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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331285 | Squeegee unit for a rotary screen-printing device A squeegee unit for a rotary screen-printing device comprises a squeegee (2) with a squeegee edge (3) which is designed, during operation of a rotary screen-printing device in which the squeegee unit is mounted, to be pressed onto the inner side of a c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7287471 | Ink reservoir doctor blade A color chamber doctor blade has two doctor blade knives oriented in a roof-like fashion against a roller, from which the two doctor blade knives can be fixed on a doctor blade chamber body by means of a clamping plate. The clamping plate is in active connection wit... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7240393 | Automatic clean device An automatic clean device includes a base body, a transmission element, a cleaning element and an elastic member. Wherein the transmission element and the cleaning element are disposed on the base body, the elastic member has an end connected to the cleaning element... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7210405 | Printer ink supply system with viscosity control An ink supply system is used with a printer of the type in which ink is deposited in an engraved receiving region on a cliché plate and is scraped from the plate leaving ink in the receiving region. The ink supply system includes an ink cup having a hollow interior... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7114437 | Method and apparatus for shifting a doctor blade A method for shifting a doctor blade in its longitudinal direction, the doctor blade being set against a cylinder of a printing machine, wherein the shift movement of the doctor blade is such that, for most of the time of the print operation, the shift velocity of t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116547 | Use of pad printing in the manufacture of capacitors Deposition of a metal-containing reagent solution or suspension onto a conductive substrate by various pad-printing techniques is described. This results in a pseudocapacitive oxide coating, nitride coating, carbon nitride coating, or carbide coating having an accep... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104434 | Screen printing squeegee for applying solder paste Apparatus and methods for applying solder paste to circuits, such as integrated circuits, are disclosed. The apparatus and methods comprise a squeegee blade having a pair of elongated face sides spaced apart by a selected thickness and a corresponding pair of elonga... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7069850 | Stencil printing machine A stencil printing machine, which includes: a drum which is freely rotatable and has an outer peripheral wall formed of an ink impermeable member, in which a stencil sheet is mounted on a surface of the outer peripheral wall; an ink supplying device for supplying, t... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7033459 | Arrangement for doctoring a belt or a soft roll surfacing in a paper or board machine An arrangement for doctoring a belt or a soft roll surfacing in a paper or board machine includes a doctor set in connection with a surface with a doctor blade fitted in it for doctoring the surface. The doctor blade is at least partly of a material, the hardness of... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032511 | Fountain ink feed system An ink fountain assembly for use in duplicating machines, such as rotary lithographic machines. The assembly comprises a fountain trough defined by an elongated blade and an ink fountain roller defining a gap therebetween. A proximal edge of the blade is rigidly ret... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018672 | Circuit board producing method and circuit board producing device A method of manufacturing multi-layer circuit board comprising: a hole forming step for forming through-holes or blind-holes in a plate-form or sheet-form board material, and a filling step for filling a paste into through-holes or blind-holes formed in the hole for... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6918337 | Tamp pad Tamp printing of at least one picture (4) occurs by means of at least one tamp pad (1, 18, 24, 34) on a piece (3), which has boundary surfaces (5, 13) forming angles relative to each other, the tamp pad first printing in one direction ( | 07/19/2005 |
| 6874419 | Providing customized text and imagery on organic products The present invention features various systems and methods for providing an image on an organic product to provide a communication to the recipient or otherwise individualize the organic product. Notably, the present invention features an organic product printing sy... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6866715 | Gravure method and apparatus for coating a liquid reactive to the atmosphere A method and apparatus is disclosed for gravure coating a liquid reactive with the atmosphere onto a web. The gravure apparatus comprises an engraved gravure cylinder, an impression roller backing the web and pressing it onto the gravure cylinder to form a nip, a cu... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6796231 | Shield for doctor blade holder For use with an ink chamber housing of a printing machine, a combination includes a doctor blade adapted to be secured to the ink chamber housing so as to extend outwardly therefrom, the doctor blade including a doctoring plate having a rear portion to be secured to... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6792855 | Flexographic machine A flexographic machine comprising at least one inking unit that has lateral supporting means for a doctor body that forms at least partially an inking chamber and supports at least one first doctor blade and at least one second doctor blade; the inking unit further ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6790280 | Cradle A cradle for a spreading device, such as a rotatable rod, to which a spreading organ to be pressed against a movable surface has been attached. The cradle is fastened to a holder, and a gasket is provided between the cradle and the holder (9). ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6758904 | Backing lath for a doctor device A backing lath (6, 14) used for coating a web of paper or paperboard in doctor blade and rod coaters and film-transfer coaters, the backing lath featuring a fiber-reinforced composite material body. When necessary, the backing lath can be surfaced with a wear... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6752077 | Printing press with a doctor blade device A printing press with a doctor blade device (24), which has a doctor blade (26), which can be placed against a cylinder (10), wherein the doctor blade (26) is caused to oscillate with a frequency of at least 1 Hz by an oscillator (38 | 06/22/2004 |
| 6739247 | Printing device for rotogravure printing machines A printing device (1) is disclosed for rotogravure printing machines comprising: a printing cylinder (3) with notches (50) for printing liquid, a rubber roller (4) for pushing paper web supports (2) against the cylinder (3) ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6739248 | Seal for chambered doctor blade A seal for a chambered doctor blade (10) of a printing machine, in the form of a rubber-elastic body, which is inserted at the end of the chambered doctor blade in a seal holder (18) and, with an obliquely applied lip (24), lies against the peri... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6681692 | Self-adjusting blade A self-adjusting blade for engagement with a moving work surface, comprising a steel strip elongated in a first direction between first and second sides, said strip having an edge section along said first side for contact with said work surface, and said ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6672207 | Seal for chambered doctor blade A seal for a chambered doctor blade (10) of a printing machine, in the form of a rubber-elastic body, which is inserted at the end of the chambered doctor blade in a seal holder (18) and lies against the periphery of a roller (12) against which the chambe... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6637330 | Doctor blade system A doctor blade system with clamping device is provided for clamping a doctor blade, for example, in a doctor blade chamber without using screws and without having to use tools. A clamping mechanism, preferably pneumatic, counteracts the clamping by actuat... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6626100 | Apparatus and method for a generic ink cup A universal ink cup for a pad printing machine. The universal ink cup includes a first cup having walls defining a reservoir for holding liquid. An engageable coupling is removably coupled to the first cup, for affixing the ink cup to the pad printing mac... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6584898 | Pad-printing ink cup The invention concerns a pad-printing ink cup fitted with at least one magnet (10). The minimum of one magnet (10) may be positioned at different heights relative to the plane of the doctor edge (22), the magnetic force effective in the said plane dependi... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6550386 | Ink supply device The present invention relates to an ink supply device and an ink key thereof and makes it possible to stabilize the action of the ink key and to save labor in cleaning of the ink key by preventing the ink from getting into a gap between the neighboring in... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6546861 | Printing press scraping blade A printing press ink scraping blade is disclosed. The ink scraping blade is of a unitary construction and includes a working end as well as a mounting end. The working end is preferably substantially thicker than the mounting end to provide substantially ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6526884 | Detachable inking device for a flexographic printing machine, its embodiment, cleaning and use in such a machine A detachable inking device for a flexographic printing machine, a manipulating device for removing and replacing the inking device, a cleaning device, and a repair station for refurbishing the inking device. The inking device itself is a chambered doctor ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523469 | Device for metering and equalizing an ink layer on the surface of a printing machine roller A device for metering and equalizing an ink layer on the surface of a printing machine roller, in particular on the surface of an ink applicator roller in the inking unit of a printing machine, the surface being additionally wetted with dampening medium. ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6447646 | Doctor assembly in a paper machine with a jointed bearing The invention relates to a doctor assembly in a paper machine, which is intended to clean, e.g., a roll, and which includes a surface against which a doctor blade is set, a blade support for supporting the doctor blade, a frame, a jointed bearing assembly... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6431066 | Doctor blade A doctor blade for direct contact with a ceramic roll surface. The doctor blade includes a strip of metallic carrier material, which, along one edge section is provided with a ceramic coating. The ceramic coating on the blade has a hardness ranging from a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6418844 | Inking unit for a printing machine An inking unit for a printing machine, having a metering system for printing ink, and equipment for conveying ink on a conveyor path between the metering system and a plate cylinder of a printing machine, includes a vacuum chamber for evaporating a dampen... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6405649 | Ink fountain blade for a printing machine The side wall (5) for an ink fountain of a printing machine has two plates (11, 14) fixed some distance apart and an intermediate plate (13) having a front edge (13a) in the shape of an arc of a circle. This intermediate plate (3) is mounted between the p... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6361655 | Beam structure in a pulp machine/paper machine/board machine or in a paper/board finishing device A beam structure (10) made of a composite for a pulp machine/paper machine/board machine or for a paper/board finishing device. The beam (10, 10a1, 10a2) is formed of a first curved part (12) and of a second straight part (13) joined... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6360660 | Doctor blade systems Doctor blade systems for rotary press ink stations, which include a print cylinder and an ink supplier on a side of the print cylinder to deliver ink to the surface of the print cylinder, have an elongated blade holder extending parallel to the cylinder o... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6305282 | Doctor blade for wiping away excess printing ink from the surface of a printing form A doctor blade for wiping excess printing ink off the surface of a printing form (10) has a front section in the form of a leaf (3) which interacts with the surface of the printing form (10). In order to avoid wear or damage to the printing form surface a... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6286426 | Doctor blades A doctor blade assembly having a flexible doctor blade holder consisting of a wider flexible carrier plate by means of which the assembly is mounted, a narrower flexible presser plate and a flexible wedge member held together with a plurality of ties. A r... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6272984 | Squeegee for screen printing and screen printing method A squeegee for use in screen printing, including a flexible portion, and one separation or two separations extending from a contact edge of the flexible portion for contact with a screen, toward a base portion of the squeegee, thereby at least partly sepa... | 08/14/2001 |
