B41J 17/00
Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material
Official title: Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper (in manifolding devices B41L)
B41J17/00 (Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material) appears on 893 US grants and 556 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 893
- Published applications
- 556
- Assignees
- 201
- Inventors
- 1,233
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2001 | 16 | 3 |
| 2002 | 15 | 18 |
| 2003 | 25 | 15 |
| 2004 | 23 | 19 |
| 2005 | 10 | 31 |
| 2006 | 18 | 20 |
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| 2022 | 15 | 31 |
| 2023 | 14 | 18 |
| 2024 | 26 | 20 |
| 2025 | 26 | 21 |
| 2026 | 8 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41J 17/32Detachable carriers or holders for impression-transfer material mechanism442
- B41J 17/02Feeding mechanisms218
- B41J 17/36Alarms, indicators, or feed-disabling devices responsible to material breakage or exhaustion159
- B41J 17/22Supply arrangements for webs of impression-transfer material120
- B41J 17/38Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material: for dealing with the impression-transfer material54
- B41J 17/28Arrangements of guides for the impression-transfer material35
- B41J 17/30Constructions of guides for the impression-transfer material23
- B41J 17/16Holders in the machine for sheets of impression transfer material12
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Recent patents
- Printing apparatus and control method25 Aug 2026US 12,715,231 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing device, and printing cassette including case that houses input part, output part, and transmission mechanism for transmitting drive force from input part to output part21 Jul 2026US 12,686,217 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printer apparatus14 Apr 2026US 12,600,154 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ink ribbon cartridge having first and second protrusions to be fitted in first and second holes of frame of printing device, and printing device using the same31 Mar 2026US 12,589,606 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Auxiliary tape cassette including auxiliary tape, gear, and case that accommodates therein at least a part of auxiliary tape and at least a part of gear17 Mar 2026US 12,576,656 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Print consumable detection13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233538 A1Sanford, L. P.
- Housing and tape cartridge16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200251 A1Zhuhai Quin Technology Co., Ltd.
- Printing apparatus30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116087 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ink ribbon cartridge16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103013 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Tape cassette including partition plate partitioning internal space of housing into first space in which tape roll is positioned and second space in which first and second gears are positioned2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091600 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cartridge with data memory system and method regarding same260US 5,318,370 AVaritronic Systems, Inc. · 1994
- Printer ribbon identification sensor193US 5,755,519 AFargo Electronics, Inc. · 1998
- Ink sheet/recording paper cassette190US 4,914,452 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1990
- Tape cassette with identifying circuit element for printing machine183US 5,078,523 AVaritronic Systems, Inc. · 1992
- Image forming apparatus169US 4,632,585 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1986