B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
 B01 - 
B07
Subsection index
LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION
Method
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB07B
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
Apparatus
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
  
PRINTING
 B41
PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS (reproduction or duplication of pictures or patterns by scanning and converting into electrical signals H04N)  [4]
 B41B
MACHINES OR ACCESSORIES FOR MAKING, SETTING, OR DISTRIBUTING TYPE; TYPE; PHOTOGRAPHIC OR PHOTOELECTRONIC COMPOSING DEVICES (photographic devices in general G03)
 B41B
Subclass index
HAND COMPOSING 1/00
MECHANICAL COMPOSING
Using prefabricated type; making type 3/00; 5/00
By casting the type 7/00, 9/00, 11/00
PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPOSING
Machines composing lines prior to photography 15/00
Machines without means for composing lines prior to photography 17/00
Electronic machines 19/00
Equipment for special work 13/00
Details of machines; auxiliaries 21/00; 23/00
PREPARATION OF RECORD CARRIERS 25/00
CONTROL, INDICATING, SAFETY 27/00
P:130 B41B 1/00
Elements or appliances for hand composition; Chases, quoins, or galleys
 B41B 1/02
·  Printing letters; Type
 B41B 1/04
·  Quadrats or quads; Spaces or other justifiers
 B41B 1/06
·  for special purposes
 B41B 1/08
·  ·  for inserting latest news
 B41B 1/10
·  ·  for inserting advertisements
 B41B 1/12
·  ·  for setting musical notations
 B41B 1/14
·  Composing rules, e.g. of brass
 B41B 1/16
·  Reglets
 B41B 1/18
·  Chases
 B41B 1/20
·  Quoins or other binding means
 B41B 1/22
·  Composing tables; Type cases; Storage cabinets; Washing or cleaning devices therefor
 B41B 1/24
·  ·  Washing or cleaning devices
 B41B 1/26
·  Composing or setting sticks
 B41B 1/28
·  Galleys
 B41B 3/00 - 
B41B 11/00
Machines or other mechanical apparatus for composing
P:90 B41B 3/00
Apparatus for mechanical composition using prefabricated type, i.e. without casting equipment
 B41B 3/02
·  Mechanical composing machines using single types or logotypes and having slide magazines therefor, e.g. flat, cylindrical, radial, single magazines
 B41B 3/04
·  Means for distributing type
 B41B 3/06
·  Justifying means
P:80 B41B 5/00
Devices for making type or lines (for mechanical composition B41B 7/00, B41B 9/00, B41B 11/00)
 B41B 5/02
·  Matrices
 B41B 5/04
·  Casting devices
 B41B 5/06
·  ·  mechanically operated
 B41B 5/08
·  Tools or auxiliaries
 B41B 5/10
·  ·  for polishing or finishing type (polishing in general B24B)
 B41B 5/12
·  ·  for making type in the form of lines, e.g. by drawing or casting
 B41B 5/14
·  ·  for cutting spaces
P:100 B41B 7/00
Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices
 B41B 7/02
·  operating with fixed combinations of matrices (details B41B 9/00)
 B41B 7/04
·  ·  for casting individual characters or spaces, e.g. "monotype" machines
 B41B 7/06
·  ·  for composing, justifying, and casting complete lines of matrices, e.g. "monoline" machines
 B41B 7/08
·  operating with separate matrices for individual characters or spaces which are selected and assembled (details B41B 11/00)
 B41B 7/10
·  ·  in which a line is composed of matrices and in which single types or spaces are cast, e.g. stringer type
 B41B 7/12
·  ·  in which a justified line is composed of matrices and a type line is cast in one piece
 B41B 7/14
·  ·  ·  the matrices being composed by hand
 B41B 7/16
·  ·  ·  the lines of matrices being composed and justified by machine operation, e.g. "linotype", "intertype" machines
 B41B 7/18
·  ·  ·  ·  the matrices being guided by wires, e.g. "typograph" machines
P:110 B41B 9/00
Details of, or accessories for, machines for mechanical composition using fixed combinations of matrices from which type is cast or moulded
 B41B 9/02
·  Combinations of matrices
 B41B 9/04
·  Carriers for combinations of matrices, e.g. blocks, cylinders, wheels, bars
 B41B 9/06
·  Mechanisms for effecting relative movements of matrix carriers and moulds for character or space selection
 B41B 9/08
·  Moulding or casting devices
 B41B 9/10
·  ·  Moulds
 B41B 9/12
·  ·  Justifying devices
 B41B 9/14
·  ·  Supply devices for molten metal
 B41B 9/16
·  Devices for handling type after casting
 B41B 9/18
·  ·  Ejector mechanisms
 B41B 9/20
·  ·  Trimming devices
P:120 B41B 11/00
Details of, or accessories for, machines for mechanical composition using matrices for individual characters which are selected and assembled for type casting or moulding
 B41B 11/02
·  Matrices
 B41B 11/04
·  Space bands
 B41B 11/06
·  Storage devices for matrices or space bands
 B41B 11/08
·  ·  Magazines for matrices
 B41B 11/10
·  ·  ·  for composing by hand
 B41B 11/12
·  ·  ·  Attachment of magazines to machines; Magazine-selection or magazine-shift mechanisms (controlling selection or shifting B41B 27/42)
 B41B 11/14
·  ·  ·  with escapement devices
 B41B 11/16
·  ·  Boxes for space bands; Escapements or guides for releasing space bands
 B41B 11/18
·  Devices or arrangements for assembling matrices and space bands (control devices therefor B41B 27/44)
 B41B 11/20
·  ·  Assembler guide channels
 B41B 11/22
·  ·  Assembler cover plates or framework
 B41B 11/24
·  ·  Belt conveyers co-operating with assembler guides
 B41B 11/26
·  ·  Devices for feeding or guiding space bands into association with matrices
 B41B 11/28
·  ·  Star wheels or other stacking devices for matrices and space bands; Guides associated therewith
 B41B 11/30
·  ·  Assembler elevators or associated mechanisms, e.g. braking devices, retaining pawls, line resistants, delivery slides
 B41B 11/32
·  ·  Transfer channels or line-delivery carriages
 B41B 11/34
·  ·  First elevators or associated mechanisms
 B41B 11/36
·  ·  for presenting matrices or space bands directly to moulds
 B41B 11/38
·  Devices for aligning or clamping lines of matrices and space bands
 B41B 11/40
·  ·  Jaw clamps; Operating devices therefor
 B41B 11/42
·  ·  ·  for quadding and centring
 B41B 11/44
·  ·  ·  for justifying
 B41B 11/46
·  ·  Aligning devices
 B41B 11/48
·  ·  Cleaning devices for aligning jaws (cleaning matrices B41B 11/96)
 B41B 11/50
·  ·  Vice frames; Devices for releasing or locking
 B41B 11/52
·  Moulding or casting devices or associated mechanisms
 B41B 11/54
·  ·  Moulds; Liners therefor
 B41B 11/56
·  ·  ·  Mould wheels; Slides or driving gear therefor
 B41B 11/58
·  ·  ·  ·  with locking wedges
 B41B 11/60
·  ·  ·  ·  adjustable or removable
 B41B 11/62
·  ·  ·  ·  with interchangeable moulds
 B41B 11/64
·  ·  ·  ·  with a series of moulds and mechanism for selecting individual moulds
 B41B 11/66
·  ·  ·  mounted on reciprocable carriages
 B41B 11/68
·  ·  ·  with provision for adjusting length or width of slot; with a plurality of slots
 B41B 11/70
·  ·  ·  for casting type-bars of special form, e.g. with projections
 B41B 11/72
·  ·  Devices for trimming type-bars; Cleaning devices for trimming knives; Ejectors for type-bars
 B41B 11/74
·  ·  Devices for supplying molten metal
 B41B 11/76
·  ·  ·  Pots (melting pots for casting stereotype plates B41D 3/20)
 B41B 11/78
·  ·  ·  ·  movable towards, and away from, mould
 B41B 11/80
·  ·  ·  ·  with stirrers or means for removing dross
 B41B 11/82
·  ·  ·  ·  associated with mechanisms for introducing metal in solid form
 B41B 11/84
·  ·  ·  ·  Throats or mouthpieces; Wipers for mouthpieces
 B41B 11/86
·  ·  ·  ·  Heaters for pots; Temperature-control devices
 B41B 11/88
·  ·  ·  Pumps; Stop-motions or safety devices therefor
 B41B 11/90
·  Arrangements or devices for distributing matrices or space bands after casting or moulding
 B41B 11/92
·  ·  Second elevators
 B41B 11/94
·  ·  Screw conveyers
 B41B 11/96
·  Devices for cooling or cleaning matrices
 B41B 13/00 - 
B41B 23/00
Photographic or photoelectronic composing devices
P:20 B41B 13/00
Equipment specially adapted for photographing mounted characters or the like, e.g. advertisements, lines
 B41B 13/02
·  the characters being composed or mounted by hand, and photographed simultaneously
 B41B 13/04
·  ·  with means for justifying
 B41B 13/06
·  ·  ·  by elastic or extensible type-line carriers
 B41B 13/08
·  ·  ·  by optical line correction
 B41B 13/10
·  the characters being progressively photographed one by one
P:30 B41B 15/00
Photographic composing machines with movable character carriers for composing lines of characters prior to photography
 B41B 15/02
·  with means for photographing complete lines
 B41B 15/04
·  ·  and with carriers for individual characters
 B41B 15/06
·  ·  and with carriers for complete sets of characters, e.g. slidable elongated members, rotary wheels
 B41B 15/08
·  with means for photographing composed characters in succession
 B41B 15/10
·  Details
 B41B 15/12
·  ·  Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor
 B41B 15/14
·  ·  ·  with a single character, or with combinations of different styles of a single character
 B41B 15/16
·  ·  ·  with combinations of different characters
 B41B 15/18
·  ·  ·  with parts of characters for building up complex characters, e.g. oriental characters
 B41B 15/20
·  ·  Devices for handling or storing character carriers
 B41B 15/22
·  ·  ·  Magazines
 B41B 15/24
·  ·  ·  for justifying purposes
 B41B 15/26
·  ·  ·  for repeating a character
 B41B 15/28
·  ·  Photographic devices (in general G03)
 B41B 15/30
·  ·  ·  Composing cameras
 B41B 15/32
·  ·  ·  Film-handling mechanisms
 B41B 15/34
·  ·  ·  Adjusting enlargement or register; Correcting exposure time
P:40 B41B 17/00
Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography
 B41B 17/02
·  with manually-adjustable character carriers to enable characters to be photographed in succession
 B41B 17/04
·  with a carrier for all characters in at least one fount
 B41B 17/06
·  ·  with an adjustable carrier
 B41B 17/08
·  ·  with a fixed carrier
 B41B 17/10
·  ·  with a continuously-movable carrier
 B41B 17/12
·  ·  with means for moving the optical path for photographing characters, e.g. intermittently
 B41B 17/14
·  ·  ·  continuously
 B41B 17/16
·  ·  with means for moving the film in its plane for photographing characters in succession
 B41B 17/18
·  Details
 B41B 17/20
·  ·  Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor
 B41B 17/22
·  ·  ·  with a single character; with a single character in more than one style
 B41B 17/24
·  ·  ·  with all characters
 B41B 17/26
·  ·  ·  ·  on belts
 B41B 17/28
·  ·  ·  ·  on polygonal rods
 B41B 17/30
·  ·  ·  ·  on a sheet of square or rectangular shape
 B41B 17/32
·  ·  ·  ·  on a flat disc
 B41B 17/34
·  ·  ·  ·  on a cylinder
 B41B 17/36
·  ·  ·  with selection indicators
 B41B 17/38
·  ·  ·  with means for indicating the width
 B41B 17/40
·  ·  ·  ·  in caliper form
 B41B 17/42
·  ·  ·  ·  in coded form
P:50 B41B 19/00
Photoelectronic composing machines  [3]
 B41B 19/01
·  having electron-beam tubes producing an image of at least one character which is photographed  [3]
 B41B 19/02
·  ·  the characters appearing on the screen in succession  [3]
 B41B 19/04
·  ·  ·  at the same place  [3]
 B41B 19/06
·  ·  ·  at different predetermined places  [3]
 B41B 19/08
·  ·  with combinations of characters appearing on the screen at the same time  [3]
 B41B 19/10
·  ·  ·  in unbroken lines or columns  [3]
 B41B 19/12
·  ·  ·  in broken lines or columns  [3]
 B41B 19/14
·  ·  ·  and presenting a text of more than one line  [3]
 B41B 19/16
·  ·  Character carriers associated with electron-beam tubes  [3]
P:60 B41B 21/00
Common details of photographic composing machines of the kinds covered in groups B41B 17/00 and B41B 19/00
 B41B 21/02
·  Shutters in optical systems (in general G03B)
 B41B 21/04
·  ·  for selecting characters
 B41B 21/06
·  ·  for adjusting exposures
 B41B 21/08
·  Light sources; Devices associated therewith, e.g. control devices
 B41B 21/10
·  ·  Single light sources
 B41B 21/12
·  ·  Stroboscopic light sources
 B41B 21/14
·  ·  Combinations of light sources
 B41B 21/16
·  Optical systems (shutters B41B 21/02; light sources B41B 21/08)
 B41B 21/18
·  ·  defining a single optical path
 B41B 21/20
·  ·  ·  with means for moving stepwise
 B41B 21/22
·  ·  ·  with means for moving continuously
 B41B 21/24
·  ·  defining multiple optical paths
 B41B 21/26
·  ·  ·  with means for selecting individual optical paths (means for moving the optical path B41B 17/12)
 B41B 21/28
·  ·  ·  with means for fount selection
 B41B 21/30
·  Electron-beam tubes or charactrons (in general H01J 31/00)
 B41B 21/32
·  Film carriers; Film-conveying or -positioning devices (film-handling means in line-composing photographic devices B41B 15/32; machines with means for moving the film in its plane for photographing characters in succession B41B 17/16)
 B41B 21/34
·  ·  with positioning mechanisms
 B41B 21/36
·  ·  ·  for feeding films stepwise in line direction
 B41B 21/38
·  ·  ·  for feeding films continuously in line direction
 B41B 21/40
·  ·  ·  for line spacing
 B41B 21/42
·  ·  ·  for subscript or superscript notation
 B41B 21/44
·  ·  adjustable for enlarging purposes
P:70 B41B 23/00
Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing, or correcting text or layout in connection with photographic or photoelectronic composing
 B41B 23/02
·  for mixing by line-by-line projection of parts of texts from a number of films on to another
 B41B 23/04
·  for facilitating hand correction of texts
 B41B 23/06
·  for correcting texts by removing incorrect lines from one film and splicing-in corrected lines from another film
 B41B 25/00 - 
B41B 27/00
Marking record carriers used for controlling composing machines; Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various kinds or types
P:10 B41B 25/00
Apparatus specially adapted for preparation of record carriers for controlling composing machines (for casting individual characters or spaces, e.g. in "monotype" machines, B41B 7/04; methods for marking or reproducing record carriers having digital data thereon in general G06K 1/00)
 B41B 25/10
·  incorporating devices for line justification, e.g. counting and indicating devices for length of line
 B41B 25/12
·  ·  comprising elements which circulate from and to magazines
 B41B 25/14
·  ·  operating without space bands
 B41B 25/16
·  ·  using a binary code for the width of the matrices
 B41B 25/18
·  combined with type-setting machines
 B41B 25/20
·  Auxiliary devices; Devices serving special purposes
 B41B 25/22
·  ·  for indicating length of line
 B41B 25/24
·  ·  for error correction
 B41B 25/26
·  ·  for changing the fount of type
P:0 B41B 27/00
Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various kinds or types (computers in general G06F)
 B41B 27/02
·  Systems for controlling all operations
 B41B 27/04
·  ·  Keyboards
 B41B 27/06
·  ·  ·  operable by input of recorded or stored information, e.g. on punched tapes
 B41B 27/08
·  ·  ·  ·  from several sources
 B41B 27/10
·  ·  with direct control of all operations by input of recorded or stored information
 B41B 27/12
·  ·  ·  on tapes
 B41B 27/14
·  ·  ·  ·  on punched tapes
 B41B 27/16
·  ·  ·  ·  on magnetic tapes
 B41B 27/18
·  ·  ·  from memory devices
 B41B 27/20
·  ·  ·  ·  from electromagnetic devices, e.g. memory matrices
 B41B 27/22
·  ·  ·  from several sources
 B41B 27/24
·  ·  of several associated machines
 B41B 27/26
·  ·  with means for temporarily arresting input of recorded or stored information to introduce time delays
 B41B 27/28
·  Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements (in devices for supplying molten metal B41B 11/86, B41B 11/88; for light sources B41B 21/08)
 B41B 27/30
·  ·  for arresting or varying speed of one operation in response to failure or variation in speed of another operation
 B41B 27/32
·  ·  for line-justification operations
 B41B 27/34
·  ·  ·  without the use of space bands
 B41B 27/36
·  ·  ·  using electronic devices
 B41B 27/38
·  ·  for measuring length of composed lines; for reading composed characters
 B41B 27/40
·  ·  for proof-printing operations
 B41B 27/41
·  ·  Printing mechanisms coupled to typographical composing machines
 B41B 27/42
·  ·  for controlling selection of shifting of matrix magazines
 B41B 27/44
·  ·  for controlling assembly of matrices and space bands
 B41B 27/46
·  ·  ·  for controlling insertion of space bands (for line justification B41B 27/32)
 B41B 27/48
·  ·  for deleting errors or inserting corrections (devices, non-fluid media or methods for cancelling or correcting errors in typewriters or selective printing mechanisms B41J 29/26)
 B41B 27/50
·  ·  operated by coupled machines