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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117962 | Equipment for preparing dampening solutions for offset printing An installation for preparing dampening solutions for offset printing with a device (10, 62, 72) for preparing a dampening solution and a device (40, 60, 70 for feeding one or more basic liquid materials (42) for preparing the dampening solution... | 02/21/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8001889 | Procedure and device for preventing contamination of the nozzles of a spray dampening unit The invention involves a printing press comprising a spray dampening unit 2 having a spray nozzle cleaning device 3, a spray dampening unit 2 having a spray nozzle cleaning device 3 and a spray nozzle bar 22 having a spray nozzle c... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7861651 | Method and device for keeping a number of spray nozzles in a printing press beam clean In order to keep a spray nozzle (3) in a printing press spray beam (1) clean, air with a certain overpressure is supplied to a cover (5; 13; 24) surrounding the spray nozzle (3), the spray cone from the spray nozzle leaving the cover undi... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7607389 | Apparatus and method for applying a damping solution onto a form cylinder of a press unit A printing unit having a press unit is disclosed. Damping solution is applied to a form cylinder by way of direct damping-solution supply via a damping unit in such a way that a damping-solution applicator roll which is set away from an ink distributor roll and is d... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7387067 | Method for adjusting a spray dampener A medium, typically a fluid, is supplied at a level of a rotatable body and is dispensed by a dispenser, such as a spray dispenser. The spray dispenser includes at least one spraying nozzle which applies a dampening agent to the roller. A spraying frequency of the s... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380500 | Process for the offset printing of patterns via the fountain medium A process for the offset printing of a receiving medium with a functional pattern comprising in any order the steps of: applying a printing ink to a printing plate and wetting the printing plate with an aqueous fountain medium containing a solution or a dispersion c... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7318378 | Temperature control method and printing machine In a method for controlling the temperature of a first printing unit by way of a temperature control medium, the temperature control medium used is a dampening solution from a second printing unit. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314547 | Fountain solution recycling system for commercial printers A method of and apparatus for extending the life of fountain solutions used in commercial printing presses comprises withdrawing fountain solution from the dampener recirculation system of a printing press and directing the withdrawn fountain solution through a sedi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7291277 | Method and device for cleaning the fountain solution of a printing press A method for cleaning the fountain solution of a printing press with an automatically emptying separator (16), separates the dirt particles and oil residues from fountain solution and supplies them, as a mixture of dirt and fountain solution, to a dirt and fo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7237481 | Dampening systems having a dampening agent feeding and return device A dampening system has at least one dampening ductor or roller; a dampening agent bin or trough, which holds a dampening agent, a feeding device, and a return device. The feeding device includes at least one dampening agent distributing pipe that has a number of spa... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7159512 | Printing unit and a rotary roller printing press The invention relates to a printing unit, comprising at least two pairs of two cylinders each, namely a transfer cylinder and an associated forming cylinder, whereby the transfer and forming cylinders are each embodied with a width sufficient for printing six newspa... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156018 | Printing couple in a printing machine with a pivotable transfer cylinder A printing couple in a printing machine is comprised of at least three cylinders, a forme cylinder, a transfer cylinder and a counter-pressure cylinder. The counter-pressure cylinder forms a printing location or point in cooperation with the transfer cylinder. The t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140295 | Printing group including cylinders supported for movement A printing group of a printing machine is comprised of a pair of cylinders each having a circumference that corresponds essentially to a length of a section of a side to be printed. The effective generated surface of at least one of the cylinders comprises, at the m... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7127989 | Printing material processing machine, in particular printing press A printing material processing machine has an oscillating roll with a roll shaft, a roll barrel rotatably and translatorily mounted on the roll shaft, and an oscillating mechanism for moving the roll barrel to and fro along the roll shaft. The oscillating roll is mo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127990 | Roll for a printing press and process for manufacturing a roll A roll for a printing press has at least two circular partial areas (25, 33) made of an ink-friendly material and at least one circular partial area (23, 34) made of an ink-repellent material, which is arranged between the at least two circular partial... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121204 | Method of lithographic printing without dampening liquid A method of printing is disclosed which comprises the steps of (i) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and a heat- or light-sensitive coating; (ii) image-wise exposure of the coating to heat or light;... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117788 | Spray device A spray device for a printing press includes a liquid inlet orifice for receiving a liquid, a gas inlet orifice for receiving a gas disposed downstream from the liquid inlet orifice, and an exit orifice disposed at a distance from a surface of the printing press. In... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7112282 | Fountain solution recycling system for commercial printers A method of and apparatus for extending the life of fountain solutions used in commercial printing presses comprises withdrawing fountain solution from the dampener recirculation system of a printing press and directing the withdrawn fountain solution through a sedi... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7093539 | Printing machine A printing machine includes a printing form cylinder, a first roller, a second roller, a third roller, a fourth roller, and a dampener roller. The machine has a defined roller control position, wherein the first roller engages with the dampener roller, the third rol... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087159 | Fountain solution recycling system for commercial printers A method of and apparatus for extending the life of fountain solutions used in commercial printing presses comprises withdrawing fountain solution from the dampener recirculation system of a printing press and directing the withdrawn fountain solution through a sedi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7066087 | Dampening water feeding method and printing machine Densities of detecting patches also called control scales printed on prints in a first print job are used to control the feed rate of dampening water in a second print job following the first print job. Specifically, densities of detecting patches on the prints obta... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055433 | Method of operation of a printing unit and printing unit for offset machine There is disclosed a printing unit (1) for use in an offset machine. The printing unit allows a broader use of offset machines (1). This is achieved in that the lacquer application means and the water application means comprise a unit (28) consi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7024997 | Printing method employing planographic printing plate material Disclosed is a printing method employing a planographic printing plate material capable of being developed on a printing press, the method comprising the step of imagewise exposing a planographic printing plate material comprising a support, and provided thereon, an... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017481 | Method of operating a press and printing press A method of operating a press that has a damping unit which contains a damping unit roller is performed during a printing interruption. During the printing interruption, the damping unit roller is supplied discontinuously with damping solution replenishment and, as ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6999200 | Method of and device for managing print colors, and image data processing device A plate-recording and printing system is provided with a printing plate recording device for recording an image on a printing plate based upon binary image data formed in an image data processing device, a printing press for carrying out a printing operation by usin... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6971946 | Manufacturing method of roller of film or tape handling machine A lot of concave portions and convex portions are formed on a circumferential face of base metal cylinder or roller. Summits of the convex positions are ground and removed or erased. The base metal cylinder or roller is plated and coated to harden the circumferentia... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971310 | Method of operation of a printing unit and printing unit for offset machine There is described a printing unit (1) for use in an offset machine. The printing unit enables wider application of offset machines (1). This is achieved by the coating means and the water application means comprising a unit (28) consisting of a... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971309 | Web-fed rotary press In order to create preconditions, in a web-fed rotary press, for good format variability of the printed products and economic utilization of the printing material, at least two printed pages of different heights are arranged in the circumferential direction on a for... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971312 | Doctor blade device A doctor blade device for the removal of dampening medium from a soft surface of an ink applicator roller in the inking unit of a printing machine, having at least one doctor blade placed against the surface of the roller and having an edge radius in the range of 2 ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968317 | Method and apparatus for new accounts program A method for opening an on-line brokerage account includes the steps of opening an on-line brokerage account for a user based on account information received from the user, the on-line brokerage account having one or more restrictions, generating an application base... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957607 | Device and method for cleaning a surface of a rotating cylinder, such as a plate cylinder of a printing press or other The device comprises a suction chamber (41) having a mouth facing toward the cylinder and a nozzle (44) which is associated with the suction chamber and by which a jet of a cleaning liquid is generated. At least a first drying chamber (45, 47) i... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6928924 | Spray-type dampening water supply apparatus A spray-type dampening water supply apparatus having a spray whose nozzles are protected against adhesion of any foreign matter to the nozzle surfaces and in which at least orifices of the nozzles can be easily cleaned out. Each nozzle of the spray has a guide surfa... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6920824 | Printing group of a rotary printing press A printing group of a rotary printing press includes at least one forme cylinder and at least one transfer cylinder. The forme cylinder has at least two printing forme end receiving channels. These two channels are spaced circumferentially. At least one of these for... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918339 | Method of controlling a feed rate of dampening water in an offset press First, densities are measured of a set of detecting patches having an equal number of lines and different area ratios between a printing area and a non-printing area, a set of detecting patches having an equal area ratio between a printing area and a non-printing ar... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915742 | Blanket washing method and blanket washing solution removing method for use in web offset printing press A blanket cylinder washing method for use in a web offset printing press. A blanket cylinder is rotated independently of running of a web, with the blanket cylinder thrown off, preferably, the blanket cylinder is rotated at a speed V1 higher than a runnin... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6914581 | Focused wave antenna Disclosed herein is an antenna that is integrally encompassed within a three-dimensional shaped substance that has a permittivity or permeability constant greater than one. Such an encompassed antenna results in the production of radiated energy at a particular freq... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908558 | Fountain solution recycling system for commercial printers A method of and apparatus for extending the life of fountain solutions used in commercial printing presses comprises withdrawing fountain solution from the dampener recirculation system of a printing press and directing the withdrawn fountain solution through a sedi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901853 | Spray damping unit The invention relates to a spray damping unit for printing machines, with a spray housing attached to a machine frame which extends parallel to and along the roller to be dampened, and a spray bar carrying spray valves, which is adjustably attached on the spray hous... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6832550 | Ink and dampening solution determination in offset printing An optical instrument for determining properties of the imaging and non-imaging areas of offset printing plates is disclosed. A laser light source (30) directs a laser beam (35) at the surface layer (50) of an offset printing plate (60). ... | 12/21/2004 |
