B41F 21/05
In-feed grippers
Official title: In-feed grippers (B41F21/06 takes precedence)
B41F21/05 (In-feed grippers) appears on 70 US grants and 30 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
- 70
- Published applications
- 30
- Assignees
- 20
- Inventors
- 101
- Latest grant
- 12 Aug 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Printed output of digital printing systems12 Aug 2025US 12,384,145 B2Landa Corporation Ltd.
- Conveying device and liquid discharge apparatus19 Dec 2023US 11,845,624 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Transport cylinder, drying unit comprising this transport cylinder, and sheet-fed printing press comprising this drying unit12 Sep 2023US 11,752,757 B2Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Substrate handling system comprising a robot cell and method for operating the same1 Nov 2022US 11,485,594 B2Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Improving printed output of digital printing systems by reduction of unprinted margins of the substrate28 Jun 2022US 11,370,217 B2Landa Corporation Ltd.
- Transport cylinder, drying unit comprising this transport cylinder, and sheet-fed printing press comprising this drying unit6 Jul 2023US 2023/0211600 A1Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Printed output of digital printing systems8 Dec 2022US 2022/0388300 A1Landa Corporation Ltd.
- Conveying device and liquid discharge apparatus26 May 2022US 2022/0162030 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Substrate handling system comprising a robot cell and method for operating the same12 May 2022US 2022/0144567 A1Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Improving printed output of digital printing systems by reduction of unprinted margins of the substrate2 Dec 2021US 2021/0370667 A1Landa Corporation Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rotatable advance or forward gripper drum32US 4,290,595 AHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · 1981
- Sheet transfer apparatus for printing machine30US 4,132,403 AVEB Polygraph Leipzig Kombinat fuer Polygraphische Maschinen und Ausruestungen · 1979
- Drive for sheet feeder in printing press23US 4,458,893 AMAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · 1984
- Rotary printing press18US 3,960,079 ASocieta' Nebiolo S.p.A. · 1976
- Swinging gripper arrangement for sheet-processing machines, in particular, sheet-fed offset printing presses13US 5,076,165 AHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · 1991