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  2. /B · Performing operations
  3. /B41 · Printing
  4. /B41J · Typewriters
  5. /B41J 5/00 · Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection
  6. /B41J 5/08 · Character or syllable selected by means of keys or keyboards of the
  7. /B41J 5/18
B41J 5/18

Locks

B41J5/18 (Locks) appears on 7 US grants and 0 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. BPerforming operations
  2. B41Printing
  3. B41JTypewriters
  4. B41J 5/00Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection
  5. B41J 5/08Character or syllable selected by means of keys or keyboards of the
  6. B41J 5/18Locks
  7. 2subgroups, listed below
Granted patents
7
Published applications
0
Assignees
5
Inventors
10
Latest grant
5 Feb 1985

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
B41J 5/18: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
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197900
198020
198110
198210
198310
198400
198510

19781979198019811982198319841985

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Subgroups

Granted patents
  • B41J 5/20For subsidiary keys4
  • B41J 5/22Interlocks between keys2

Recent patents

  • Keyboard spacer5 Feb 1985US 4,497,987 ASweda International, Inc.
  • Case shift and lock input mechanism including a shift control switch4 Oct 1983US 4,407,596 ASCM Corporation
  • Shift lock and position indicating torsion spring activated key switch7 Sep 1982US 4,348,122 A
  • Secretarial shift mechanism for an electric keyboard13 Oct 1981US 4,295,012 AIllinois Tool Works Inc.
  • Keyboard signal storage mechanism25 Nov 1980US 4,235,554 ASilver Seiko Ltd.

No published applications in this class yet.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Keyboard switch actuator and locking assembly18US 4,188,136 ACherry Electrical Prod's. Corp. · 1980
  • Shift lock and position indicating torsion spring activated key switch5US 4,348,122 A1982
  • Secretarial shift mechanism for an electric keyboard4US 4,295,012 AIllinois Tool Works Inc. · 1981
  • Keyboard switch assembly having actuator interlocking keyboard shift and shift lock and release mechanism3US 4,071,719 AIllinois Tool Works Inc. · 1978
  • Keyboard spacer3US 4,497,987 ASweda International, Inc. · 1985

Top assignees

Documents
  • Illinois Tool Works Inc.2
  • CECherry Electrical Prod's. Corp.1
  • SSCM Corporation1
  • SSSilver Seiko Ltd.1
  • SISweda International, Inc.1

Often classified with

  • H01HElectric switches2

Documents that also carry the other class.

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