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	CPC	COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION

B41B

MACHINES OR ACCESSORIES FOR MAKING, SETTING, OR DISTRIBUTING TYPE; TYPE; PHOTOGRAPHIC OR PHOTOELECTRIC COMPOSING DEVICES (photographic devices in general G03)

B41B 1/00

Elements or appliances for hand composition; Chases, quoins, or galleys

B41B 1/02

Printing letters; Type

B41B 1/025

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{

for languages in which the latin alphabet is not used

}

B41B 1/04

Quadrats or quads: Spaces or other justifiers

B41B 1/06

for special purposes

B41B 1/08

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for inserting latest news

B41B 1/10

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for inserting advertisements

B41B 1/12

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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

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Washing or cleaning devices

B41B 1/26

Composing or setting sticks

B41B 1/28

Galleys

Guide Heading:

Machines or other mechanical apparatus for composing

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 (for mechanical composition B41B 7/00, B41B 9/00, B41B 11/00)

B41B 5/02

Matrices

B41B 5/04

Casting devices

B41B 5/06

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mechanically operated

B41B 5/08

Tools or auxiliaries

B41B 5/10

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for polishing or finishing type (polishing in general B24B)

B41B 5/12

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for making type in the form of lines, e.g. by drawing or casting

B41B 5/14

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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

operating with fixed combinations of matrices (details B41B 9/00)

B41B 7/04

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for casting individual characters or spaces, e.g. type casting machines

B41B 7/06

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for composing, justifying and casting complete lines of matrices, e.g. "monoline" machines

B41B 7/08

operating with separate matrices for individual characters or spaces which are selected and assembled (details B41B 11/00)

B41B 7/10

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in which a line is composed of matrices and in which single types or spaces are cast, e.g. stringer type

B41B 7/12

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in which a justified line is composed of matrices and a type line is cast in one piece

B41B 7/14

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the matrices being composed by hand

B41B 7/16

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the lines of matrices being composed and justified by machine operation, e.g. line type casting machines, "intertype" machines

B41B 7/18

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the matrices being guided by wires, e.g. "typograph" machines

B41B 9/00

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

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Moulds

B41B 9/12

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Justifying devices

B41B 9/14

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Supply devices for molten metal

B41B 9/16

Devices for handling type after casting

B41B 9/18

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Ejector mechanisms

B41B 9/20

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Trimming devices

B41B 11/00

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

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Magazines for matrices

B41B 11/10

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for composing by hand

B41B 11/12

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Attachment of magazines to machines; Magazine-selection or magazine-shift mechanisms (controlling selection or shifting B41B 27/42)

B41B 11/14

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with escapement devices

B41B 11/16

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Boxes for space bands; Escapements or guides for releasing space bands

B41B 11/18

Devices or arrangements for assembling matrices and space bands (control devices therefor B41B 27/44)

B41B 11/20

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Assembler guide channels

B41B 11/22

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Assembler cover plates or framework

B41B 11/24

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Belt conveyers co-operating with assembler guides

B41B 11/26

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Devices for feeding or guiding space bands into association with matrices

B41B 11/28

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Star wheels or other stacking devices for matrices and space bands; Guides associated therewith

B41B 11/30

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Assembler elevators or associated mechanisms, e.g. braking devices, retaining pawls, line resistants, delivery slides

B41B 11/32

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Transfer channels or line-delivery carriages

B41B 11/34

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First elevators or associated mechanisms

B41B 11/36

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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

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Jaw clamps; Operating devices therefor

B41B 11/42

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for quadding and centering

B41B 11/44

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for justifying

B41B 11/46

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Aligning devices

B41B 11/48

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Cleaning devices for aligning jaws (cleaning matrices B41B 11/96)

B41B 11/50

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Vice frames; Devices for releasing or locking

B41B 11/52

Moulding or casting devices or associated mechanisms

B41B 11/54

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Moulds; Liners therefor

B41B 11/56

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Mould wheels; Slides or driving gear therefor

B41B 11/58

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with locking wedges

B41B 11/60

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adjustable or removable

B41B 11/62

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with interchangeable moulds

B41B 11/64

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with a series of moulds and mechanism for selecting individual moulds

B41B 11/66

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mounted on reciprocable carriages

B41B 11/68

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with provision for adjusting length or width of slot; with a plurality of slots

B41B 11/70

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for casting type-bars of special form, e.g. with projections

B41B 11/72

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Devices for trimming type-bars; Cleaning devices for trimming knives; Ejectors for type-bars

B41B 11/74

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Devices for supplying molten metal

B41B 11/76

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Pots (melting pots for casting stereotype plates B41D 3/20)

B41B 11/78

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movable towards and away from mould

B41B 11/80

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with stirrers or means for removing dross

B41B 11/82

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associated with mechanism for introducing metal in solid form

B41B 11/84

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Throats or mouthpieces; Wipers for mouthpieces

B41B 11/86

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Heaters for pots; Temperature-control devices

B41B 11/88

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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

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Second elevators

B41B 11/94

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Screw conveyers

B41B 11/96

Devices for cooling or cleaning matrices

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Photographic or photoelectronic composing devices

B41B 13/00

Equipment specially adapted for photographing mounted characters or the like, e.g. advertisements, lines

B41B 13/02

the characters being composed or mounted by hand, and photographed simultaneously

B41B 13/04

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with means for justifying

B41B 13/06

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by elastic or extensible type-line carriers

B41B 13/08

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by optical line correction

B41B 13/10

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

with means for photographing complete lines

B41B 15/04

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and with carriers for individual characters

B41B 15/06

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and with carriers for complete sets of characters, e.g. slidable elongated members, rotary wheels

B41B 15/08

with means for photographing composed characters in succession

B41B 15/10

Details

B41B 15/12

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Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor

B41B 15/14

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with a single character, or with combinations of different styles of a single character

B41B 15/16

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with combinations of different characters

B41B 15/18

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with parts of characters for building up complex characters, e.g. oriental characters

B41B 15/20

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Devices for handling or storing character carriers

B41B 15/22

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Magazines

B41B 15/24

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for justifying purposes

B41B 15/26

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for repeating a character

B41B 15/28

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Photographic devices (in general G03)

B41B 15/30

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Composing cameras

B41B 15/32

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Film-handling mechanisms

B41B 15/34

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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

with manually-adjustable character carriers to enable characters to be photographed in succession

B41B 17/04

with a carrier for all characters in at least one fount

B41B 17/06

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with an adjustable carrier

B41B 17/08

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with a fixed carrier

B41B 17/10

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with a continuously-movable carrier

B41B 17/12

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with means for moving the optical path for photographing characters, e.g. intermittently

B41B 17/14

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continuously

B41B 17/16

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with means for moving the film in its plane for photographing characters in succession

B41B 17/18

Details

B41B 17/20

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Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor

B41B 17/22

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with a single character; with a single character in more than one style

B41B 17/24

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with all characters

B41B 17/26

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on belts

B41B 17/28

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on polygonal rods

B41B 17/30

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on a sheet of square or rectangular shape

B41B 17/32

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on a flat disc

B41B 17/34

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on a cylinder

B41B 17/36

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with selection indicators

B41B 17/38

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with means for indicating the width

B41B 17/40

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in caliper form

B41B 17/42

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in coded form

B41B 19/00

Photoelectronic composing machines

B41B 19/01

having electron-beam tubes producing an image of at least one character which is photographed

B41B 19/02

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the characters appearing on the screen in succession

B41B 19/04

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at the same place

B41B 19/06

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at different predetermined places

B41B 19/08

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with combinations of characters appearing on the screen at the same time

B41B 19/10

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in unbroken lines or columns

B41B 19/12

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in broken lines or columns

B41B 19/14

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and presenting a text of more than one line

B41B 19/16

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Character carriers associated with electron-beam tubes

B41B 21/00

Common details of photographic composing machines of the kinds covered in groups B41B 17/00 and B41B 19/00

B41B 21/02

Shutters in optical systems (in general G03B)

B41B 21/04

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for selecting characters

B41B 21/06

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for adjusting exposures

B41B 21/08

Light sources; Devices associated therewith, e.g. control devices

B41B 21/10

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Single light sources

B41B 21/12

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Stroboscopic light sources

B41B 21/14

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Combinations of light sources

B41B 21/16

Optical systems (shutters B41B 21/02; light sources B41B 21/08)

B41B 21/18

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defining a single optical path

B41B 21/20

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with means for moving stepwise

B41B 21/22

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with means for moving continuously

B41B 21/24

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defining multiple optical paths

B41B 21/26

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with means for selecting individual optical paths (means for moving the optical path B41B 17/12)

B41B 21/28

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with means for fount selection

B41B 21/30

Electron-beam tubes or charactrons (in general H01J 31/00)

B41B 21/32

Film carriers; Film-conveying or positioning devices (film-handling means in line-composing photographic devices B41B 15/32; machines with means for moving the film in its plane for photographing characters in succession B41B 17/16)

B41B 21/34

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with positioning mechanisms

B41B 21/36

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for feeding films stepwise in line direction

B41B 21/38

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for feeding films continuously in line direction

B41B 21/40

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for line spacing

B41B 21/42

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for subscript or superscript notation

B41B 21/44

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adjustable for enlarging purposes

B41B 23/00

Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing or correcting text or lay-out in connection with photographic or photoelectronic composing

B41B 23/02

for mixing by line-by-line projection of parts of texts from a number of films on to another

B41B 23/04

for facilitating hand correction of texts

B41B 23/06

for correcting texts by removing incorrect lines from one film and splicing-in corrected lines from another film

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Marking record carriers used for controlling composing machines; Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various kinds or types

B41B 25/00

Apparatus specially adapted for preparation of record carriers for controlling composing machines (for casting individual characters or spaces, e.g. in type casting machines B41B 7/04; methods for marking or reproducing record carriers having digital data thereon in general G06K 1/00)

B41B 25/10

incorporating devices for line justification, e.g. counting and indicating devices for length of line

B41B 25/12

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comprising elements which circulate from and to magazines

B41B 25/14

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operating without space bands

B41B 25/16

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using a binary code for the width of the matrices

B41B 25/18

combined with type-setting machines

B41B 25/20

Auxiliary devices; Devices serving special purposes

B41B 25/22

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for indicating length of line

B41B 25/24

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for error correction

B41B 25/26

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for changing the fount of type

B41B 27/00

Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various kinds or types (computers in general G06F)

B41B 27/02

Systems for controlling all operations

B41B 27/04

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Keyboards

B41B 27/06

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operable by input of recorded or stored information, e.g. on punched tapes

B41B 27/08

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from several sources

B41B 27/10

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with direct control of all operations by input of recorded or stored information

B41B 27/12

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on tapes

B41B 27/14

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on punched tapes

B41B 27/16

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on magnetic tapes

B41B 27/18

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from memory devices

B41B 27/20

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from electromagnetic devices, e.g. memory matrices

B41B 27/22

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from several sources

B41B 27/24

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of several associated machines

B41B 27/26

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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 (in devices for supplying molten metal B41B 11/86, B41B 11/88; for light sources B41B 21/08)

B41B 27/30

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for arresting or varying speed of one operation in response to failure or variation in speed of another operation

B41B 27/32

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for line-justification operations

B41B 27/34

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without the use of space bands

B41B 27/36

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using electronic devices

B41B 27/38

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for measuring length of composed lines; for reading composed characters

B41B 27/40

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for proof-printing operations

B41B 27/41

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Printing mechanisms coupled to typographical composing machines

B41B 27/42

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for controlling selection or shifting of matrix magazines

B41B 27/44

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for controlling assembly of matrices and space bands

B41B 27/46

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for controlling insertion of space bands (for line justification B41B 27/32)

B41B 27/48

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for deleting errors or inserting corrections (means for cancelling or correcting errors in typewriters or selective printing mechanisms B41J 29/26)

B41B 27/50

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operated by coupled machines