B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  
PRINTING
 B41
PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS (reproduction or duplication of pictures or patterns by scanning and converting into electrical signals H04N)  [4]
 B41F
PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES (shoemaking 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; printing processes not dependent on the use of special machines B41M; duplicating or marking by sublimation or volatilisation of design B41M 5/035; thermography B41M 5/26; embossing decorations or marks B44B 5/00; handling thin or filamentary material B65H; electrography, electrophotography, magnetography G03G)  [4]
 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 B41D 1/06)
 B41F 1/08
·  ·  on webs
 B41F 1/10
·  for multi-impression printing in one or more colours, e.g. on webs
 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 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
·  ·  ·  Arrangements 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 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 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 3/51
·  ·  Type-beds; Supports therefor (B41F 3/52 take precedence)  [3]
 B41F 3/52
·  ·  Apparatus for cooling, heating, or drying printing surfaces  [3]
 B41F 3/54
·  ·  Impression cylinders; Supports therefor (coverings, e.g. blankets 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 3/81
·  ·  Inking units  [3]
 B41F 3/82
·  Auxiliary devices
 B41F 3/84
·  ·  Arrangements of counting devices (in printing machines in general B41F 33/02)  [2]
 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 5/22
·  for indirect printing  [3]
 B41F 5/24
·  for flexographic printing  [3]
 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 transfer 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 transfer rollers  [3]
 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 9/01
·  for indirect printing (B41F 9/02 takes precedence)  [3]
 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, or intaglio processes selectively or in combination
 B41F 11/02
·  for securities (security printing B41M 3/14)  [3]
 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 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 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 B26D, 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 (gathering sheets or signatures in bookbinding B42C 1/00)
 B41F 13/66
·  ·  ·  and stapling
 B41F 13/68
·  ·  Adding inserts
 B41F 13/70
·  ·  Depositing
 B41F 15/00
Screen printers (for selective printing 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 (doctors of rotary intaglio printing presses B41F 9/10)
 B41F 15/46
·  ·  ·  with two or more operative parts
 B41F 16/00
Transfer printing apparatus (apparatus or machines for applying decalcomanias B65C)  [4]
 B41F 16/02
·  for textile material  [4]
 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 B41K; addressing machines or other office printing equipment B41L; coding or marking of packaging material or of completed packages in packaging machines B65B 61/00; ticket-printing and issuing apparatus 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 (auxiliary perforating apparatus associated with printing devices B41G 7/00; coding or marking in association with packaging B65B 61/00; label dispensers having printing equipment B65C)  [2]
 B41F 19/02
·  with embossing (printing with a printer's forme combined with embossing B41M 1/24)
 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 B41F 1/28; feeding sheets to or from printing apparatus or machines B65H)
 B41F 21/02
·  Pins (B41F 21/12, B41F 21/14 take precedence)  [3]
 B41F 21/04
·  Grippers (B41F 21/12, B41F 21/14 take precedence)  [3]
 B41F 21/05
·  ·  In-feed grippers (B41F 21/06 takes precedence)  [3]
 B41F 21/06
·  ·  Suction-operated grippers
 B41F 21/08
·  Combinations of endless conveyers and grippers
 B41F 21/10
·  Combinations of transfer drums and grippers  [3]
 B41F 21/12
·  Adjusting leading edges, e.g. front stops  [3]
 B41F 21/14
·  Adjusting lateral edges, e.g. side stops  [3]
 B41F 23/00
Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing (cleaning in general B08B; as a final step in the manufacture of such articles, see appropriate subclasses, e.g. B29C 71/00, D21H 1/00; surface treatment in general B44D; of metals C23G)
 B41F 23/02
·  by dampening (in rotary lithographic machines 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 (apparatus for taking-out curl from webs in general B65H 23/34)
 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 (make-readies per se B41M 9/00)
 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 B41F 1/40; inking units for cylinder presses B41F 3/81; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05; for typewriters or selective printing mechanisms B41J)
 B41F 31/02
·  Ducts, containers, supply devices or ink-level control devices (level control in general G05D 9/00)  [3]
 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, nozzles
 B41F 31/10
·  ·  Applications of feed or duct rollers (messenger or moving transfer rollers 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, e.g. containing brushes
 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 (ink-level control devices B41F 31/02; such devices in general, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. counting in general G06M)  [3]
 B41F 33/02
·  Arrangements of indicating devices, e.g. counters (arrangements of counting devices in platen presses B41F 1/00, e.g. B41F 1/58, in cylinder presses B41F 3/84, in typewriters or selective printing mechanisms B41J 29/20)  [2]
 B41F 33/04
·  Tripping devices or stop-motions (cylinder-tripping devices of rotary presses or machines B41F 13/24; arrangements for tripping inking rollers B41F 31/30)  [2]
 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