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  5. /B41F 23/00 · Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in
  6. /B41F 23/04 · Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in
  7. /B41F 23/044 · Drying sheets
  8. /B41F 23/0443 · After printing
  9. /B41F 23/0446
B41F 23/0446

Wicket conveyors

Official title: {Wicket conveyors}

B41F23/0446 (Wicket conveyors) appears on 6 US grants and 1 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. BPerforming operations
  2. B41Printing
  3. B41FPrinting machines or presses
  4. B41F 23/00Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in
  5. B41F 23/04Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in
  6. B41F 23/044Drying sheets
  7. B41F 23/0443After printing
  8. B41F 23/0446Wicket conveyors
Granted patents
6
Published applications
1
Assignees
3
Inventors
10
Latest grant
26 Apr 2016

Filings by year

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19771987199720072016

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Anti-friction roller26 Apr 2016US 9,321,259 B2
  • Loading machine, particularly for sheet-drying installations5 Aug 1997US 5,653,330 ABillhoefer Maschinenfabrik GmbH
  • Wet paper handling of ink jet images to allow passive drying7 Mar 1995US 5,396,270 AXerox Corporation
  • Drier for screen printed sheets25 Jan 1983US 4,369,587 A
  • Takeoff apparatus for a wicket dryer6 Jan 1981US 4,242,956 AAmerican Screen Printing Equipment Company
  • Anti-friction roller.14 May 2015US 2015/0129390 A1

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Wet paper handling of ink jet images to allow passive drying14US 5,396,270 AXerox Corporation · 1995
  • Apparatus for drying flat printed material13US 4,058,908 A1977
  • Takeoff apparatus for a wicket dryer8US 4,242,956 AAmerican Screen Printing Equipment Company · 1981
  • Loading machine, particularly for sheet-drying installations8US 5,653,330 ABillhoefer Maschinenfabrik GmbH · 1997
  • Drier for screen printed sheets3US 4,369,587 A1983

Top assignees

Documents
  • ASAmerican Screen Printing Equipment Company1
  • BMBillhoefer Maschinenfabrik GmbH1
  • Xerox Corporation1

Often classified with

  • F26BDrying solid materials or objects by removing liquid therefrom4
  • B65HHandling thin or filamentary material3
  • B65GTransport or storage devices2
  • B41JTypewriters1
  • Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests1

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