B41J 13/009
Diverting sheets at a section where at least two sheet conveying paths
Official title: {Diverting sheets at a section where at least two sheet conveying paths converge, e.g. by a movable switching guide that blocks access to one conveying path and guides the sheet to another path, e.g. when a sheet conveying direction is reversed after printing on the front of the sheet has been finished and the sheet is guided to a sheet turning path for printing on the back}
B41J13/009 (Diverting sheets at a section where at least two sheet conveying paths) appears on 234 US grants and 237 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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