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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7938064 | Printing unit of a web-fed rotary press A printing unit of a web-fed rotary press has a plurality of press units, each press unit having a form cylinder, a transfer cylinder, an inking unit and optionally a damping unit, and having at least one impression cylinder. Each form cylinder rolls on the respecti... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7876441 | Control station for a printing press A control station for a printing press, includes at least one true color monitor for displaying at least one soft proof serving as a color reference for printed copies printed during the printing process, and at least one standard light source for at least partial i... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7818072 | Press control system and press simulator A press control system includes at least one sensor for registering current states of at least one component of a press and at least one regulating and control device for generating actuating signals for actuating the at least one component of the press. A press sim... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7796042 | Direct integration of RFID elements into folding boxes The aim of the invention is to simplify the attachment of RFID chips or RFID transponders to packagings. For this purpose, the RFID chips are produced as a single RFID label together with antenna elements that are functionally associated therewith. The chips or tran... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7707002 | Device and method for determining process status by tone value and color reproduction measurement The present invention concerns measures for the space-optimized determination of printing-related measured values. With the aid of a tone value and/or color gradient in a control patch and a suitable measuring device, it is possible to obtain, in a smaller amount of... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7654428 | Turner bar for rotary presses A turner bar for a rotary press for deflecting a substrate web in two web running directions is acted upon by pressurized air. The turner bar includes at least one inner tube and one outer tube, which have air discharge holes assigned to one another to produce an ai... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7614725 | Inkjet printing apparatus An inkjet printing apparatus includes an array of inkjet print heads, wherein each print head has at least one ink port for receiving ink, at least one nozzle for directing ink onto a substrate to be printed, and at least one control terminal for receiving a supply ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7591224 | Web-fed rotary press and method for operating it A web-fed press includes at least two printing units and at least one drier for drying at least one printing-material web which is moved through the at least two printing units and printed on at least one side with at least one offset printing ink at each of the pri... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7587304 | Printing press simulator A printing press simulator for a printing press includes a simulation unit, which simulates a printing process or the behavior of a printing press on the basis of input data specified for the simulation and generates output data for displaying the results. The simul... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7569007 | Method for controlling or regulating a folder of a printing press A method for controlling or regulating a folder of a printing press in which at least one fold control mark is printed onto a printed copy or a printing material of the printed copy. The at least one printed fold control mark is measured and at least one fold actual... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7568428 | Press cylinder and method for compensating thermally induced deformation of a press cylinder A method for compensating for a thermally induced deformation of press cylinders which occurs during a printing operation in a well-defined circumferential area of the radially outer surface of the cylinder includes controlling the temperature of a well-defined circ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7568427 | Ink transfer device for a printing press An ink transfer device which can be clamped on a rubber covered cylinder in a printing press includes a rubber blanket for transferring ink from a printing forme to a printing material, the blanket having a leading end and a trailing end which are separated by a non... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7568426 | Printing unit and inking unit A printing unit includes a press unit having a forme cylinder, a transfer cylinder, an inking unit and, preferably, a damping unit. The inking unit of each press unit applies printing ink to a forme cylinder of the respective press unit in such a way that a ductor r... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7559279 | Method and device for regulating the crop mark for a roller printing machine with multi-web operation In order to control the cut register in multi-web operation in a web-fed press and to control the web tension in a web section, image information or measuring marks from printed webs and web tensions in different web sections are registered by sensors and supplied t... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7497163 | Printing unit of a printing press and method for carrying out a printing-plate change on a forme cylinder of a printing unit A printing unit of a printing press includes a form cylinder and a transfer cylinder and an inking unit. A drive rotates the form cylinder to a position for effecting a printing plate change on the form cylinder in response to an actuating signal from a regulating a... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7496426 | Method for controlling the cut register in a web-fed rotary press A method for controlling the cut register in a web-fed rotary press, includes registering an actual value measurement of a position of cut register marks on a printed material web by measuring positions of printing cut register marks on the printed material web, usi... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7481165 | Method for controlling inking in an offset press In a method for controlling the inking in at least one inking unit of an offset press, namely for controlling the zonal inking that can be adjusted by inking zone actuating elements of the respective inking unit, measurement regions are measured for this purpose and... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7481163 | Method for controlling the cut register in a web-fed rotary press In a method for controlling the cut register in a web-fed rotary press, in which the position of the cut in at least one printing material web is set by adjusting the rotational speed of at least one pull unit conveying the printing material web, the rotational spee... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7448326 | Apparatus for transporting printing-paper rolls Apparatus for transporting printing paper rolls includes a frame for accommodating a printing paper roll, and a moving mechanism having a plurality of running wheels mounted on the frame and supporting the frame on a floor. The wheels can be aligned for travel in a ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7437273 | Method for monitoring and analysing the printing process of a press A method for monitoring and analysing the printing process of a press includes both measured data which reproduce or influence the quality of the printed product and measured data which reproduce the state and consumption of the press or its parts are acquired. To m... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7411164 | Device for inductive injection of thermal energy into a printing form for fixing an image An image fixing device inductively injects thermal energy into a rotating printing form of a press for fixing an image formed on the rotating printing form by means of a digital imaging system. The fixing device has at least one inductor with at least one induction ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401553 | Printing plate cartridge for a press and press A printing plate cartridge for a press including a housing having an old printing compartment for holding a printing plate to be removed during a printing plate change and a new printing plate compartment for holding a printing plate to be mounted on a form cylinder... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7393316 | Longitudinal folding apparatus A longitudinal folding apparatus for webs on a folder of a rotary press includes a variable-position folding former arranged behind a former roll and ahead of folding rolls in the web running direction, it being possible to adjust the folding former approximately in... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393314 | Folding former for a press A folding former of a folder for a web-fed newspaper press has a former nose and a pivot point or pivot axis, the folding former being pivotable about the pivot point or the pivot axis. A former inclination angle is changed by pivoting the folding former to horizont... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7370578 | Inking or dampening unit including adjustable throw-on force for setting imprint width An inking or dampening unit includes an applicator roll mounted on levers so that the application roll can be pivoted about a distributor cylinder onto a form cylinder with a controlled throwing-on force. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7350464 | Modular printing unit In order to provide a printing unit (1; 50) of modular design with the lowest possible expenditure on construction and high flexibility, the printing unit (1; 50) of modular design for printing webs (29) has a stand (2; 2′; 54), which i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7305922 | Printing blanket having a rigid carrier plate A printing blanket comprising a rigid carrier plate on which an elastic layer is arranged is provided. The elastic covering layer has a surface that can be inked and by which a printing image can be transferred onto a printing material. An end of the carrier plate i... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7284483 | Self-contained independent inking unit for printing press An inking unit for printing units of rotary presses is independent of the printing unit and is configured as a self-contained unit. The linking unit can be removed from the printing unit and has a dedicated drive for a plurality of rolls, the drive being arranged on... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7243602 | Device for positioning further processing devices on printing machines An apparatus for positioning further or auxiliary processing devices, such as folders, cross cutting devices, sheet stackers or roll winding-up systems, on printing presses, includes a first positioning device which interacts with a further positioning device fixed ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240614 | Method for influencing lateral web spreading in a printing unit in a rotary printing press A method for influencing lateral web spreading in a printing unit in a rotary printing press, the printing unit having first and second transfer cylinders contacting each other along a contact zone for receiving a web to be printed on therebetween and undergoing a d... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228798 | Printing machine A web-fed printing machine is provided. The printing machine includes a plurality of printing units. A first work station precedes the printing units. A second work station follows the printing units. At least one lifting device is assigned to the printing units for... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224490 | Method of producing a printing plate on a cylindrical printing-plate carrier in a rotary printing press A method of producing a printing plate on a cylindrical printing-plate carrier includes subdividing the printing-plate carrier by computation in terms of its width and axial length into at least two circumferential subareas. Then an actual transfer characteristic cu... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220223 | Printing press having an apparatus for measuring a printed product A printing press having an apparatus for determining the product thickness of a folded product which is fed to folding rolls for making a fold known as the third fold. The apparatus has measuring heads that are arranged on both sides of a folding roll bearing levers... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204189 | Method and apparatus for controlling the web tensions and the cut register errors of a web-fed rotary press To control the cutting register of a web in a web-fed rotary press and to control the tension in a web section, in a manner decoupled from each another, at least one partial cutting register error is controlled at least one web tension is controlled. The press has c... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199387 | Apparatus and method for detecting a predetermined pattern on a moving printed product An apparatus and method for detecting a relatively narrow predetermined pattern, such as a trigger mark, on a moving printed product uses a plurality of sensor elements arranged linearly in an array and a switching apparatus for selecting a properly located subset o... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191703 | Web-fed press A web-fed press is provided. The web-fed press includes a reel carrier and a plurality of printing units arranged one after another for printing a printing material with a static printed image. The web-fed press includes a folder superstructure that is arranged afte... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185587 | Method and apparatus for controlling the web tensions and the cut register errors of a web-fed rotary press To control the cutting register of a web in a web-fed rotary press and to control the tension in a web section, in a manner decoupled from each another, at least one partial cutting register error is controlled at least one web tension is controlled. The press has c... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7172547 | Variable-circumference folder A variable-circumference folder includes a gathering cylinder fitted with pin systems for reliably holding products of different thickness fed to the gathering cylinder by an accelerating device without any adjustment effort. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159513 | Offset printing machine The invention relates to the drive of a printing machine. Cylinders and functional groups are to be driven with low technical expenditure. To this end, all form cylinders in a printing unit, for example, are driven respectively by separate electric motors and are no... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150224 | Rubber blanket plate for clamping onto a cylinder The rubber-blanket plate comprising a carrier plate (2) on which functional layers (3) are arranged. The functional layers (3) include a covering layer (4), a woven-fabric layer (5) and a compressible layer (6). At the two e... | 12/19/2006 |
