B41L 27/00
Inking arrangements or devices
Official title: Inking arrangements or devices (inking units for stencilling apparatus B41L13/18; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05)
B41L27/00 (Inking arrangements or devices) appears on 36 US grants and 16 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41L- Granted patents
- 36
- Published applications
- 16
- Assignees
- 20
- Inventors
- 81
- Latest grant
- 30 Sep 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41L 27/04Ducts, containers, or supply devices or ink-level control devices22
- B41L 27/26Absorbent pads3
- B41L 27/32Arrangements for tripping, lifting, adjusting, or removing inking rollers3
- B41L 27/18Continuous2
- B41L 27/22Ink removing or collecting devices2
- B41L 27/02Inking arrangements or devices: adapted for inking by hand1
- B41L 27/28Construction of inking rollers1
- B41L 27/20Inking arrangements or devices: for inking selected parts of printing formes0
Recent patents
- Fluid delivery system with pump servicing features30 Sep 2025US 12,427,780 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- System and method for letterpress printing2 Sep 2025US 12,403,687 B1Spellbinders Paper Arts Co. LLC
- Printing apparatus, system, and server system8 Oct 2024US 12,109,820 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing fluid container with removable cap2 Jan 2024US 11,858,273 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Printing apparatus, system, and server system11 Apr 2023US 11,623,449 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Strain sensing15 Aug 2024US 2024/0271983 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Fluid delivery system with pump servicing features14 Sep 2023US 2023/0286285 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Printing apparatus, system, and server system29 Jun 2023US 2023/0202181 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Liquid waste container16 Feb 2023US 2023/0048927 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Printing fluid container with removable cap1 Dec 2022US 2022/0379623 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ink ribbon box45US 4,160,605 APitney Bowes Deutschland GmbH · 1979
- Capillary stencil printer with improved replenishment of the printing pad and re-inking of the reservoir22US 4,441,422 A1984
- Multicolor printing press19US 4,919,047 AToray Industries, Inc. · 1990
- Low-blade inking mechanism with detachable ink duct troughs12US 4,481,883 ACreusot-Loire · 1984
- Ink roll for high speed printing11US 5,292,565 APorelon, Inc. · 1994