Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| 20100000426 | APPARATUS FOR PRINTING CHARACTERS ON A COMPUTER KEYBOARD AND METHOD THEREOF Apparatus and method for printing characters on a computer keyboard are provided. The apparatus includes a padding film disposed above a keyboard blank having a plurality of keys, the padding film including a plurality of different characters; and a printing press dispo... | 01/07/2010 |
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| 20090255422 | Apparatus for Printing Poultry Eggs Disclosed is a stamp head (1) for printing uneven surfaces, especially agricultural products such as poultry eggs, by means of screen printing. The stamp ink is stored in a tampon (5) within a stamp chamber (2) and is transferred to the egg surface ... | 10/15/2009 |
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| 20090056569 | PRINTING APPARATUS A printing apparatus including a pallet configured to receive a print substrate, a conveyer mechanism configured to convey the pallet, and a working device configured to conduct a processing operation for printing on the print substrate on the pallet. The printing appar... | 03/05/2009 |
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| 20080178753 | Platen retaining structure and recording unit A shaft portion 2a of a platen roller 2 is inserted into a notch 7 of a frame 3. An escaping direction from the notch 7 is regulated by a pawl 8. A thermal head 2 is brought into press contact with the platen rolle... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080105145 | COMPOSITE PRINTING PAD A pad for use in pad printing includes an inner core including a first set of physical characteristics. In addition, the pad includes an outer contact pad disposed on the inner core, the outer contact pad including an ink contact surface, the outer contact pad including... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080053320 | Pad printing of video targets for strain measurement The disclosure relates to pad printing of video targets on a specimen for tensile or similar testing by a video extensometer. The pad printer may include various improvements such as pneumatic pistons to vary the pad spacing; pad supports which vary their spacing betwee... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080053319 | Pad printing of video targets for strain measurement The disclosure relates to pad printing of video targets on a specimen for tensile or similar testing by a video extensometer. The pad printer may include various improvements such as pneumatic pistons to vary the pad spacing; pad supports which vary their spacing betwee... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20070251401 | Method and Device for Marking an Ophthalmic Lens A method for marking an ophthalmic lens according to predetermined patterns includes supplying a plate (1) provided with engravings (4), filling the engravings (4) with marking ink, applying a pad (7) to the engravings (4), applying th... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070204755 | Process and Apparatus for Providing Identity Marks on Security Documents An intaglio-printing press for printing security documents comprising a plate cylinder (4) with at least one engraved printing plate (6), an impression cylinder (3), a wiping device (10) and an inking system, (5, 7a-8d... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070181013 | INKING-PAD PRINTING SYSTEM A pad printing system includes a pad printing machine and an object positioning device. The object positioning device is a multiple positioning device by means of which an object support may be consecutively positioned at a print station each time.... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070157829 | Printing apparatus for liquid crystal display device and pattern forming method using the same A printing apparatus for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a patterning method using the same is disclosed. The printing apparatus includes a printing plate; a printing roller to roll on the printing plate and to print a pattern material onto a substrate; a coat... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070157830 | Printing device and printing method using the same A printing device and a printing method using the same is disclosed. An air pocket is formed in a cliché stage to prevent a cleaning solution from permeating into a space between the cliché stage and a cliché plate, thereby preventing a lower surface of the cliché p... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070144365 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING IDENTIFICATION MARKS A method of applying an identification mark to a surface of a workpiece by mixing a taggant with a pad printing ink in predetermined proportions and applying the pad printing ink with the taggant included to the surface of the workpiece. A method of applying an identifi... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070144364 | INKJET PAD PRINTER A pad printing system has an ink jet printing mechanism, a cliché device including an imaging surface, a pad assembly including a deformable pad, and an ink jet printing controller. The ink jet printing controller controls positioning of the ink jet printing mechanism ... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070062385 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ON TABLETS AND ETCHED PRINTING PLATE USED THEREIN Method for printing on a pharmaceutical tablet by etching a printing plate to form a pattern of etchings therein within an area corresponding to an outline of the tablet, varying the ink-retaining volumes of the etchings in a pre-determined manner and in a direction acr... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070017391 | Pad printer The invention relates to a pad printer comprising a rotary table (12), at least two printing blocks (16) that are located on the rotary table (12), a respective inking device (18) that is situated on each printing block (16) and can be... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20060230952 | System and method for pad printing A pad printing system includes at least one ink color for realizing an image on the surface of a material; at least one copper plate corresponding to the at least one ink color; and a silicon pad for printing the at least one ink color, after being applied to the corres... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060213380 | Displaceable tampon support of a tampon printing machine The invention relates to a pad printing machine comprising a transfer pad carrier (22) which is displaceable not only up and down in a first y-direction (24) but also forward and backward in an x-direction (38). The design of the invention allows us... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060207446 | Printing apparatus for making colored contact lenses The invention provides a printing station for producing colored contact lenses with high quality color images. The printing station of the invention comprises:
| 09/21/2006 |
| 20060075908 | Apparatus for printing objects of the tablet type, in particular medical tablets and process therefor Printing apparatus for printing relatively small light objects having a certain fragility and/or porosity, in particular of the tablet type, more particularly medical tablets (6), comprising a movable print head (25), a printing liquid tank (30), an... | 04/13/2006 |
| 20060065138 | Pad printing method for making colored contact lenses The invention provides a method for producing colored contact lenses with relatively high quality color images. The method of the invention comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a water based ink having a viscosity of greater than about 100 centipoise (cps) and comprisi... | 03/30/2006 |
| 20060042482 | Print stripper for ESD control A system may include a static dissipative device to secure a semiconductor component, and a printer to print indicia on the semiconductor component while the semiconductor component is secured with the static dissipative device. ... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060016548 | Manufacturing method of window blinds with patterns A manufacturing method for window blinds with patterns, comprises the following procedures: Manufacturing transfer film with patterns; Usage of a transfer printing machine that combines said transfer film and window blind vane base materials and then heat them to 100˜2... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20050183590 | ROTARY HEAD PAD PRINTER A rotary head pad printer includes a frame, a head mounted to the frame for rotational movement on the frame so as to define a plane and at least one pad assembly mounted to the head. The pad assembly reciprocates between an extended position and a retracted position. T... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050132909 | Method of printing golf balls with radiation curable ink The present invention relates to a method printing indicia that includes dynamically controlling viscosity within a sealed cup assembly that is used in pad printing radiation curable inks on game balls. The present invention further relates to a method of removing radia... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050028691 | Cliche unit, printing apparatus, and printing method using the same A printing apparatus of the present invention includes a mother cliché having a plurality of sub-clichés and where a groove for a printing pattern is formed at each of the sub-clichés, a substrate for obtaining panels that correspond to the plurality of sub-clichés,... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050011377 | Methods and systems for providing an image on an organic product Systems and methods for providing an image on an organic product to provide a communication to the recipient or otherwise individualize the organic product. The image is photo-etched into a photosensitive material of a printing plane or cliché by the use of a film posi... | 01/20/2005 |
