls' Inc.
- Garment loader23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208500 A1Kornit Digital Ltd.
- Garment unloader/loader with protective tray23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208501 A1Kornit Digital Ltd.
- Heat press with adjustable pressure and method of using thereof23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110134 A1Enetshops, LLC
- Press projection alignment system12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042287 A1Stahls' Inc.
- Vacuum platen for garment decorating technique4 Dec 2025US 2025/0367919 A1Livingston Systems, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Substrate printed by a single substrate, repeat-pass printing process40US 5,566,616 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1996
- Device for applying indicia to an elastic web39US 4,437,408 AThe Kendall Company · 1984
- Single substrate, repeat-pass printing process36US 5,562,037 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1996
- Dual substrate, single-pass printing process and substrates printed thereby33US 5,597,642 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1997
- Printing machine pallet assembly30US 5,199,353 AM&R Printing Equipment, Inc. · 1993