B41J 15/005
Forming loops or sags in webs
Official title: {Forming loops or sags in webs, e.g. for slackening a web or for compensating variations of the amount of conveyed web material (by arranging a "dancing roller" in a sag of the web material)}
B41J15/005 (Forming loops or sags in webs) appears on 152 US grants and 139 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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