CPC Definition - Subclass B41K
This place covers:
Hand-operated devices and machines always including a static stamping element carrying a graphical and/or numerical design, e.g. a single letter or number in the form of a raised part forming the stamping image. This raised part has usually elastic properties, e.g. it comprises mainly an elastomeric material. After applying ink on the surface of said stamping form, said inked image is applied by contact pressure onto the surface of a substrate of any dimension, which will form a stamped subject-matter, portable devices or machines as a whole as well as all parts, details and objects specifically adapted for use in such devices or machines, e.g.
- handles,
- stands,
- labelling means,
- inking devices,
- stamping surfaces,
- means for handling or deforming or punching or cutting or severing of
- substrates to be stamped,
- safety devices and
- counting devices,
feeding and/or handling of substrates to be stamped upon is covered from the in-feed device through the whole machine down to the delivery device.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Cutting or perforating apparatus and processes in general | |
Relief or letterpress printing machines in general | |
Flexographic printing machines in general | |
Offset or lithographic printing machines in general | |
Intaglio printing machines in general | |
Inking devices in printing machines in general | |
Stencil printing machines in general | |
Printing, duplicating, marking, or copying processes in general | |
Printing plates or foils per se; materials therefore in general | |
Implements for writing drawing in general, e.g. pens, pencils | |
Combination of writing implements with stamping means | |
Stamping or pressing processes by merely deforming substrates without use of ink or colour | |
Labelling or tagging machines, apparatus or processes in general | |
Feeding and/or handling of sheet or web-like substrates in general |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Stamping | always including use of ink or colour |
This place covers:
- portable numbering devices,
- hand stamps combined with other devices, and
- stands for keeping hand stamps within easy reach.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Combination or writing implements with hand stamps |
This place covers:
- Stamping apparatus in combination with means for deforming or punching substrate material,
- Accessories specifically adapted for said stamping apparatus, e.g. counting means, cutting or severing apparatus and safety devices e.g. for preventing machine failure, and
- Numbering devices.
This place covers:
Accessories specifically adapted for use with said tools, e.g.
- recording means and
- counting means.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Labelling or tagging devices or apparatus having plier-like tools | |
Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines in general | |
Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations in general | |
Ticket printing and issuing devices being part of franking apparatus |
This place does not cover:
Portable hand-operated devices without means for supporting or locating the articles to be stamped, i.e. hand stamps; inking devices or accessories therefore | |
Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped | |
Plier-like tools for stamping, or stamping and delivering, tickets or the like |