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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4767987 | Method and apparatus for monitoring film thicknesses by sensing magnetic interaction between members movable to a film thickness distance An improved method and apparatus for monitoring the thickness of a film includes a sensor roll which cooperates with a compliant roll to form a nip through which the film passes. As the two rolls rotate relative to each other, magnets disposed in the sens... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4741236 | Apparatus for notching the back of a book An apparatus for notching the back of a book. The apparatus includes a conveyor for moving the book along a conveyor path with the back of the book exposed. A cutter is provided for forming notches in the back of the book. A cutter support disc supports t... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4721296 | Sheet material handling apparatus An apparatus is provided to sequentially form and transport sheet material assemblages to a receiving location. The apparatus includes a collating conveyor assembly which is operated to form the sheet material assemblages. A gripper conveyor assembly sequ... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4719419 | Apparatus for detecting a rotary position of a shaft A noncontact rotary position sensor for measuring the rotary position of a shaft includes an annular magnetic member mounted for rotation with the shaft and a Hall effect device spaced from the shaft. The annular magnetic member includes a magnetic pole p... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4718807 | Signature stacking apparatus An improved signature stacking apparatus includes an assembly which feeds signatures across a stack of signatures toward a register surface. As the signatures are moving toward the register surface, they are engaged by a precompressor assembly which appli... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4709635 | Fluid metering method and apparatus A fluid metering system is disclosed for use with a printing press including an array of individual adjustable ink fountain keys for regulating the thickness profile of the ink film supplied to the inker roll by an ink fountain. The fountain keys are spac... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4705199 | Vacuum drum for securing a film thereto A rotatable drum is disclosed for securing thereto various sizes of sheets of film by a partial vacuum. The drum includes a cylindrical body and first and second circular end blocks connected for closing the body. The drum is mounted for rotation about it... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4691502 | Apparatus for placing a card on a bundle of sheet-like articles An apparatus for placing a card on a bundle of sheet-like articles comprises a support for supporting the card adjacent the bundle, a feed device for feeding the card into the support, and a mechanism for placing a strap around the bundle, the card being ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4681213 | Gripper assembly A gripper assembly includes a movable clamp member which is rotatable relative to a stationary clamp member from a fully open position to any one of a plurality of closed positions to grip an article of a selected size between clamp members. When a releas... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4666139 | Vacuum system for combination fold-off control A signature folder is disclosed in which a vacuum system is provided to prevent tail whipping of the signature when the direction of movement thereof is reversed. The folder provides two counter-rotating cylinders. A portion of the signature moves along t... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4661774 | Method and apparatus for monitoring film thickness between rotatable rolls An improved method and apparatus for monitoring the thickness of a film includes a sensor roll which cooperates with a compliant roll to form a nip through which the film passes. As the two rolls rotate relative to each other, magnets disposed in the sens... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4659030 | Lateral positioning and adjustment mechanism for a web press A lateral positioner and adjust mechanism is provided for an unwind station of a web press. The unwind station includes first and second arms pivotally mounted to a frame that cooperate for supporting for rotation a roll on a shaft. The arms can be raised... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4655133 | Ink fountain assembly and segmented film metering, blade An ink fountain for printing presses is disclosed in which a plurality of metering segments extend along the surface of the fountain roll to control the thickness of the ink film applied to the roll. The metering segments are individually adjustable towar... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4643090 | Printing press and method A printing press includes an improved method and apparatus for moving printing cylinders between thrown off positions in which bearers connected with the cylinders are separated and thrown on or printing positions. The printing cylinders are urged to thei... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4641825 | Collator with moveable stitcher over saddle conveyor system A signature collator and stitcher is disclosed which provides high output, multiple path operation, automatic repair, and multispeed operation. The collator provides a saddle conveyor which moves the saddles perpendicular to the direction of the saddles s... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4638906 | Conveyor assembly A gripper conveyor assembly includes a plurality of grippers. A conveyor chain moves the grippers along a track from a pick up station to a receiving station. The conveyor chain has identical links. Any one link can be removed from the chain while all of ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4638957 | Brake engagement mechanism for a web press A mechanism is provided for engaging a first gear with a second gear that is used to connect and disconnect a brake mechanism and a roll shaft within the unwind station of a web press. The first gear is mounted for rotation to a first shaft secured to a f... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4633351 | Method and apparatus for hydrodynamic magnetic recording Problems of wear and bounce created by imperfections in the surface of a magnetic recording medium, such as a chromium dioxide-coated drum, are circumvented by a hydrodynamic magnetographic imaging technique that provides the intended effective intimate c... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4611533 | Tying apparatus An improved tyer includes a central station where loose stacks of signatures sre received. A pair of tying stations are disposed on opposite sides of the central station. A pair receiving stations are disposed adjacent to the tying stations. An improved s... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4604931 | Quick change rotary punch A quick change punch reel for a rotary press comprises a transversely split annular main body member having radially extending cylindrical sockets for receiving individual punches, each punch having a head and a base and an outer cylindrical sidewall with... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4603336 | Transfer mechanism for multiple station imaging/printing apparatus A transfer mechanism for a magnetographic recording apparatus employs a pair of imaging/printing drums arranged for pivotal translation past one another so as to be controllably positionable at a respective one of imaging and printing stations. At the ima... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4601693 | Apparatus for crimping a moving web Apparatus for crimping of a moving web is provided, the web having a plurality of holes formed therethrough along a line defined thereon in the direction of movement of the web, each of the holes being separated from a preceding hole by a substantial unif... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4577853 | Stacking apparatus Apparatus for stacking sheetlike articles of flexible material includes a stack follower engaging the trailing end of a stack to prevent separation of articles from the stack adjacent its trailing end as the edges of the articles drag across a guide surfa... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4576370 | Method and apparatus for tipping closely incidental mail to magazines or the like A method and apparatus are disclosed for automatically tipping closely incidental mail to magazines or the like. A plurality of magazines are sequentially fed from a source location to a town sort stacking location. A labelling station and an envelope tip... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4572047 | Quick change slitter wheel holder A quick-release mounting for a cutting wheel comprises a housing adjustably mounted in an arm, and a hollow shaft rotatably supported in the housing. The shaft has an expandable collet hub on which a wheel can be received. A mandrel extends within the sha... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4572074 | Multi-unit press register A method and apparatus are disclosed for registering a perfecting offset printing unit to a reference perfecting offset printing unit while minimizing displacement between associated non-print gap areas. The circumferential position of the upper printing ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4564290 | Apparatus for determining image areas from films and plates A scanning apparatus is provided capable of obtaining image area information from both photograhic films and printing plates. The apparatus includes a scanner assembly carrying two independent light sources for use in the respective plate and film scan op... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4564189 | Articulating sheet material conveyor A method and apparatus are disclosed for transporting sheet materials from a source location to a stacking workstation. A lower conveyor is positioned between the source location and the stacking work station. An upper conveyor having a first conveyor sec... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4558859 | Stack top control method and apparatus A stack top control method and apparatus includes sensing the vertical position of a top of signatures being stacked on a stacking platform at two spaced apart locations. Two belt assemblies tangentially contact at least a portion of opposed sides of the ... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4556208 | Web skewing apparatus A plurality of skewing devices are mounted in a collating apparatus above collating points at which a plurality of webs are collected together for further processing. The skewing devices comprise rollers mounted on shafts which may be rotated by a handle.... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4554044 | Collating apparatus with adjustable gear A collating apparatus having a collating unit, a perforating unit and a fan-folding unit, all gear driven by a single main drive gear, and having a gear assembly driven by the drive gear which includes a gear having an adjustable rotational eccentricity a... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4541763 | Apparatus for forming a stack of signatures New and useful stacking apparatus in which a stacker can form a stream of signatures into a stack, and also associate an end board with one end of the stack. Moreover, the stacker is associated with a clamping mechanism which, when it moves over to the st... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4538511 | Signature handling apparatus Sheet material handling apparatus comprising a transfer vehicle movable along a guide track between a stack pickup position and a stack discharge position. The transfer vehicle has a clamping mechanism for clamping a stack of signatures at the stack picku... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4536176 | Crimp blade holder A holder mounting a plurality of crimp blades for crimping of a moving web includes a cylindrical body having a curved outer surface, and eight slots defined in the outer surface. A crimp blade is secured within each of the slots such that rotation of the... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4534288 | Method and apparatus for registering overlapping printed images Method and apparatus are disclosed for indicating and correcting misregister of plural overlapping images produced by a multicolor press. A register indicia (FIG. 3) is used comprising two overlapping sets of parallel lines (R and C), each set being forme... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4514819 | Apparatus and method for measuring rotational position An apparatus and method for measuring the relative circumferential setting of at least two rotating elements of a machine for operating on a moving web are provided wherein a first of the elements serves as a measurement reference. An electric reference p... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4512256 | Business forms press Apparatus for makeready of a business forms press having an unwind apparatus (12) for supporting a rolled web (20) of material and having a plurality of rotatable members in spaced alignment defining a path for the web and arranged to perform operations o... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4499834 | Reject assembly for sheet material handling apparatus An apparatus for sequentially stitching groups of sheets includes a reject assembly which directs groups of sheets containing either more or less than a predetermined number of sheets to a receiving station without being stitched. If a desired number of s... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4498663 | Signature handling apparatus for detection of short signature groups An improved signature handling apparatus includes a plurality of signature feeders which are operatable to form groups of signatures on a conveyor. Detectors are associated with the signature feeders to detect a signature misfeed and a resulting defective... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4498381 | Signature transfer vehicle with stack clamping mechanism A transfer vehicle with a special clamping mechanism for clamping a stack of signatures supported on a stacker, and for maintaining clamping engagement with the stack as the transfer vehicle moves the stack to a delivery position. The clamping mechanism c... | 02/12/1985 |
