IPC Classification

Class code (prefix) Descriptions Number of results
B41B 1/00 Elements or appliances for hand composition; Chases, quoins, or galleys
B41B 1/02 Printing letters or type
B41B 1/04 Quadrats or quads; Spaces or other justifiers
B41B 1/06 Elements or appliances for hand composition; Chases, quoins, or galleys for special purposes
B41B 1/08 Elements or appliances for hand composition; Chases, quoins, or galleys for special purposes for inserting latest news
B41B 1/10 Elements or appliances for hand composition; Chases, quoins, or galleys for special purposes for inserting advertisements
B41B 1/12 Elements or appliances for hand composition; Chases, quoins, or galleys for special purposes 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 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
B41B 5/00 Devices for making type or lines
B41B 5/02 Matrices
B41B 5/04 Casting devices
B41B 5/06 Casting devices mechanically operated
B41B 5/08 Tools or auxiliaries
B41B 5/10 Tools or auxiliaries for polishing or finishing type
B41B 5/12 Tools or auxiliaries for making type in the form of lines, e.g. by drawing or casting
B41B 5/14 Tools or auxiliaries for cutting spaces
B41B 7/00 Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices
B41B 7/02 Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices operating with fixed combinations of matrices
B41B 7/04 Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices operating with fixed combinations of matrices for casting individual characters or spaces, e.g. "monotype" machines
B41B 7/06 Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices operating with fixed combinations of matrices for composing, justifying, and casting complete lines of matrices, e.g. "monoline" machines
B41B 7/08 Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices operating with separate matrices for individual characters or spaces which are selected and assembled
B41B 7/10 Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices operating with separate matrices for individual characters or spaces which are selected and assembled in which a line is composed of matrices and in which single types or spaces are cast, e.g. stringer type
B41B 7/12 Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices operating with separate matrices for individual characters or spaces which are selected and assembled in which a justified line is composed of matrices and a type line is cast in one piece
B41B 7/14 Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices operating with separate matrices for individual characters or spaces which are selected and assembled in which a justified line is composed of matrices and a type line is cast in one piece the matrices being composed by hand
B41B 7/16 Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices operating with separate matrices for individual characters or spaces which are selected and assembled in which a justified line is composed of matrices and a type line is cast in one piece the lines of matrices being composed and justified by machine operation, e.g. "linotype", "intertype" machines
B41B 7/18 Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices operating with separate matrices for individual characters or spaces which are selected and assembled in which a justified line is composed of matrices and a type line is cast in one piece the lines of matrices being composed and justified by machine operation, e.g. "linotype", "intertype" machines the matrices being guided by wires, e.g. "typograph" machines
B41B 9/00 MACHINES OR ACCESSORIES FOR MAKING, SETTING, OR DISTRIBUTING TYPE; TYPE; PHOTOGRAPHIC OR PHOTOELECTRONIC COMPOSING DEVICES - 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
B41B 11/00 MACHINES OR ACCESSORIES FOR MAKING, SETTING, OR DISTRIBUTING TYPE; TYPE; PHOTOGRAPHIC OR PHOTOELECTRONIC COMPOSING DEVICES - 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 Magazines for matrices for composing by hand
B41B 11/12 Attachment of magazines to machines; Magazine-selection or magazine-shift mechanisms
B41B 11/14 Magazines for matrices 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
B41B 11/20 Assembler guide channels
B41B 11/22 Assembler cover plates or framework
B41B 11/24 Belt conveyors 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 Devices or arrangements for assembling matrices and space bands 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 Jaw clamps; Operating devices therefor for quadding and centring
B41B 11/44 Jaw clamps; Operating devices therefor for justifying
B41B 11/46 Aligning devices
B41B 11/48 Cleaning devices for aligning jaws
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 Mould wheels; Slides or driving gear therefor with locking wedges
B41B 11/60 Mould wheels; Slides or driving gear therefor adjustable or removable
B41B 11/62 Mould wheels; Slides or driving gear therefor with interchangeable moulds
B41B 11/64 Mould wheels; Slides or driving gear therefor with a series of moulds and mechanism for selecting individual moulds
B41B 11/66 Moulds; Liners therefor mounted on reciprocable carriages
B41B 11/68 Moulds; Liners therefor with a plurality of slots
B41B 11/70 Moulds; Liners therefor 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
B41B 11/78 Pots movable towards, and away from, mould
B41B 11/80 Pots with stirrers or means for removing dross
B41B 11/82 Pots 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 conveyors
B41B 11/96 Devices for cooling or cleaning matrices
B41B 13/00 Equipment specially adapted for photographing mounted characters or the like, e.g. advertisements, lines
B41B 13/02 Equipment specially adapted for photographing mounted characters or the like, e.g. advertisements, lines the characters being composed or mounted by hand, and photographed simultaneously
B41B 13/04 Equipment specially adapted for photographing mounted characters or the like, e.g. advertisements, lines the characters being composed or mounted by hand, and photographed simultaneously with means for justifying
B41B 13/06 Equipment specially adapted for photographing mounted characters or the like, e.g. advertisements, lines the characters being composed or mounted by hand, and photographed simultaneously with means for justifying by elastic or extensible type-line carriers
B41B 13/08 Equipment specially adapted for photographing mounted characters or the like, e.g. advertisements, lines the characters being composed or mounted by hand, and photographed simultaneously with means for justifying by optical line correction
B41B 13/10 Equipment specially adapted for photographing mounted characters or the like, e.g. advertisements, lines the characters being progressively photographed one by one
B41B 15/00 Photographic composing machines with movable character carriers for composing lines of characters prior to photography
B41B 15/02 Photographic composing machines with movable character carriers for composing lines of characters prior to photography with means for photographing complete lines
B41B 15/04 Photographic composing machines with movable character carriers for composing lines of characters prior to photography with means for photographing complete lines and with carriers for individual characters
B41B 15/06 Photographic composing machines with movable character carriers for composing lines of characters prior to photography with means for photographing complete lines and with carriers for complete sets of characters, e.g. slidable elongated members, rotary wheels
B41B 15/08 Photographic composing machines with movable character carriers for composing lines of characters prior to photography with means for photographing composed characters in succession
B41B 15/10 Photographic composing machines with movable character carriers for composing lines of characters prior to photography - Details
B41B 15/12 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor
B41B 15/14 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with a single character, or with combinations of different styles of a single character
B41B 15/16 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with combinations of different characters
B41B 15/18 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor 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 Devices for handling or storing character carriers for justifying purposes
B41B 15/26 Devices for handling or storing character carriers for repeating a character
B41B 15/28 Photographic devices
B41B 15/30 Composing cameras
B41B 15/32 Film-handling mechanisms
B41B 15/34 Adjusting enlargement or register; Correcting exposure time
B41B 17/00 Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography
B41B 17/02 Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography with manually-adjustable character carriers to enable characters to be photographed in succession
B41B 17/04 Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography with a carrier for all characters in at least one fount
B41B 17/06 Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography with a carrier for all characters in at least one fount with an adjustable carrier
B41B 17/08 Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography with a carrier for all characters in at least one fount with a fixed carrier
B41B 17/10 Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography with a carrier for all characters in at least one fount with a continuously-movable carrier
B41B 17/12 Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography with a carrier for all characters in at least one fount with means for moving the optical path for photographing characters, e.g. intermittently
B41B 17/14 Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography with a carrier for all characters in at least one fount with means for moving the optical path for photographing characters, e.g. intermittently continuously
B41B 17/16 Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography with a carrier for all characters in at least one fount with means for moving the film in its plane for photographing characters in succession
B41B 17/18 Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography - Details
B41B 17/20 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor
B41B 17/22 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with a single character in more than one style
B41B 17/24 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with all characters
B41B 17/26 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with all characters on belts
B41B 17/28 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with all characters on polygonal rods
B41B 17/30 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with all characters on a sheet of square or rectangular shape
B41B 17/32 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with all characters on a flat disc
B41B 17/34 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with all characters on a cylinder
B41B 17/36 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with selection indicators
B41B 17/38 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with means for indicating the width
B41B 17/40 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with means for indicating the width in caliper form
B41B 17/42 Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor with means for indicating the width in coded form
B41B 19/00 Photoelectronic composing machines
B41B 19/01 Photoelectronic composing machines having electron-beam tubes producing an image of at least one character which is photographed
B41B 19/02 Photoelectronic composing machines having electron-beam tubes producing an image of at least one character which is photographed the characters appearing on the screen in succession
B41B 19/04 Photoelectronic composing machines having electron-beam tubes producing an image of at least one character which is photographed the characters appearing on the screen in succession at the same place
B41B 19/06 Photoelectronic composing machines having electron-beam tubes producing an image of at least one character which is photographed the characters appearing on the screen in succession at different predetermined places
B41B 19/08 Photoelectronic composing machines having electron-beam tubes producing an image of at least one character which is photographed with combinations of characters appearing on the screen at the same time
B41B 19/10 Photoelectronic composing machines having electron-beam tubes producing an image of at least one character which is photographed with combinations of characters appearing on the screen at the same time in unbroken lines or columns
B41B 19/12 Photoelectronic composing machines having electron-beam tubes producing an image of at least one character which is photographed with combinations of characters appearing on the screen at the same time in broken lines or columns
B41B 19/14 Photoelectronic composing machines having electron-beam tubes producing an image of at least one character which is photographed with combinations of characters appearing on the screen at the same time and presenting a text of more than one line
B41B 19/16 Character carriers associated with electron-beam tubes
B41B 21/00 Common details of photographic composing machines of the kinds covered in groups and
B41B 21/02 Shutters in optical systems
B41B 21/04 Shutters in optical systems for selecting characters
B41B 21/06 Shutters in optical systems 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
B41B 21/18 Optical systems defining a single optical path
B41B 21/20 Optical systems defining a single optical path with means for moving stepwise
B41B 21/22 Optical systems defining a single optical path with means for moving continuously
B41B 21/24 Optical systems defining multiple optical paths
B41B 21/26 Optical systems defining multiple optical paths with means for selecting individual optical paths
B41B 21/28 Optical systems defining multiple optical paths with means for fount selection
B41B 21/30 Electron-beam tubes or charactrons
B41B 21/32 Film carriers; Film-conveying or -positioning devices
B41B 21/34 Film carriers; Film-conveying or -positioning devices with positioning mechanisms
B41B 21/36 Film carriers; Film-conveying or -positioning devices with positioning mechanisms for feeding films stepwise in line direction
B41B 21/38 Film carriers; Film-conveying or -positioning devices with positioning mechanisms for feeding films continuously in line direction
B41B 21/40 Film carriers; Film-conveying or -positioning devices with positioning mechanisms for line spacing
B41B 21/42 Film carriers; Film-conveying or -positioning devices with positioning mechanisms for subscript or superscript notation
B41B 21/44 Film carriers; Film-conveying or -positioning devices adjustable for enlarging purposes
B41B 23/00 Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing, or correcting text or layout in connection with photographic or photoelectronic composing
B41B 23/02 Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing, or correcting text or layout in connection with photographic or photoelectronic composing for mixing by line-by-line projection of parts of texts from a number of films on to another
B41B 23/04 Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing, or correcting text or layout in connection with photographic or photoelectronic composing for facilitating hand correction of texts
B41B 23/06 Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing, or correcting text or layout in connection with photographic or photoelectronic composing for correcting texts by removing incorrect lines from one film and splicing-in corrected lines from another film
B41B 25/00 Apparatus specially adapted for preparation of record carriers for controlling composing machines
B41B 25/10 Apparatus specially adapted for preparation of record carriers for controlling composing machines incorporating devices for line justification, e.g. counting and indicating devices for length of line
B41B 25/12 Apparatus specially adapted for preparation of record carriers for controlling composing machines incorporating devices for line justification, e.g. counting and indicating devices for length of line comprising elements which circulate from and to magazines
B41B 25/14 Apparatus specially adapted for preparation of record carriers for controlling composing machines incorporating devices for line justification, e.g. counting and indicating devices for length of line operating without space bands
B41B 25/16 Apparatus specially adapted for preparation of record carriers for controlling composing machines incorporating devices for line justification, e.g. counting and indicating devices for length of line using a binary code for the width of the matrices
B41B 25/18 Apparatus specially adapted for preparation of record carriers for controlling composing machines combined with type-setting machines
B41B 25/20 Auxiliary devices; Devices serving special purposes
B41B 25/22 Auxiliary devices; Devices serving special purposes for indicating length of line
B41B 25/24 Auxiliary devices; Devices serving special purposes for error correction
B41B 25/26 Auxiliary devices; Devices serving special purposes for changing the fount of type
B41B 27/00 Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various kinds or types
B41B 27/02 Systems for controlling all operations
B41B 27/04 Keyboards
B41B 27/06 Keyboards operable by input of recorded or stored information, e.g. on punched tapes
B41B 27/08 Keyboards operable by input of recorded or stored information, e.g. on punched tapes from several sources
B41B 27/10 Systems for controlling all operations with direct control of all operations by input of recorded or stored information
B41B 27/12 Systems for controlling all operations with direct control of all operations by input of recorded or stored information on tapes
B41B 27/14 Systems for controlling all operations with direct control of all operations by input of recorded or stored information on tapes on punched tapes
B41B 27/16 Systems for controlling all operations with direct control of all operations by input of recorded or stored information on tapes on magnetic tapes
B41B 27/18 Systems for controlling all operations with direct control of all operations by input of recorded or stored information from memory devices
B41B 27/20 Systems for controlling all operations with direct control of all operations by input of recorded or stored information from memory devices from electromagnetic devices, e.g. memory matrices
B41B 27/22 Systems for controlling all operations with direct control of all operations by input of recorded or stored information from several sources
B41B 27/24 Systems for controlling all operations of several associated machines
B41B 27/26 Systems for controlling all operations 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
B41B 27/30 Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements for arresting or varying speed of one operation in response to failure or variation in speed of another operation
B41B 27/32 Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements for line-justification operations
B41B 27/34 Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements for line-justification operations without the use of space bands
B41B 27/36 Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements for line-justification operations using electronic devices
B41B 27/38 Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements for reading composed characters
B41B 27/40 Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements for proof-printing operations
B41B 27/41 Printing mechanisms coupled to typographical composing machines
B41B 27/42 Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements for controlling selection of shifting of matrix magazines
B41B 27/44 Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements for controlling assembly of matrices and space bands
B41B 27/46 Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements for controlling assembly of matrices and space bands for controlling insertion of space bands
B41B 27/48 Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements for deleting errors or inserting corrections
B41B 27/50 Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements operated by coupled machines