B41J 17/38
Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material: for dealing with the impression-transfer material
Official title: for dealing with the impression-transfer material after use
B41J17/38 (Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material: for dealing with the impression-transfer material) appears on 54 US grants and 26 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 30 Sep 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Thermal overwrite secure indirect thermal printing30 Sep 2025US 12,427,788 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Thermal transfer system including heating element having contact portion with multiple projecting portions11 Mar 2025US 12,246,542 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Heat transfer system, winding device, heat transfer method, and winding method23 Feb 2021US 10,926,551 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Thermal transfer printing apparatus and thermal transfer printing method28 Jan 2020US 10,543,701 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Apparatus for thermal printing or embossing15 Mar 2016US 9,283,770 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Collapsible Core System and Method5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035205 A1Brady Worldwide, Inc.
- Thermal overwrite secure indirect thermal printing4 Dec 2025US 2025/0367952 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Thermal overwrite secure indirect thermal printing19 Sep 2024US 2024/0308238 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Thermal transfer system24 Aug 2023US 2023/0264485 A1Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Heat transfer system, winding device, heat transfer method, and winding method4 Jul 2019US 2019/0202212 A1Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for preventing usage of an unauthorized inking ribbon in a thermal printing process167US 5,949,467 AFrancotyp-Postalia GmbH · 1999
- Printing ribbon security apparatus and method146US 9,079,423 B2Datamax-O'Neil Corporation · 2015
- Door structure for a thermal demand printer46US 5,790,162 AZebra Technologies Corporation · 1998
- Media transfer system for a thermal demand printer36US 5,909,233 AZebra Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Ribbon drive system for a thermal demand printer35US 6,057,870 AZebra Technologies Corporation · 2000