B41J 13/32
Means for positioning sheets in two directions under one control
Official title: Means for positioning sheets in two directions under one control, e.g. for format control or orthogonal sheet positioning
B41J13/32 (Means for positioning sheets in two directions under one control) appears on 69 US grants and 58 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 69
- Published applications
- 58
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 205
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,553 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Power transmission device, medium transport device, and recording device4 Aug 2026US 12,698,822 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Sheet registration device for non-rectangular sheets13 Jan 2026US 12,522,458 B2Canon Production Printing Holding B. V.
- Recording device4 Feb 2025US 12,214,585 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Printing apparatus and control method of printing apparatus28 Jan 2025US 12,208,609 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus and image forming method each of which allows movement range of component to be switched that is used to adjust position of sheet in width direction depending on conveyance interval between sheets24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285069 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Sheet conveying device and image forming system12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042301 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus including sheet holding mechanism capable of holding sheet against movement away from sheet alignment plate8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008283 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Medium transport device and recording device8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008286 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Power transmission device, medium transport device, and recording device8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009451 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Service station with immobile pens and method of servicing pens59US 6,172,691 B2Hewlett-Packard Company · 2001
- Method and apparatus for paper control in a printer39US 5,226,743 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1993
- Method and apparatus for paper control including kickers30US 5,624,196 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1997
- Method and apparatus for paper control and skew correction in a printer29US 5,427,462 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1995
- Automatic sheet feeding apparatus29US 5,648,808 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997