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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181574 | Displaying data in a machine which processes printing material A device is described for displaying data (13) during process sequences in machines (2) which process printing material. The device is provided for the purpose of graphically superimposing the data (13) to be displayed on the printing material (... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8166877 | Printing press having a dryer device for varnished sheets A printing press and a method of drying printed or varnished sheets in a printing press include heating printed and/or varnished sheets, before the sheets enter a dryer, to a temperature higher than the ambient temperature, through the use of a heatable impression c... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161876 | Register mark to be detected by a register sensor An apparatus in a machine for processing printing material has a register sensor for register measurement between at least two color separations of a printed image printed above one another on a printing material. The register sensor registers optically deviations b... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159719 | Method for correcting the gray balance of a printing process A method for correcting gray balance of a printing process includes imaging printing forms assigned to color separations with a test form, printing a printing material using the printing forms in a printing press and calorimetrically measuring the test form printed ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157143 | Stitching device and method for setting up a stitching device A stitching device for producing stitching wire staples for stitching stacked sheet materials, includes a stitching head base body and a cutting box fixed to the stitching head base body. The cutting box includes a movable knife slide. A control device controls the ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156865 | Method of operating a printing machine and printing machine for carrying out the method A method for operating a printing machine in a print operating mode and another operating mode, for example a maintenance mode. In the print operating mode, bringing a vibrating roller periodically into contact with a first roller of an inking unit, driving the firs... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154761 | Method for color regulation of reproduction copies of a printing press A method for color regulation of reproduction copies of a printing press prints a substrate, which appears dark in a standardized color measurement, with at least one printing ink which is lighter than the substrate. At least one color value of the printing ink is d... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151706 | Apparatus with electrical crush protector and printing press having the apparatus An apparatus for safely operating at least two components which are movable relative to one another in a machine for processing printing materials, includes drive motors each driving a respective one of the movable components. At least one control computer detects m... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146915 | Method and apparatus for laterally aligning a sheet in a processing machine and sheet-fed printing machine having the apparatus A method and an apparatus for laterally aligning a sheet in a processing machine, in particular a printing machine, carries out lateral sheet alignment on a cylinder of the printing machine, e.g. a feed cylinder. In order to achieve large correction distances in rel... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146493 | Ink fountain of a printing press, ink fountain roll and printing press An ink fountain of a printing press includes a component having a bearing face for bearing printing ink and cells made in the bearing face. An ink fountain roll for an ink fountain of a printing press and a printing press having an ink fountain, are also provided. | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146452 | Apparatus for driving a roller of a printing press and printing press having the apparatus An apparatus for driving a roller of a printing press includes a main motor configured to drive the roller through a first gear wheel and a first freewheel, and an auxiliary motor configured to drive the roller through a second gear wheel and a second freewheel. A b... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141488 | Method for improved plate change and sheet-fed offset printing press having a plate change apparatus An apparatus and a method for changing printing plates in sheet-fed rotary printing presses include a plurality of printing units and plate cylinders being coupled to one another mechanically in the printing units during a printing operation. At the beginning of a p... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141487 | Printing press having an anilox inking unit with an associated washing device A printing press includes an anilox inking unit having an engraved roller and a washing device with a feed device for introducing detergent and a removal device for removing the detergent and printing ink. Further rollers are disposed between the feed device and the... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136563 | Film transfer apparatus, cassette for a film transfer apparatus and method for operating a film transfer apparatus A film transfer unit is provided on an inking unit of a printing unit. If such a film transfer unit includes an intermittent drive device having dancers then, as a result, access to an ink fountain or an inking unit is generally rather restricted. Adjustable guide e... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132995 | Book binding machine with a book block transport system and lubrication clamp for a book block transport system in a book binding machine A book binding machine includes a book block transport system and a plurality of clamps for clamping stacks of leaves. The clamps are disposed at a distance from each other and are guided in guide tracks of a machine frame. The book block transport system includes a... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132805 | Method and apparatus for feeding sheets to a processing machine In a method and an apparatus for feeding sheets to a processing machine, in particular a printing press, provision is made for the sheet to be accelerated to processing speed by use of at least two acceleration stations arranged one after the other. One of the accel... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127676 | Print control strip and method of preparing the same A method of preparing a print control strip including at least two process control elements and being adapted to at least a width of at least one used area of at least one original image, includes determining borders of the at least one used area. A state is assigne... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123447 | Method and apparatus for backing printed products A method for backing printed products includes feeding signatures to a transport and stitching line of a gatherer stitcher by a plurality of feeders. A plurality of signatures are gathered on the transport and stitching line and forms a folded sheet assembly. The fo... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122827 | Apparatus for turning a sheet during transport through a printing press An apparatus for turning a sheet during transport through a printing press provides better printed results as a result of improved sheet guidance. A transfer drum has gripper systems disposed in channels for holding the sheet at the leading and trailing sheet edge, ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120000 | Measuring apparatus having a movable measuring device in a press A measuring apparatus for scanning moving, preferably sheet-like, printing materials in a printing material-processing machine, such as a press for processing sheet material. The apparatus has a measuring device which can be moved, at least in the transport directio... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112843 | Centering bush and combination, system and printing press having the centering bush A centering bush for connecting components includes a bush head having a construction generally in accordance with that of a blade pin. A combination, a system and a printing press having the centering bush, are also provided. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8105455 | Film transfer unit having an integrated further processing device and method for transferring a transfer layer from a carrier film onto a print carrier A printing machine contains a transfer unit for transferring a transfer layer onto a print carrier in a transfer nip. The printing machine further has at least one applicator unit for applying an adhesive to the print carrier. The applicator unit precedes the transf... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100160 | Method for transferring a transfer layer from a carrier film, film transfer apparatus and covering surface for a film transfer apparatus A film transfer apparatus includes an application unit, a transfer unit downstream of the application unit, and at least one third unit for further processing a printing material with a transfer layer applied. In the prior art, if contact pressure is exerted on coat... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8066282 | Apparatus for feeding and aligning sheets fed to a processing machine, in particular a printing machine An apparatus for feeding and aligning sheets which are fed to a processing machine, e.g. a printing machine, includes at least two parallel transporting belts which, on a side directed toward the sheet, subject the sheet to different retaining forces, in such a way ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8056476 | Method for operating a printing press and printing press implementing the method A method for operating a printing press having a printing unit and a cleaning apparatus includes, in a first step, starting up the printing unit in order to print therewith, and in a subsequent, second step, displacing the cleaning apparatus into the printing unit r... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045213 | Automated production control method In a method for operating at least one machine with a computer, it is possible for at least one task for the production of a printed product to be stored in the computer, which task is processed on the machine. Parameters for setting the machine are stored as parame... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042805 | Machine for processing printed sheets A machine for processing printed sheets includes a sheet delivery having a first conveying device for leading sheet ends, a second conveying device for trailing sheet ends, and a setting device for adjusting one of the two conveying devices relative to the other in ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042468 | Device for mounting a printing plate on a plate cylinder of a printing press, printing unit having the device and printing press having the printing unit A device for clamping and tensioning an edge of a printing plate on a plate cylinder of a printing press includes a single actuating shaft for releasing clamping and tensioning forces. The actuating shaft has a control cam for releasing the tensioning forces and a c... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042466 | Printing press with adjustable bearer rings A printing press and a method for controlling a printing press include rotatably mounted cylinders. At least two adjacent cylinders roll on one another through bearer rings. At least one of the adjacent cylinders can be rotated actively relative to at least one of t... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042465 | Method and device for switching between single-sided or straight printing mode and perfecting or recto/verso printing mode in a sheet-processing machine and reversing drum having the device A method and a device for converting a mode of operation from straight printing to perfecting in a sheet-processing machine, includes a cam/follower control for operating a gripper system, in which cam followers are maintained in a position in which they are disenga... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037816 | Measurement field for determining the smearing limit during printing A measurement field allows determining the smearing limit during printing, in particular during lithographic wet offset printing. The measurement field is arranged on a printing form, in particular a printing plate, which has printing, ink-carrying regions and nonpr... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037795 | Trimmer for trimming brochures A trimmer for trimming brochures has lower blade holders and upper blade holders for top cutting blades and bottom cutting blades lying opposite them. The trimmer further has a guide rail configuration and tensioners by which the lower blade holders can be locked on... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026681 | Safe electric braking device for printing presses and method of electrically braking an electric drive in a machine processing printing material A method and device for electrically braking an electric drive in a machine for processing printing material, includes a power electronics connected between the electric drive and a DC voltage intermediate circuit. A further electric braking device is switchable bet... | 09/27/2011 |
| D645898 | Operating console for a printing machine | 09/27/2011 |
| 8006975 | Method and apparatus for conveying a sheet back into the overlapping stream in the event of a machine stop A method and an apparatus are provided to convey and align sheets being fed to a processing machine. In the event of a machine “stop,” a sheet, which has been separated from an overlapping stream, is conveyed back into the overlapping stream by raising the rear ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7998275 | Method for cleaning a circumferential surface of a cylinder of a printing press A method for cleaning a circumferential surface of a cylinder of a printing press provides for improved cleaning to be achieved during a short time. In order to clean the circumferential surface, a cleaning fluid is first applied to the circumferential surface. In o... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992866 | Apparatus for aligning sheets on stops An apparatus for aligning sheets in a processing machine includes translationally movable stops or front lays which can be driven through the use of a coupler mechanism or individually actuable electric motors. ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988138 | Gatherer stitcher with variable chain pitch A gatherer stitcher for collating signatures made of paper, paperboard and the like, for stitching the collated signatures and for delivering the stitched signatures, includes a gathering section, a stitching station and a delivery station. The stitching station has... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987969 | Sheet-processing assembly having an apparatus for transporting a pallet, pallet conveying system and sheet-fed rotary printing press A sheet-processing assembly includes an apparatus for transporting a pallet bearing a sheet stack and a transfer conveyor having a number of transport rollers disposed transversely to the direction of transport of the pallet and a receiving fixture for a load-bearin... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7976002 | Gatherer-stitcher having a folded-sheet feeder A gatherer-stitcher has a folded-sheet feeder and an apparatus for transferring folded sheets from the feeder to a transporting configuration of the gatherer-stitcher. The apparatus has a plurality of shafts or drums with grippers for gripping the folded sheets. The... | 07/12/2011 |
