|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS

PRINTING

|  | B41 |
PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS

|  | B41F |
PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES (making of printing surfaces Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41C, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41D; manifolding devices, office printing machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41L; stencilling Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41L, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B44D; methods of printing not dependent on the use of special machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41M; thermography Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41M 5/26; embossing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B44B 5/00; applying transfers or decalcomanias Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B44C 1/16; handling thin or filamentary material Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H; electrography, electrophotography, magnetography Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G03G)

|  | B41F 1/00 |
Platen presses, i.e. presses in which printing is effected by at least one essentially-flat pressure-applying member co-operating with a flat type-bed

|  | B41F 1/02 |
· | Hand-operated platen presses

|  | B41F 1/04 |
· | for mono-impression printing, e.g. on sheets

|  | B41F 1/06 |
· · | with platen maintained parallel to bed during movement (preparing stereotype matrices using presses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41D 1/06; presses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B30B)

|  | B41F 1/08 |
· · | on webs

|  | B41F 1/10 |
· | for multi-impression printing e.g. on webs multicolour

|  | B41F 1/12 |
· · | on sheets

|  | B41F 1/14 |
· · · | using swinging platens, or forme supports

|  | B41F 1/16 |
· | for offset printing

|  | B41F 1/18 |
· | for lithography

|  | B41F 1/20 |
· | for perfecting sheets, i.e. for printing on both sides of sheets

|  | B41F 1/22 |
· | specially adapted for printing heads, e.g. letter heads

|  | B41F 1/24 |
· | specially adapted for proof printing

|  | B41F 1/26 |
· | Details

|  | B41F 1/28 |
· · | Sheet-conveying, -aligning or -clamping devices (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B41F 1/30 |
· · · | using rotary grippers

|  | B41F 1/32 |
· · · | using air pressure, e.g. vacuum

|  | B41F 1/34 |
· · · | Registering devices, e.g. gauges

|  | B41F 1/36 |
· · · | Clamps for conveying sheets and for holding same on the platens

|  | B41F 1/38 |
· · | Platens or type-beds

|  | B41F 1/40 |
· · | Inking units

|  | B41F 1/42 |
· · · | using flat inking elements, e.g. discs

|  | B41F 1/44 |
· · · | using inking ribbons

|  | B41F 1/46 |
· · · | using rollers

|  | B41F 1/48 |
· · · | pivoting around the platen or base

|  | B41F 1/50 |
· · · | supported on carriages for movement in or on runways

|  | B41F 1/52 |
· · · · | Carriage driving gear

|  | B41F 1/54 |
· · | Printing-pressure control devices

|  | B41F 1/56 |
· · | Auxiliary devices

|  | B41F 1/58 |
· · · | Applications of counting devices for counting sheets

|  | B41F 1/60 |
· · | Safety devices

|  | B41F 1/62 |
· · · | for preventing injury to operator

|  | B41F 1/64 |
· · · · | to the hands of the operator

|  | B41F 1/66 |
· · · | responsive to incorrect operating conditions

|  | B41F 3/00 |
Cylinder presses, i.e. presses essentially comprising at least one cylinder co-operating with at least one flat type-bed

|  | B41F 3/02 |
· | with impression cylinder or cylinders rotating unidirectionally

|  | B41F 3/04 |
· · | intermittently; Stop-cylinder presses

|  | B41F 3/06 |
· · | continuously

|  | B41F 3/08 |
· · · | Single-revolution presses

|  | B41F 3/10 |
· · · | Two-revolution presses

|  | B41F 3/12 |
· · | Twin presses, i.e. with more than one cylinder or type-bed

|  | B41F 3/14 |
· | with impression cylinder or cylinders rotating in opposite directions during each working cycle

|  | B41F 3/16 |
· · | Twin presses, i.e. with more than one cylinder or type-bed

|  | B41F 3/18 |
· | of special construction or for particular purposes

|  | B41F 3/20 |
· · | with fixed type-beds and travelling impression cylinders

|  | B41F 3/22 |
· · · | with more than one type-bed

|  | B41F 3/24 |
· · · | with cylinders travelling around type-beds having upper and lower printing surfaces

|  | B41F 3/26 |
· · | with type-beds and impression cylinders simultaneously movable relative to one another

|  | B41F 3/28 |
· · | Proof-print presses for relief printing, lithography or intaglio printing, i.e. presses for checking accuracy of printing surfaces

|  | B41F 3/30 |
· · | for lithography (proof-print presses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41F 3/28)

|  | B41F 3/32 |
· · · | Damping devices

|  | B41F 3/34 |
· · · | for offset printing

|  | B41F 3/36 |
· · | for intaglio or heliogravure printing (proof-print presses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41F 3/28)

|  | B41F 3/38 |
· · · | Wiping mechanisms

|  | B41F 3/40 |
· · | for perfecting sheets, i.e. for printing on both sides thereof

|  | B41F 3/42 |
· · | for multicolour printing on sheets

|  | B41F 3/44 |
· · | for monocolour or multicolour printing on one side of webs, or for perfecting webs, i.e. monocolour or multicolour printing on both sides of webs

|  | B41F 3/46 |
· | Details

|  | B41F 3/48 |
· · | Press frames

|  | B41F 3/50 |
· · | Type-beds; Supports therefor; Apparatus for cooling, heating, or drying printing surfaces

|  | B41F 3/52 |
· · · | Apparatus for cooling, heating, or drying printing surfaces

|  | B41F 3/54 |
· · | Impression cylinders; Supports therefor (coverings, e.g. blankets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41F 29/00)

|  | B41F 3/56 |
· · · | Devices for adjusting cylinders relative to type-beds and setting in adjusted position

|  | B41F 3/58 |
· · | Driving, synchronising, or control gear

|  | B41F 3/60 |
· · · | for type-beds

|  | B41F 3/62 |
· · · · | Applications of linkwork or gearing for producing reciprocatory or angular motion

|  | B41F 3/64 |
· · · · · | of crank motions

|  | B41F 3/66 |
· · · · · | of rack-and-pinion gearing

|  | B41F 3/68 |
· · · · · · | with pinion rotating unidirectionally

|  | B41F 3/70 |
· · · · | Applications of directly-coupled motors

|  | B41F 3/72 |
· · · · · | of fluid motors

|  | B41F 3/74 |
· · · · | Applications of clutches

|  | B41F 3/76 |
· · · · | Applications of braking devices or of devices for stopping type-bed in registered position

|  | B41F 3/78 |
· · · · · | Air cushions

|  | B41F 3/80 |
· · · | for impression cylinders

|  | B41F 3/82 |
· | Auxiliary devices

|  | B41F 3/84 |
· · | Counting devices

|  | B41F 3/86 |
· · | Numbering devices

|  | B41F 5/00 - B41F 19/00 |
Rotary machines

|  | B41F 5/00 |
Rotary letterpress machines

|  | B41F 5/02 |
· | for printing on sheets

|  | B41F 5/04 |
· | for printing on webs

|  | B41F 5/06 |
· · | with several printing units in sequential arrangement

|  | B41F 5/08 |
· · | with several printing units in both superimposed and sequential arrangement

|  | B41F 5/10 |
· · | with several printing units arranged side by side

|  | B41F 5/12 |
· · | for printing on one side and on the other side of webs between the same forme and impression cylinders

|  | B41F 5/14 |
· · | with several impression cylinders arranged around a forme cylinder

|  | B41F 5/16 |
· · | for multicolour printing

|  | B41F 5/18 |
· · · | using one impression cylinder co-operating with several forme cylinders

|  | B41F 5/20 |
· | specially adapted for proof printing

|  | B41F 7/00 |
Rotary lithographic machines

|  | B41F 7/02 |
· | for offset printing

|  | B41F 7/04 |
· · | using printing units incorporating one forme cylinder, one transfer cylinder, and one impression cylinder, e.g. for printing on webs

|  | B41F 7/06 |
· · · | for printing on sheets

|  | B41F 7/08 |
· · | using one transfer cylinder co-operating with several forme cylinders for printing on sheets or webs

|  | B41F 7/10 |
· · | using one impression cylinder co-operating with several transfer cylinders for printing on sheets or webs

|  | B41F 7/12 |
· · | using two cylinders one of which serves two functions, e.g. as a forme and impression cylinder

|  | B41F 7/14 |
· · | with two or more impression cylinders coacting with a single forme cylinder

|  | B41F 7/16 |
· | for printing on non-deformable material, e.g. sheet metal

|  | B41F 7/18 |
· | specially adapted for proof printing

|  | B41F 7/20 |
· | Details

|  | B41F 7/22 |
· · | Clamps for attaching blankets to transfer or offset cylinders

|  | B41F 7/24 |
· · | Damping devices

|  | B41F 7/26 |
· · · | using friction rollers

|  | B41F 7/28 |
· · · | using brushes

|  | B41F 7/30 |
· · · | using spraying elements

|  | B41F 7/32 |
· · · | Ducts, containers, or like supply devices for liquids

|  | B41F 7/34 |
· · · | Endless bands

|  | B41F 7/36 |
· · · | Inking rollers serving also to apply ink repellent

|  | B41F 7/38 |
· · · | Absorbent pads

|  | B41F 7/40 |
· · · | Devices for tripping or lifting damping rollers; Supporting, adjusting, or removing arrangements therefor

|  | B41F 9/00 |
Rotary intaglio printing presses

|  | B41F 9/02 |
· | for multicolour printing

|  | B41F 9/04 |
· | specially adapted for proof printing

|  | B41F 9/06 |
· | Details

|  | B41F 9/08 |
· · | Wiping mechanisms

|  | B41F 9/10 |
· · · | Doctors, scrapers, or like devices

|  | B41F 9/12 |
· · · | Absorbent pads

|  | B41F 9/14 |
· · · | Continuous flexible surfaces, e.g. endless bands

|  | B41F 9/16 |
· · · | Removing or recovering ink from wiping mechanisms

|  | B41F 9/18 |
· · | Auxiliary devices for exchanging forme cylinders

|  | B41F 11/00 |
Rotary presses or machines having forme cylinders carrying a plurality of printing surfaces, or for performing letterpress, lithographic, and intaglio processes selectively or in combination

|  | B41F 13/00 |
Common details of rotary presses or machines

|  | B41F 13/02 |
· | Conveying or guiding webs through presses or machines (feeding webs to or from presses or machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B41F 13/04 |
· · | intermittently

|  | B41F 13/06 |
· · | Turning-bar arrangements

|  | B41F 13/08 |
· | Cylinders

|  | B41F 13/10 |
· · | Forme cylinders

|  | B41F 13/12 |
· · · | Registering devices

|  | B41F 13/14 |
· · · · | with means for displacing the cylinders

|  | B41F 13/16 |
· · · · | with means for displacing the printing formes on the cylinders

|  | B41F 13/18 |
· · | Impression cylinders

|  | B41F 13/20 |
· · | Bearings or supports for forme, offset, or impression cylinders

|  | B41F 13/22 |
· · | Means for cooling or heating forme or impression cylinders

|  | B41F 13/24 |
· · | Cylinder-tripping devices; Cylinder-impression adjustments

|  | B41F 13/26 |
· · · | Arrangements or dispositions of cylinder bearings, forks, or supports

|  | B41F 13/28 |
· · · · | Eccentric bearings

|  | B41F 13/30 |
· · · · | Sliding bearings

|  | B41F 13/32 |
· · · · | Swinging bearings

|  | B41F 13/34 |
· · · | Cylinder-lifting or -adjusting devices

|  | B41F 13/36 |
· · · · | Cams, eccentrics, wedges, or the like

|  | B41F 13/38 |
· · · · | electrically or magnetically operated

|  | B41F 13/40 |
· · · · | fluid-pressure operated

|  | B41F 13/42 |
· · | Guards or covers, e.g. for preventing ingress or egress of foreign matter

|  | B41F 13/44 |
· | Arrangements to accommodate interchangeable cylinders of different sizes to enable machine to print on areas of different sizes

|  | B41F 13/46 |
· | Printing units for inserting latest news

|  | B41F 13/48 |
· | Arrangements to enable printing to be effected over selected areas of a single forme cylinder (by inking selected areas Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41F 31/18)

|  | B41F 13/50 |
· · | by effecting relative movement of forme and impression cylinders during printing cycle

|  | B41F 13/52 |
· · | by projecting and retracting parts of the surface of the forme cylinder

|  | B41F 13/54 |
· | Auxiliary folding, cutting, collecting, or depositing of sheets or webs (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26D, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B41F 13/56 |
· · | Folding or cutting

|  | B41F 13/58 |
· · · | lengthwise

|  | B41F 13/60 |
· · · | crosswise

|  | B41F 13/62 |
· · · | Folding-cylinders or drums

|  | B41F 13/64 |
· · | Collecting

|  | B41F 13/66 |
· · · | and stapling

|  | B41F 13/68 |
· · | Adding inserts

|  | B41F 13/70 |
· · | Depositing

|  | B41F 15/00 |
Screen printers (for selective printing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41J 3/22)

|  | B41F 15/02 |
· | Manually-operable devices

|  | B41F 15/04 |
· · | for multicolour printing

|  | B41F 15/06 |
· · | with auxiliary equipment, e.g. for drying printed articles

|  | B41F 15/08 |
· | Machines

|  | B41F 15/10 |
· · | for multicolour printing

|  | B41F 15/12 |
· · | with auxiliary equipment, e.g. for drying printed articles

|  | B41F 15/14 |
· | Details

|  | B41F 15/16 |
· · | Printing tables

|  | B41F 15/18 |
· · · | Supports for workpieces

|  | B41F 15/20 |
· · · · | with suction-operated elements

|  | B41F 15/22 |
· · · · | for single sheets

|  | B41F 15/24 |
· · · · | for webs

|  | B41F 15/26 |
· · · · | for articles with flat surfaces

|  | B41F 15/28 |
· · · · | for elongated flat articles, e.g. strips, bands

|  | B41F 15/30 |
· · · · | for articles with curved surfaces

|  | B41F 15/32 |
· · · · | for articles with conical surfaces

|  | B41F 15/34 |
· · | Screens; Frames; Holders therefor

|  | B41F 15/36 |
· · · | flat

|  | B41F 15/38 |
· · · | curved

|  | B41F 15/40 |
· · | Inking units

|  | B41F 15/42 |
· · · | comprising squeegees or doctors

|  | B41F 15/44 |
· · | Squeegees or doctors

|  | B41F 15/46 |
· · · | with two or more operative parts

|  | B41F 17/00 |
Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for (hand stamps, plier-like tools for printing or punching tickets or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41K; addressographs or other office printing equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41L; ticket-printing and issuing apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07B)

|  | B41F 17/02 |
· | for printing books or manifolding sets

|  | B41F 17/04 |
· | for printing calendars

|  | B41F 17/06 |
· | for printing on rolls of material, the roll serving as impression cylinder, e.g. strip printers

|  | B41F 17/08 |
· | for printing on filamentary or elongated articles, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces

|  | B41F 17/10 |
· · | on articles of indefinite length, e.g. wires, hoses, tubes, yarns

|  | B41F 17/12 |
· · · | at an angle to axis

|  | B41F 17/14 |
· · | on articles of finite length

|  | B41F 17/16 |
· · · | on end or bottom surfaces thereof

|  | B41F 17/18 |
· · · | on curved surfaces of articles of varying cross-section, e.g. bottles, lamp glasses

|  | B41F 17/20 |
· · · | on articles of uniform cross-section, e.g. pencils, rulers, resistors

|  | B41F 17/22 |
· · · · | by rolling contact

|  | B41F 17/24 |
· | for printing on flat surfaces of polyhedral articles

|  | B41F 17/26 |
· · | by rolling contact

|  | B41F 17/28 |
· | for printing on curved surfaces of conical or frusto-conical articles

|  | B41F 17/30 |
· | for printing on curved surfaces of essentially spherical, or part-spherical, articles

|  | B41F 17/32 |
· · | on lamp bulbs

|  | B41F 17/34 |
· · | on articles with surface irregularities, e.g. fruit, nuts

|  | B41F 17/36 |
· | for printing on tablets, pills, or like small articles

|  | B41F 17/38 |
· | for printing on knitted fabrics

|  | B41F 19/00 |
Apparatus or machines for carrying out printing operations combined with other operations

|  | B41F 19/02 |
· | with embossing

|  | B41F 19/04 |
· · | using intaglio printing formes and wipers

|  | B41F 19/06 |
· · | Printing and embossing between a negative and a positive forme after inking and wiping the negative forme; Printing from an ink band treated with colour or "gold"

|  | B41F 19/08 |
· | Simultaneous moulding and printing

|  | B41F 21/00 - B41F 35/00 |
Common details of printing machinery

|  | B41F 21/00 |
Devices for conveying sheets through printing apparatus or machines (through platen presses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41F 1/28; feeding sheets to or from printing apparatus or machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B41F 21/02 |
· | Pins

|  | B41F 21/04 |
· | Grippers

|  | B41F 21/06 |
· · | Suction-operated grippers

|  | B41F 21/08 |
· | Combinations of endless conveyers and grippers

|  | B41F 23/00 |
Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing (cleaning in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B08B; as a final step in the manufacture of such articles, see appropriate sub-classes, e.g. Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29C 25/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29D 7/20, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D21H 1/00; surface treatment in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B44D; of metals Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C23G)

|  | B41F 23/02 |
· | by dampening (in rotary lithographic machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41F 7/24)

|  | B41F 23/04 |
· | by heat drying, by cooling, by applying powders

|  | B41F 23/06 |
· · | Powdering devices, e.g. for preventing set-off

|  | B41F 23/08 |
· | Print-finishing devices, e.g. for glossing prints

|  | B41F 25/00 |
Devices for pressing sheets or webs against cylinders, e.g. for smoothing purposes

|  | B41F 27/00 |
Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports

|  | B41F 27/02 |
· | Magnetic devices

|  | B41F 27/04 |
· | for attaching printing elements to flat type-beds

|  | B41F 27/06 |
· | for attaching printing elements to forme cylinders

|  | B41F 27/08 |
· | for attaching printing formes to flat type-beds

|  | B41F 27/10 |
· | for attaching non-deformable curved printing formes to forme cylinders

|  | B41F 27/12 |
· | for attaching flexible printing formes

|  | B41F 27/14 |
· | for attaching printing formes to intermediate supports, e.g. adapter members

|  | B41F 29/00 |
Overlays or other make-ready arrangements or devices; Impression or offset surfaces, e.g. blankets

|  | B41F 29/02 |
· | Blankets or like coverings

|  | B41F 29/04 |
· · | attached to impression members

|  | B41F 29/06 |
· · | Endless or like continuously-fed coverings

|  | B41F 29/08 |
· | Make-ready devices, e.g. underlays, overlays

|  | B41F 31/00 |
Inking arrangements or devices (inking units for platen presses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41F 1/40; applying liquids or semi-liquids to surfaces in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B05C)

|  | B41F 31/02 |
· | Ducts, containers, or supply devices

|  | B41F 31/04 |
· · | Duct-blades or like supply devices

|  | B41F 31/06 |
· · | Troughs or like reservoirs with immersed, or partly immersed, rollers or cylinders

|  | B41F 31/08 |
· · | with ink-ejecting means, e.g. pumps

|  | B41F 31/10 |
· · | Applications of feed or duct rollers (messenger or moving transfer rollers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41F 31/14)

|  | B41F 31/12 |
· · · | adjustable for regulating supply

|  | B41F 31/14 |
· · | Applications of messenger or other moving transfer rollers

|  | B41F 31/16 |
· | Continuous, e.g. endless, band apparatus

|  | B41F 31/18 |
· | for inking selected parts of printing formes

|  | B41F 31/20 |
· | Ink-removing or collecting devices

|  | B41F 31/22 |
· | for inking from interior of cylinder

|  | B41F 31/24 |
· | Absorbent pads

|  | B41F 31/26 |
· | Construction of inking rollers

|  | B41F 31/28 |
· | Spray apparatus

|  | B41F 31/30 |
· | Arrangements for tripping, lifting, adjusting, or removing inking rollers; Supports, bearings, or forks therefor

|  | B41F 31/32 |
· · | Lifting or adjusting devices

|  | B41F 31/34 |
· · · | Cam, eccentric, wedge, or like devices

|  | B41F 31/36 |
· · · | fluid-pressure operated

|  | B41F 31/38 |
· · · | magnetically operated

|  | B41F 33/00 |
Indicating, counting, warning, control, or safety devices (such devices in general, see the relevant classes)

|  | B41F 33/02 |
· | Indicating devices, e.g. counters

|  | B41F 33/04 |
· | Tripping devices or stop-motions

|  | B41F 33/06 |
· · | for starting or stopping operation of sheet or web feed

|  | B41F 33/08 |
· · | for starting or stopping operation of cylinders

|  | B41F 33/10 |
· · | for starting or stopping operation of damping or inking units

|  | B41F 33/12 |
· · | for starting or stopping the machine as a whole

|  | B41F 33/14 |
· · | Automatic control of tripping devices by feelers, photoelectric devices, pneumatic devices, or other detectors

|  | B41F 33/16 |
· | Programming systems for automatic control of sequence of operations

|  | B41F 35/00 |
Cleaning arrangements or devices

|  | B41F 35/02 |
· | for forme cylinders

|  | B41F 35/04 |
· | for inking rollers

|  | B41F 35/06 |
· | for offset cylinders