B41F 31/13
Means for driving fountain rollers
Official title: Means for driving fountain rollers {(B41F13/12 takes precedence)}
B41F31/13 (Means for driving fountain rollers) appears on 35 US grants and 37 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
- 35
- Published applications
- 37
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 78
- Latest grant
- 27 May 2025
Filings by year
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| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 6 | 10 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Inking system with plurality of fountain roller elements27 May 2025US 12,311,652 B2Eastman Kodak Company
- Inker assembly including oscillation rollers for a can body decorator30 Apr 2024US 11,969,988 B2Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
- Can body decorator having a mandrel pre-spin assembly and over-varnish unit12 Mar 2024US 11,926,145 B2Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
- Heat image forming device and method21 Nov 2023US 11,820,121 B2Xerox Corporation
- Fountain solution thickness identification via gloss measurement system and method31 Oct 2023US 11,801,674 B2Xerox Corporation
- Inking system with pluarlity of fountain roller elements13 Mar 2025US 2025/0083435 A1Eastman Kodak Company
- Inker Assembly Including Oscillation Rollers For A Can Body Decorator18 Jul 2024US 2024/0239097 A1Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
- Digital ink application module and methods thereof2 Mar 2023US 2023/0064009 A1Xerox Corporation
- Method and apparatus for in-situ digital image forming fountain solution thickness measurement29 Dec 2022US 2022/0410560 A1Xerox Corporation
- Matrix-addressed heat image forming device21 Jul 2022US 2022/0227115 A1Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Low-volume gravure inking system3US 11,072,165 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2021
- Flexographic printing system with solvent replenishment3US 9,233,531 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2016
- Flexographic printing system providing controlled feature characteristics3US 9,346,260 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2016
- Flexographic printer and box-making machine1US 10,160,195 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems, Ltd. · 2018
- Fountain solution imaging and transfer using dielectrophoresis1US 11,504,963 B2Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated · 2022