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]
 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

 B41C
PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR 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 (marking or engraving metal by the action of a high concentration of electric current B23H 9/06; 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 (machines for manufacturing footwear 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

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to Notes (1) and (2) following the title of subclass B41L.  [6]

 B41F
Subclass index
PLATEN PRESSES 1/00
CYLINDER PRESSES 3/00
ROTARY MACHINES
Letterpress, lithographic, intaglio machines 5/00, 7/00, 9/00
Other machines; combined machines 11/00, 17/00; 19/00
Details 13/00
Screen printers 15/00
Transfer printing machines 16/00
DETAILS
Handling sheets or other surfaces to be printed; treating such surfaces 21/00, 25/00; 22/00, 23/00
Attaching printing elements; make-ready arrangements, impression or offset surfaces; inking 27/00; 30/00; 31/00
Auxiliary devices; cleaning 33/00; 35/00

 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; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS (composing B41B; printing on special surfaces B41F; laundry marking B41K; erasers, rubbers or erasing devices B43L 19/00; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D 10/00; recording the results of measuring G01; recognition or presentation of data, marking record carriers in digital fashion, e.g. by punching, G06K; franking or ticket-printing and issuing apparatus G07B; electric keyboard switches, in general H01H 13/70, H03K 17/94; coding in connection with keyboards or like devices, in general H03M 11/00; receivers or transmitters for transmission of digital information H04L; transmission or reproduction of documents, or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, H04N 1/00; printing mechanisms specially adapted for apparatus, e.g. cash registers, weighing machines, producing records of their own performance, see the relevant subclasses)
 B41J

Note(s)

  1. This subclass covers:
    • manually controlled power-operated apparatus or apparatus of this type with additional control by input of recorded information, e.g. on punched cards or tapes;
    • 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, printing heads.  [5]
  2. This subclass does not cover:
    • electrical features of apparatus controlled by record carriers or electric signals and of interest apart from the "print-out" features of said apparatus;
    • apparatus controlled by record carriers or electric signals, as a whole.  [5]
  3. In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:
    • "paper" covers also similar flexible copy material;  [3]
    • "printing material" covers both paper and temporary record carriers from which records are transferred to a paper, but does not cover printing masters, e.g. formes.  [5]
 B41J
Subclass index
KINDS OF APPARATUS
characterised by the mounting, arrangement, or disposition of the types or dies 1/00
characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed 2/00
characterised by the purpose 3/00
COMMON DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES
Character selection 5/00, 7/00
Hammer impression 9/00
Supporting or handling copy or duplicating material 11/00 - 15/00
Transfer material
of page-width 17/00
in ribbon form; ink ribbon cartridges 31/00, 33/00, 35/00; 32/00
Inking 27/00
Spacing 19/00
Drives 23/00
Particular operations 21/00
Others 25/00, 29/00, 35/00

 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 COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES (printing presses or machines for industrial purposes B41F; stamps, stamping or numbering devices B41K)
 B41L

Note(s)

  1. This subclass does not cover 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, or to addressing machines or like series-printing machines, which are covered by subclass B41F.
  2. In this subclass, 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 are classified in subclass 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.
  3. In this subclass, the following terms are used with the meanings indicated:
    • "manifolding" means the obtaining of several copies simultaneously by means of pressure-sensitive layers when making an original;
    • "duplicating" means the obtaining of successive copies from a master, e.g. a hectographic image;
    • "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.
 B41L
Subclass index
MANIFOLDING 1/00, 3/00, 5/00
DUPLICATING
From hectographic masters 7/00, 9/00, 11/00
By stencil 13/00
Otherwise 19/00
PRINTING
Letterpress apparatus 15/00
Lithographic apparatus 17/00
Other apparatus 19/00
COMMON DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES
Treatment of surfaces before printing; handling thereof 23/00; 21/00, 33/00
Impression or offset surfaces; moistening thereof 38/00; 25/00
Inking 27/00
Handling printing elements or formes 29/00 - 33/00
Cylinders; Attaching coverings or make-ready devices 35/00; 38/00
Auxiliary operations 39/00, 41/00, 43/00
SPECIAL MACHINES FOR SERIES-PRINTING 45/00, 47/00, 49/00

 B41M
PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C 1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D 10/00; 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 OR CONSERVING THEM