B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  
PRINTING
 B41
PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
 B41B
MACHINES OR ACCESSORIES FOR MAKING, SETTING, OR DISTRIBUTING TYPE; TYPE; PHOTOGRAPHIC OR PHOTOELECTRONIC COMPOSING DEVICES (photographic devices in general G03)

 B41C
PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES (photomechanical processes for producing printing surfaces G03F; photoelectrical processes for producing printing surfaces G03G)

 B41D
APPARATUS FOR THE MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES FOR STEREOTYPE PRINTING; SHAPING ELASTIC OR DEFORMABLE MATERIAL TO FORM PRINTING SURFACES (engraving by spark erosion B23P; type, machines, or accessories for making, setting, or distributing type B41B; processes for the manufacture or reproduction of printing surfaces B41C; machines or apparatus for engraving in general, or for embossing B44B 3/00, B44B 5/00; chemical etching of metal C23F 1/00, electrolytic etching C25F 3/00; photomechanical reproduction G03F)

 B41F
PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES (shoe making machines incorporating printing or embossing apparatus A43D, e.g. A43D 8/26, A43D 95/14; presses in general B30B; making of printing surfaces B41C, B41D; manifolding devices, office printing machines B41L; stencilling B41L; methods of printing not dependent on the use of special machines B41M; thermography B41M 5/26; embossing decorations or marks B44B 5/00; applying transfers or decalcomanias B44C 1/16; handling thin or filamentary material B65H; electrography, electrophotography, magnetography G03G)

 B41G
APPARATUS FOR BRONZE PRINTING, LINE PRINTING, OR FOR BORDERING OR EDGING SHEETS OR LIKE ARTICLES; AUXILIARY APPARATUS FOR PERFORATING IN CONJUNCTION WITH PRINTING (perforating in general B26D; production of decorations B44C; perforating in conjunction with sheet or web delivery B65H 35/00; folding or unfolding thin material, e.g. sheets, webs, B65H 45/00, B65H 47/00)

 B41J
TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME (composing B41B; printing on special surfaces B41F; laundry marking B41K; recognition or presentation of data, marking record carriers in digital fashion, e.g. by punching, G06K; franking or ticket-printing and issuing apparatus G07B; receivers or transmitters for transmission of digital information H04L; printing characters point-by-point by signals derived from point-by-point analysis of original characters, pictorial communication H04N 1/00; printing mechanisms specially adapted for apparatus, e.g. cash registers, weighing machines, producing records of their own performances, see the relevant sub-classes)
 B41J

Note(s)

  1. This sub-class includes manually controlled power-operated apparatus and apparatus of this type with additional control by input of recorded information, e.g. on punched cards or tapes. It also includes the "print-out" features of apparatus controlled by record carriers or electric signals in so far as these are of general interest, e.g. impression, inking, line-spacing mechanisms, but excludes electrical features thereof and such apparatus as a whole.
  2. In this sub-class, the term "paper" should be understood as covering also similar flexible copy materials.

 B41K
STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES (marking meat A22C 17/10; embossing combined with printing B41F 19/00; selective printing mechanisms B41J; embossing decorations or marks B44B 5/00; marking or coding completed packages B65B 61/26; ticket printing and issuing, fare registering, non-printing aspects of franking apparatus G07B)

 B41L
APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING, OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COM- MERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES (printing presses or machines for industrial purposes B41F; stamps, stamping or numbering devices B41K; handling sheets or webs in general B65H)
 B41L

Note(s)

  1. The term "manifolding" is to be interpreted as meaning the obtaining of several copies simultaneously by means of pressure- sensitive layers when making an original.
  2. The term "duplicating" is to be interpreted as meaning the obtaining of successive copies from a master, e.g. a hectographic image.
  3. "Stencilling" involves the use of a printing surface which is perforated to form the image, the ink flowing through the perforations on the copy material.
  4. As indicated by the references, groups B41L 15/00 and B41L 17/00 are intended to cover letterpress and lithographic printing apparatus only in so far as it is specially adapted for office or other commercial purposes, the general constructions or features of apparatus of these types being classified primarily in sub-class B41F. Constructions or features determining classification in these groups are, for example: ease of operation by clerical staff, cleanliness of operation in non-industrial environments, the use of printing surfaces constructed for the production of a limited number of copies.
  5. Constituent parts common to manifolding by means of pressure-sensitive layers or intermediaries, to apparatus or machines for duplicating or printing for office or other commercial purposes, and to addressing machines or like series-printing machines B41F.

 B41M
PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING (printing textiles D06P)

 B41N
PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS (photosensitive materials G03); MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING, INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE AND CONSERVING THEM