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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183550 | Imaging an imprinted substrate on a printing press A method of imaging an imprinted substrate on a printing press is provided. The method comprises sensing light reflected by the substrate using a contact image sensor to produce data representative of the imprinted substrate. The substrate has been imprinted with di... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8083455 | Cover applier system A system for positioning a cover relative to a book block. The system comprises a drive unit to cause movement of at least one of the book block and the cover and a position sensor operable to detect at least one of a position of the book block and the cover. The po... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8039826 | Inspecting an imprinted substrate on a printing press A method of inspecting an imprinted substrate on a printing press comprises illuminating a portion of the substrate which has been imprinted with different colors at a plurality of printing units of the printing press. The method further comprises sensing light refl... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7969613 | Print control system with predictive image A print control system is provided. The print control system comprises an image capturing device configured to capture an image of at least a portion of a printed image on a printed product of a print device. The print control device further comprises a control syst... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7860278 | Measuring color on a moving substrate An image processing apparatus for use with a printed image on a moving substrate is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a first imaging device configured to process spatial data which indicates a position of color patches printed along an edge portion ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7732796 | Inspection system for inspecting an imprinted substrate on a printing press An inspection system for inspecting an imprinted substrate on a printing press has a light source, a contact image sensor, and a processor. The light source is configured to illuminate a portion of the substrate which has been imprinted with different colors at a pl... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7652792 | Virtual ink desk and method of using same A printing machine includes a high-speed print device configured to receive a print media and discharge a printed product that includes a printed image. An image capturing device is positioned adjacent the print device and is configured to capture an image of the pr... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7627141 | System and method for measuring color on a printing press An image processing apparatus and method for measuring spatial and spectral information from an image of a printed substrate. The image processing apparatus processes the spatial and spectral information from the same acquired image using first and second processors... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7423280 | Web inspection module including contact image sensors A web inspection module is described for scanning an imprinted web in a printing press. The web inspection module includes a light source for illuminating a portion of the web, a contact image sensor having a plurality of sensing elements, and a processor for receiv... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7253929 | Camera assembly for a printing press A camera assembly for use in scanning a paper substrate of a printing press including a housing, a camera mounted within the housing, a light source, and at least one mirror. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7121201 | Printing press folder with air knife The folder of a printing press includes an air knife assembly to reduce damage to signatures as they travel through the folder and to guide signatures through the folder. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119820 | Scanning heads A scanning head for use in a register mark detection apparatus for detecting register marks on a web during relative movement between the web and the scanning head. The scanning head comprises an optical sensor and a first optical mask spaced from the optical sensor... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7048111 | Hopper loader apparatus and method A hopper loader apparatus and method for delivering signatures to a binding line, the hopper loader including a first conveyor having a horizontal entry portion and an arched exit portion. During operation of the hopper, the signatures are loaded onto the horizontal... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044902 | Printing press folder and folder components A folder operable to cut a printed web received from a printing press. The folder includes a cutting section having cutting cylinders that cut the web into individual printed products, and a cutting motor that is operable to drive the cutting cylinders. A delivery a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032508 | Printing press An apparatus and method is described wherein a printing press is profiled during production press runs and wherein ink color is controlled. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017492 | Coordinating the functioning of a color control system and a defect detection system for a printing press A method of coordinating the utilization of a color control system and a defect detection system on a printing press includes acquiring image data and processing the data by a comparison to template image data and the generation of color error data and print defect ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013803 | Color registration control system for a printing press A color registration control system for a printing press including an area scanner for acquiring an image of a paper substrate and an image processing system adapted to receive the image and process the image to determine any color register error. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6866135 | Conveyor waste gate The invention recites a gate that is selectively operable to pass a stream of printed products to one of a first path and a second path. The waste gate includes a frame and a first roller member supported by the frame for rotation about a first axis. The first axis ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6867423 | Method and apparatus for visually inspecting a substrate on a printing press The present invention relates generally to the field of printing presses, and specifically to a method and apparatus for visually inspecting a web moving on a printing press using a CMOS based image recording device and preferably a LED light source. ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6796240 | Printing press register control using colorpatch targets By inclusion of a register target within a colorpatch, a colorbar is used for controlling color register as well as controlling color density on a printing press. ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6572097 | Apparatus for slowing down and guiding a signature and method for doing the same A signature slow-down section in a folder of a printing press for slowing down signatures is provided. The folder is driven by a folder drive mechanism and the signature slow-down section includes a frame, a slow-down mechanism supported by the frame, and... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6572098 | Sheet diverter for collating signatures and a method thereof Provided is a sheet diverter for directing signatures moving in serial fashion along a diverter path to one of a plurality of collation paths. The sheet diverter includes a pair of diverter rolls for directing a signature to one of the plurality of collat... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6464218 | Delivery apparatus for a printing press An improved delivery section of a folder of a printing press in which the bucket assemblies and side guides are adjustable to accommodate varying widths of signatures.... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6427999 | Signature hopper loader apparatus and method A signature hopper loader apparatus and method for delivering signatures in a shingled stream to the hopper.... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6419219 | Signature delivery apparatus including two rotating buckets A delivery apparatus for sorting a single stream of signatures into two or more streams, the apparatus includes two counter-rotating bucket assemblies. Each bucket assembly includes a plurality of buckets spaced from one another along a common axis. The r... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6394445 | Apparatus for slowing down and guiding a signature and method for doing the same An apparatus for decelerating signatures moving in tandem fashion through sheet processing equipment is provided. A pair of counter-rotating cams lying in general face-to-face relation along a travel path of the signatures reach into the travel path of th... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6377247 | Touch screen system for simulating web-up of a press line A method for simulating one of a plurality of web-up configurations for a press line in order to provide web length information associated with the selected web-up configuration (32) to a product tracking system (16). The method includes providing a drawi... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6354591 | Printed product slow down apparatus and method A printed product slow down apparatus and method for slowing down printed products, the apparatus and method utilizing a slow down member to absorb the kinetic energy of the printed product thus slowing down the printed product.... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6318260 | Ink key control in a printing press including lateral ink spread, ink saturation, and back-flow compensation A method is disclosed for determining ink key control settings for a plurality of ink keys in a printing press. Each of the ink keys controls the amount of ink supplied to a roller and then to a respective ink key zone on a substrate to print an image. A ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6302392 | Sheet diverter for collating signatures and a method thereof Provided is a sheet diverter for directing signatures moving in serial fashion along a diverter path to one of a plurality of collation paths. The sheet diverter includes a pair of diverter rolls for directing a signature to one of the plurality of collat... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6254093 | Sheet diverter wedge including air discharge ports A diverter wedge for a pinless folder is adapted for cooperative association with a diverter guide mechanism operating to direct the lateral disposition of the leading edge of a signature relative to the wedge to one of a plurality of collation paths. The... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6247692 | Signature delivery apparatus including two rotating buckets A delivery apparatus for sorting a single stream of signatures into two or more streams, the apparatus includes two counter-rotating bucket assemblies. Each bucket assembly includes a plurality of buckets spaced from one another along a common axis. The r... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6244593 | Sheet diverter with non-uniform drive for signature collation and method thereof Provided is a sheet diverter for directing signatures moving in serial fashion along a path to one of a plurality of collation paths. The sheet diverter includes a non-uniform angular velocity drive mechanism, the function of which is to improve the colla... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6231044 | Delivery apparatus for a printing press An improved delivery section of a folder of a printing press in which the bucket assemblies and side guides are adjustable to accommodate varying widths of signatures.... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6199860 | Motor driven delivery buckets A folder of a printing press wherein the bucket assemblies are mounted on shafts cantilevered from the folder frame, and wherein each shaft is rotatably driven and positionally controlled by a motor that is mechanically independent of the folder drive mec... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6142078 | Adaptive color control system and method for regulating ink utilizing a gain parameter and sensitivity adapter An adaptive control system is intended for use in conjunction with a printing press to control the setting of an ink control device that regulates the amount of ink applied to a substrate. The control system includes a controller for calculating a new set... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6131903 | Signature stripping mechanism An adjustable signature stripping mechanism for stripping signatures from a rotating bucket assembly in a folder of a printing press. The mechanism includes a stripper shaft having a mounting portion and a pivot axis and a plurality of strippers mounted o... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6129015 | Method and apparatus for registering color in a printing press A method and apparatus for determining color registration in a multi-color printing press having a plurality of printing stations. A process black registration mark is formed in an identified area by positioning a plurality of color registration marks on ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6044620 | Drive-through strapping machine and method for securing a load A drive-through strapping machine for use in securing materials together on a pallet and for securing stacked pallets together and a method for securing materials together for shipment or storage and for delivering those materials to a location. The drive... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6019047 | Gripper conveyor with preliminary ink jet An apparatus for providing printed products to a gatherer, including a product supplier for feeding printed products, a product separator positioned to receive printed products from the product supplier and to separate the printed products into a separate... | 02/01/2000 |
