B41J 2002/16576
Cleaning means pushed or actuated by print head movement
Official title: {Cleaning means pushed or actuated by print head movement}
B41J2002/16576 (Cleaning means pushed or actuated by print head movement) appears on 55 US grants and 50 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 55
- Published applications
- 50
- Assignees
- 19
- Inventors
- 120
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Recording apparatus and wiping method8 Oct 2024US 12,109,818 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inkjet recording apparatus9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192566 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Inkjet recording apparatus9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192567 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Inkjet recording apparatus9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192568 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Printing apparatus and control method of printing apparatus11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158789 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Head unit and ink jet recording device19 Jun 2025US 2025/0196501 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Service station for ink-jet printer159US 4,853,717 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1989
- Method and apparatus for cleaning ink-jet printheads134US 5,103,244 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1992
- Service station for ink-jet printer80US 5,155,497 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1992
- Automatic service station for the printhead of an inkjet printer and method for cleaning the printhead52US 5,663,751 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1997
- Print head capping device having an inclined cap42US 6,203,136 B1Seiko Epson Corporation · 2001