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  2. CPC Section B
  3. CPC Class B41
  4. CPC Subclass B41B
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CPC
COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION
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B41B
MACHINES OR ACCESSORIES FOR MAKING, SETTING, OR DISTRIBUTING TYPE; TYPE; PHOTOGRAPHIC OR PHOTOELECTRIC COMPOSING DEVICES (photographic devices in general G03) [2018-08]
WARNING

  • In this subclass non-limiting references (in the sense of paragraph 39 of the Guide to the IPC) may still be displayed in the scheme.
B41B 1/00
Elements or appliances for hand composition; Chases, quoins, or galleys [2013-01]
B41B 1/02
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Printing letters; Type [2013-01]
B41B 1/025
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{for languages in which the latin alphabet is not used} [2013-01]
B41B 1/04
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Quadrats or quads: Spaces or other justifiers [2013-01]
B41B 1/06
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for special purposes [2013-01]
B41B 1/08
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for inserting latest news [2013-01]
B41B 1/10
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for inserting advertisements [2013-01]
B41B 1/12
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for setting musical notations [2013-01]
B41B 1/14
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Composing rules, e.g. of brass [2013-01]
B41B 1/16
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Reglets [2013-01]
B41B 1/18
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Chases [2013-01]
B41B 1/20
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Quoins or other binding means [2013-01]
B41B 1/22
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Composing tables; Type cases; Storage cabinets; Washing or cleaning devices therefor [2013-01]
B41B 1/24
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Washing or cleaning devices [2013-01]
B41B 1/26
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Composing or setting sticks [2013-01]
B41B 1/28
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Galleys [2013-01]
Machines or other mechanical apparatus for composing [2013-01]
B41B 3/00
Apparatus for mechanical composition using prefabricated type, i.e. without casting equipment [2013-01]
B41B 3/02
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Mechanical composing machines using single types or logotypes and having slide magazines therefor, e.g. flat, cylindrical, radial, single magazines [2013-01]
B41B 3/04
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Means for distributing type [2013-01]
B41B 3/06
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Justifying means [2013-01]
B41B 5/00
Devices for making type or lines (for mechanical composition B41B 7/00, B41B 9/00, B41B 11/00) [2013-01]
B41B 5/02
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Matrices [2013-01]
B41B 5/04
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Casting devices [2013-01]
B41B 5/06
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mechanically operated [2013-01]
B41B 5/08
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Tools or auxiliaries [2013-01]
B41B 5/10
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for polishing or finishing type (polishing in general B24B) [2013-01]
B41B 5/12
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for making type in the form of lines, e.g. by drawing or casting [2013-01]
B41B 5/14
. .
for cutting spaces [2013-01]
B41B 7/00
Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices [2013-01]
B41B 7/02
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operating with fixed combinations of matrices (details B41B 9/00) [2013-01]
B41B 7/04
. .
for casting individual characters or spaces, e.g. type casting machines [2013-01]
B41B 7/06
. .
for composing, justifying and casting complete lines of matrices, e.g. "monoline" machines [2013-01]
B41B 7/08
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operating with separate matrices for individual characters or spaces which are selected and assembled (details B41B 11/00) [2013-01]
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 [2013-01]
B41B 7/12
. .
in which a justified line is composed of matrices and a type line is cast in one piece [2013-01]
B41B 7/14
. . .
the matrices being composed by hand [2013-01]
B41B 7/16
. . .
the lines of matrices being composed and justified by machine operation, e.g. line type casting machines, "intertype" machines [2013-01]
B41B 7/18
. . . .
the matrices being guided by wires, e.g. "typograph" machines [2013-01]
B41B 9/00
Details of, or accessories for, machines for mechanical composition using fixed combinations of matrices from which type is cast or moulded [2013-01]
B41B 9/02
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Combinations of matrices [2013-01]
B41B 9/04
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Carriers for combinations of matrices, e.g. blocks, cylinders, wheels, bars [2013-01]
B41B 9/06
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Mechanisms for effecting relative movements of matrix carriers and moulds for character or space selection [2013-01]
B41B 9/08
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Moulding or casting devices [2013-01]
B41B 9/10
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Moulds [2013-01]
B41B 9/12
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Justifying devices [2013-01]
B41B 9/14
. .
Supply devices for molten metal [2013-01]
B41B 9/16
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Devices for handling type after casting [2013-01]
B41B 9/18
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Ejector mechanisms [2013-01]
B41B 9/20
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Trimming devices [2013-01]
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 [2013-01]
B41B 11/02
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Matrices [2013-01]
B41B 11/04
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Space bands [2013-01]
B41B 11/06
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Storage devices for matrices or space bands [2013-01]
B41B 11/08
. .
Magazines for matrices [2013-01]
B41B 11/10
. . .
for composing by hand [2013-01]
B41B 11/12
. . .
Attachment of magazines to machines; Magazine-selection or magazine-shift mechanisms (controlling selection or shifting B41B 27/42) [2013-01]
B41B 11/14
. . .
with escapement devices [2013-01]
B41B 11/16
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Boxes for space bands; Escapements or guides for releasing space bands [2013-01]
B41B 11/18
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Devices or arrangements for assembling matrices and space bands (control devices therefor B41B 27/44) [2013-01]
B41B 11/20
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Assembler guide channels [2013-01]
B41B 11/22
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Assembler cover plates or framework [2013-01]
B41B 11/24
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Belt conveyors co-operating with assembler guides [2016-05]
B41B 11/26
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Devices for feeding or guiding space bands into association with matrices [2013-01]
B41B 11/28
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Star wheels or other stacking devices for matrices and space bands; Guides associated therewith [2013-01]
B41B 11/30
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Assembler elevators or associated mechanisms, e.g. braking devices, retaining pawls, line resistants, delivery slides [2013-01]
B41B 11/32
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Transfer channels or line-delivery carriages [2013-01]
B41B 11/34
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First elevators or associated mechanisms [2013-01]
B41B 11/36
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for presenting matrices or space bands directly to moulds [2013-01]
B41B 11/38
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Devices for aligning or clamping lines of matrices and space bands [2013-01]
B41B 11/40
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Jaw clamps; Operating devices therefor [2013-01]
B41B 11/42
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for quadding and centering [2013-01]
B41B 11/44
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for justifying [2013-01]
B41B 11/46
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Aligning devices [2013-01]
B41B 11/48
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Cleaning devices for aligning jaws (cleaning matrices B41B 11/96) [2013-01]
B41B 11/50
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Vice frames; Devices for releasing or locking [2013-01]
B41B 11/52
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Moulding or casting devices or associated mechanisms [2013-01]
B41B 11/54
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Moulds; Liners therefor [2013-01]
B41B 11/56
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Mould wheels; Slides or driving gear therefor [2013-01]
B41B 11/58
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with locking wedges [2013-01]
B41B 11/60
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adjustable or removable [2013-01]
B41B 11/62
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with interchangeable moulds [2013-01]
B41B 11/64
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with a series of moulds and mechanism for selecting individual moulds [2013-01]
B41B 11/66
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mounted on reciprocable carriages [2013-01]
B41B 11/68
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with provision for adjusting length or width of slot; with a plurality of slots [2013-01]
B41B 11/70
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for casting type-bars of special form, e.g. with projections [2013-01]
B41B 11/72
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Devices for trimming type-bars; Cleaning devices for trimming knives; Ejectors for type-bars [2013-01]
B41B 11/74
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Devices for supplying molten metal [2013-01]
B41B 11/76
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Pots (melting pots for casting stereotype plates B41D 3/20) [2013-01]
B41B 11/78
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movable towards and away from mould [2013-01]
B41B 11/80
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with stirrers or means for removing dross [2013-01]
B41B 11/82
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associated with mechanisms for introducing metal in solid form [2017-08]
B41B 11/84
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Throats or mouthpieces; Wipers for mouthpieces [2013-01]
B41B 11/86
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Heaters for pots; Temperature-control devices [2013-01]
B41B 11/88
. . .
Pumps; Stop-motions or safety devices therefor [2013-01]
B41B 11/90
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Arrangements or devices for distributing matrices or space bands after casting or moulding [2013-01]
B41B 11/92
. .
Second elevators [2013-01]
B41B 11/94
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Screw conveyors [2016-05]
B41B 11/96
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Devices for cooling or cleaning matrices [2013-01]
Photographic or photoelectronic composing devices [2013-01]
B41B 13/00
Equipment specially adapted for photographing mounted characters or the like, e.g. advertisements, lines [2013-01]
B41B 13/02
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the characters being composed or mounted by hand, and photographed simultaneously [2013-01]
B41B 13/04
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with means for justifying [2013-01]
B41B 13/06
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by elastic or extensible type-line carriers [2013-01]
B41B 13/08
. . .
by optical line correction [2013-01]
B41B 13/10
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the characters being progressively photographed one by one [2013-01]
B41B 15/00
Photographic composing machines with movable character carriers for composing lines of characters prior to photography [2013-01]
B41B 15/02
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with means for photographing complete lines [2013-01]
B41B 15/04
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and with carriers for individual characters [2013-01]
B41B 15/06
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and with carriers for complete sets of characters, e.g. slidable elongated members, rotary wheels [2013-01]
B41B 15/08
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with means for photographing composed characters in succession [2013-01]
B41B 15/10
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Details [2013-01]
B41B 15/12
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Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor [2013-01]
B41B 15/14
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with a single character, or with combinations of different styles of a single character [2013-01]
B41B 15/16
. . .
with combinations of different characters [2013-01]
B41B 15/18
. . .
with parts of characters for building up complex characters, e.g. oriental characters [2013-01]
B41B 15/20
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Devices for handling or storing character carriers [2013-01]
B41B 15/22
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Magazines [2013-01]
B41B 15/24
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for justifying purposes [2013-01]
B41B 15/26
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for repeating a character [2013-01]
B41B 15/28
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Photographic devices (in general G03) [2013-01]
B41B 15/30
. . .
Composing cameras [2013-01]
B41B 15/32
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Film-handling mechanisms [2013-01]
B41B 15/34
. . .
Adjusting enlargement or register; Correcting exposure time [2013-01]
B41B 17/00
Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography [2013-01]
B41B 17/02
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with manually-adjustable character carriers to enable characters to be photographed in succession [2013-01]
B41B 17/04
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with a carrier for all characters in at least one fount [2013-01]
B41B 17/06
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with an adjustable carrier [2013-01]
B41B 17/08
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with a fixed carrier [2013-01]
B41B 17/10
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with a continuously-movable carrier [2013-01]
B41B 17/12
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with means for moving the optical path for photographing characters, e.g. intermittently [2013-01]
B41B 17/14
. . .
continuously [2013-01]
B41B 17/16
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with means for moving the film in its plane for photographing characters in succession [2013-01]
B41B 17/18
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Details [2013-01]
B41B 17/20
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Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor [2013-01]
B41B 17/22
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with a single character; with a single character in more than one style [2013-01]
B41B 17/24
. . .
with all characters [2013-01]
B41B 17/26
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on belts [2013-01]
B41B 17/28
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on polygonal rods [2013-01]
B41B 17/30
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on a sheet of square or rectangular shape [2013-01]
B41B 17/32
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on a flat disc [2013-01]
B41B 17/34
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on a cylinder [2013-01]
B41B 17/36
. . .
with selection indicators [2013-01]
B41B 17/38
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with means for indicating the width [2013-01]
B41B 17/40
. . . .
in caliper form [2013-01]
B41B 17/42
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in coded form [2013-01]
B41B 19/00
Photoelectronic composing machines [2013-01]
B41B 19/01
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having electron-beam tubes producing an image of at least one character which is photographed [2013-01]
B41B 19/02
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the characters appearing on the screen in succession [2013-01]
B41B 19/04
. . .
at the same place [2013-01]
B41B 19/06
. . .
at different predetermined places [2013-01]
B41B 19/08
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with combinations of characters appearing on the screen at the same time [2013-01]
B41B 19/10
. . .
in unbroken lines or columns [2013-01]
B41B 19/12
. . .
in broken lines or columns [2013-01]
B41B 19/14
. . .
and presenting a text of more than one line [2013-01]
B41B 19/16
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Character carriers associated with electron-beam tubes [2013-01]
B41B 21/00
Common details of photographic composing machines of the kinds covered in groups B41B 17/00 and B41B 19/00 [2013-01]
B41B 21/02
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Shutters in optical systems (in general G03B) [2013-01]
B41B 21/04
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for selecting characters [2013-01]
B41B 21/06
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for adjusting exposures [2013-01]
B41B 21/08
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Light sources; Devices associated therewith, e.g. control devices [2013-01]
B41B 21/10
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Single light sources [2013-01]
B41B 21/12
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Stroboscopic light sources [2013-01]
B41B 21/14
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Combinations of light sources [2013-01]
B41B 21/16
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Optical systems (shutters B41B 21/02; light sources B41B 21/08) [2013-01]
B41B 21/18
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defining a single optical path [2013-01]
B41B 21/20
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with means for moving stepwise [2013-01]
B41B 21/22
. . .
with means for moving continuously [2013-01]
B41B 21/24
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defining multiple optical paths [2013-01]
B41B 21/26
. . .
with means for selecting individual optical paths (means for moving the optical path B41B 17/12) [2013-01]
B41B 21/28
. . .
with means for fount selection [2013-01]
B41B 21/30
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Electron-beam tubes or charactrons (in general H01J 31/00) [2013-01]
B41B 21/32
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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) [2013-01]
B41B 21/34
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with positioning mechanisms [2013-01]
B41B 21/36
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for feeding films stepwise in line direction [2013-01]
B41B 21/38
. . .
for feeding films continuously in line direction [2013-01]
B41B 21/40
. . .
for line spacing [2013-01]
B41B 21/42
. . .
for subscript or superscript notation [2013-01]
B41B 21/44
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adjustable for enlarging purposes [2013-01]
B41B 23/00
Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing or correcting text or layout in connection with photographic or photoelectronic composing [2017-08]
B41B 23/02
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for mixing by line-by-line projection of parts of texts from a number of films on to another [2013-01]
B41B 23/04
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for facilitating hand correction of texts [2013-01]
B41B 23/06
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for correcting texts by removing incorrect lines from one film and splicing-in corrected lines from another film [2013-01]
Marking record carriers used for controlling composing machines; Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various kinds or types [2013-01]
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) [2013-01]
B41B 25/10
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incorporating devices for line justification, e.g. counting and indicating devices for length of line [2013-01]
B41B 25/12
. .
comprising elements which circulate from and to magazines [2013-01]
B41B 25/14
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operating without space bands [2013-01]
B41B 25/16
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using a binary code for the width of the matrices [2013-01]
B41B 25/18
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combined with type-setting machines [2013-01]
B41B 25/20
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Auxiliary devices; Devices serving special purposes [2013-01]
B41B 25/22
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for indicating length of line [2013-01]
B41B 25/24
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for error correction [2013-01]
B41B 25/26
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for changing the fount of type [2013-01]
B41B 27/00
Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various kinds or types (computers in general G06F) [2013-01]
B41B 27/02
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Systems for controlling all operations [2013-01]
B41B 27/04
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Keyboards [2013-01]
B41B 27/06
. . .
operable by input of recorded or stored information, e.g. on punched tapes [2013-01]
B41B 27/08
. . . .
from several sources [2013-01]
B41B 27/10
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with direct control of all operations by input of recorded or stored information [2013-01]
B41B 27/12
. . .
on tapes [2013-01]
B41B 27/14
. . . .
on punched tapes [2013-01]
B41B 27/16
. . . .
on magnetic tapes [2013-01]
B41B 27/18
. . .
from memory devices [2013-01]
B41B 27/20
. . . .
from electromagnetic devices, e.g. memory matrices [2013-01]
B41B 27/22
. . .
from several sources [2013-01]
B41B 27/24
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of several associated machines [2013-01]
B41B 27/26
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with means for temporarily arresting input of recorded or stored information to introduce time delays [2013-01]
B41B 27/28
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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) [2013-01]
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 [2013-01]
B41B 27/32
. .
for line-justification operations [2013-01]
B41B 27/34
. . .
without the use of space bands [2013-01]
B41B 27/36
. . .
using electronic devices [2013-01]
B41B 27/38
. .
for measuring length of composed lines; for reading composed characters [2013-01]
B41B 27/40
. .
for proof-printing operations [2013-01]
B41B 27/41
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Printing mechanisms coupled to typographical composing machines [2013-01]
B41B 27/42
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for controlling selection or shifting of matrix magazines [2013-01]
B41B 27/44
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for controlling assembly of matrices and space bands [2013-01]
B41B 27/46
. . .
for controlling insertion of space bands (for line justification B41B 27/32) [2013-01]
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) [2013-01]
B41B 27/50
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operated by coupled machines [2013-01]