B41J 15/04
Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices
Official title: Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
B41J15/04 (Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices) appears on 2,930 US grants and 3,120 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 2,930
- Published applications
- 3,120
- Assignees
- 480
- Inventors
- 3,465
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 23 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 34 | 0 |
| 1999 | 33 | 0 |
| 2000 | 46 | 0 |
| 2001 | 50 | 18 |
| 2002 | 47 | 51 |
| 2003 | 48 | 42 |
| 2004 | 52 | 99 |
| 2005 | 50 | 163 |
| 2006 | 85 | 97 |
| 2007 | 90 | 88 |
| 2008 | 63 | 91 |
| 2009 | 60 | 118 |
| 2010 | 78 | 90 |
| 2011 | 83 | 161 |
| 2012 | 65 | 105 |
| 2013 | 100 | 171 |
| 2014 | 147 | 125 |
| 2015 | 208 | 106 |
| 2016 | 150 | 118 |
| 2017 | 130 | 148 |
| 2018 | 124 | 186 |
| 2019 | 127 | 150 |
| 2020 | 142 | 151 |
| 2021 | 113 | 137 |
| 2022 | 117 | 155 |
| 2023 | 113 | 145 |
| 2024 | 133 | 128 |
| 2025 | 138 | 145 |
| 2026 | 76 | 132 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41J 15/042For loading rolled-up continuous copy material into printers853
- B41J 15/044Cassettes or cartridges containing continuous copy material, tape, for setting into printing760
- B41J 15/046For the guidance of continuous copy material303
- B41J 15/048Conveyor belts or like feeding devices203
- B41J 15/06Characterised by being applied to printers having stationary carriages110
- B41J 15/08Characterised by being applied to printers having transversely- moving carriages35
Recent patents
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- Printer including first and second support members respectively attachable to first and second adjusters provided in housing for supporting two different types of rolls of printing medium29 Sep 2026US 12,746,767 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Holder, tape cassette and image forming apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307401 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307402 A1Roland Dg Corporation
- Printer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307403 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Media gate for thermal transfer printers411US 9,375,945 B1Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2016
- Document having an encoded data structure288US 7,234,645 B2Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2007
- Tilting touch screen for printer and printer with tilting touch screen255US 9,463,646 B2TransAct Technologies Incorporated · 2016
- Print cartridge195US 6,238,044 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2001