B41J 11/0022
Using convection means
Official title: {using convection means, e.g. by using a fan for blowing or sucking air}
B41J11/0022 (Using convection means) appears on 973 US grants and 1,207 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 973
- Published applications
- 1,207
- Assignees
- 161
- Inventors
- 1,693
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 40 | 81 |
| 2026 | 32 | 53 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sheet drying apparatus and image forming system provided therewith29 Sep 2026US 12,746,764 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Recording method and recording apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,818 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Recording apparatus with drying unit, downstream of recording unit, that blows air against recording medium15 Sep 2026US 12,734,832 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing method and printing apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,841 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Base-material drying device and printing device8 Sep 2026US 12,728,651 B2SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Image forming method and image forming apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307414 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image assignment system for assigning image to at least a partial region in a width direction of a transfer target, and image assignment system for assigning an image to fabric8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308843 A1Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Liquid discharge apparatus, light radiation apparatus, heating apparatus, and image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296063 A1
- Dryer, liquid discharge apparatus, and liquid discharge system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296065 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Liquid discharge apparatus, liquid discharge system, and liquid discharge method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285062 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fixater and recording apparatus using the same107US 5,502,464 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Ink jet printer106US 5,896,154 AHitachi Koki Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Ink jet recording apparatus provided with blower means81US 5,528,271 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Adaptive dryer control for ink jet processors79US 5,214,442 AXerox Corporation · 1993
- Heater assembly for printers77US 5,041,846 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1991