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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7444936 | Device and method for identifying modules in a graphics machine A method for detecting a type of one of plurality of devices attached to a graphics machine, each device being one of at least a first type and a second type. The method includes detecting at a controller the type of device attached to or to be attached to the machi... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7406916 | Conservation of energy transfer during an emergency stop According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method for operating a multi-unit printing arrangement, including multiple individual motors is provided. The method comprises the steps of operating the multi-unit printing arrangement, stopping the m... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7384039 | Registration apparatus for a sheet material article handler A method for registering a sheet material article in a sheet material article handler includes sequentially engaging, using a movable backstop, a leading edge portion of a sheet material article moving in a direction of movement of the sheet material article along a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7341001 | Printing unit arrangement in a web-fed rotary printing press A printing unit arrangement in a web-fed rotary printing press includes at least one printing unit 2a having a first and second plate cylinder 4,6 and associated first and second blanket cylinders 8, 10 which are mechanically coupled via ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338425 | Variable length cutting device A variable length cutting device includes a cutting cylinder and a transfer cylinder. The transfer cylinder cooperates with the cutting cylinder for cutting a ribbon into signatures having a desired cutoff length. An adjustable diameter portion of the transfer cylin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329219 | Folding apparatus in a web-fed rotary printing press A folding apparatus (1) in a web-fed rotary printing press for folding signatures (2) which are cut off from a running web of material (6) by a cutting device (40) and carried on a signature transport surface (10) of a folding blad... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7306222 | Sheet material feeder A sheet material feeder includes a sheet material holder for holding a pile of sheet material, a rotating drum for transporting the sheet material from the pile, and an acceleration device receiving the sheet material from the rotating drum at a first speed and rele... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7278634 | Device for controlling printed products A tape transport system for printed products includes a tape having a tape width, a pulley, and a lever arm supporting the pulley, the lever arm having a first side and a second side. The pulley has a first section disposed on the first side of the lever arm and a s... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7216585 | Shaftless motor drive for a printing press with an anilox inker An offset printing press includes a first plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder for selectively contacting the first plate cylinder, an anilox inker for inking the first plate cylinder, and a first motor directly connected to the anilox inker for driving the anil... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213493 | Infeed apparatus for a sheet material article trimmer An infeed apparatus for a sheet material article trimmer includes a pusher element for moving a sheet material article to be trimmed on a front table of the trimmer and into engagement with a backstop of the front table. The pusher element is moved by a driver which... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207271 | Web printing press and method for controlling print-to-cut and/or circumferential register A method for controlling a print-to-cut register in a shaftless web printing press having a first print unit having a first plate cylinder and first blanket cylinder for printing a web, at least one independent drive for the first print unit, and a folder having a c... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7192027 | Signature transport device A signature transport device includes a first conveyor for moving a plurality of folded signatures in a first direction and a second conveyor including a first blade having a first edge for lifting a first signature of the plurality of signatures from the first conv... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6918586 | Method and apparatus for providing positive control of a printable medium in a printing system The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for providing positive control of a printable medium in a printing system such that high speed processing of the printable medium can be achieved without damage to the product (e.g., printed signatures). Ex... | 07/19/2005 |
