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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127672 | Method and device for controlling at least one rotating component of a printing press At least one rotating component of at least one printing unit is regulated to a target value for a temperature, representing the component temperature, by a temperature controller. At least one drive of an assembly of the printing machine is regulated or controlled,... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8069784 | Device in a printing unit of a printing machine A device for use in a printing unit of a printing machine, with that printing unit comprising at least one roller of an inking unit or of a dampening unit of the printing unit and with at least one traverse drive for generating an axial traversing stroke of the roll... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8037817 | Liquid coating machine with plate replacing work space A rotary screen printing press, which includes a rotary screen cylinder for coating ink on a sheet transported by transport means, and a plate or form replacing work space whose upper side is closed, with respect to which a transport direction of the sheet is restra... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7958821 | Printing unit of a printing machine, a method for use thereof and a printing machine with a plurality of modules A printing unit of a printing machine is supported by a pair of spaced side frames that are disposed opposite to each other. The printing unit includes at least one printing machine and at least one ink unit. The printing machine is formed by a plurality of printing... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7900559 | Mandrel locking unit for printing roller mandrels in a rotary printing machine A mandrel-locking unit for a rotary printing machine has a mandrel-mounting element that surrounds print roller mandrels in an inner bearing for mounting a mandrel-supporting surface and into which the mandrel-mounting element can be slid such that the mandrel-suppo... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7886664 | Printing unit comprising at least two side frame parts whose distance relative to each other can be modified in a horizontal direction A printing unit is comprised of at least two side frame parts whose distance, relative to each other, can be modified in a horizontal direction. Each printing unit receives at least one printing group or parts of a printing group. At least one of the side frame part... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886663 | Method and devices for reducing vibration Vibrations of a cylinder, which is a part of a web-processing machine, and particularly a printing machine, are dampened. A functional correlation is determined for a course of a force of a channel passage through a nip point defined by the cylinder and a second cyl... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7854198 | Direct drive A direct drive for a printing press with lateral register adjustment includes a rotor and a stator, and a connection for mechanically connecting the drive with a stationary support bearing, wherein the rotor is connectable with shaft of a printing press cylinder wit... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7762185 | Inboard cantilever cylinder support for printing presses A printing press having inboard cantilevered cylinder supports is disclosed. The press includes a frame with a drive side spaced from a non-drive side, and the press includes a cylinder defining an having an axis and having a drive end and a non-drive end. The drive... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7748317 | Automatic handling and transportation device for a printer housing The invention relates to an automatic handling and transportation device for a printer housing. The device comprises a basic mobile unit movable on a first route and at least one handling unit mounted on the basic mobile unit. The handling unit includes a support fo... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7703393 | Devices for adjusting contact pressure exerted on an adjacent rotating body by a roller in a roller strip and/or for arranging the roller on the rotational body and/or for disconnecting the cylinder from the rotating body Actuators are used to adjust a contact pressure exerted by a roller on an adjacent rotating body in a roller strip, or for arranging the roller on the rotating body or for separating the roller from the adjacent rotating body. The roller has ends that are mounted in... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7650837 | Printing machine having a rotation transmitter for introducing a liquid or gaseous medium A rotating element of a printing machine is connected to a rotation transmitter that is usable to introduce a liquid or a gaseous medium into the rotating element. The rotation transmitter includes a rotor that is rotatable with the rotating element, and a stator th... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7571677 | Printing unit having transfer cylinder with compressible layer A blanket is located on an outer surface of a roller, such as a printing unit roller. The blanket has an elastic and/or a compressive layer with a surface pressure that depends on the degree of the impression. The layer is selected so that a depending of the surface... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7549372 | Printing machine and printing machine system A printing machine is provided with a control panel for use in the printing machine's control. The control panel is located on one side of the printing machine which includes at least one printing unit which has at least one pair of cylinder. This at least one pair ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7543531 | Transport device for sleeve-shaped covers A transport device for sleeve-shaped covers for cylinders in printing units of a printing press includes a translation element and a number of carrier elements for sleeve-shaped covers. The carrier elements are received on the translation element. A movement of the ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7503257 | 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 ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7448321 | Drive devices and method for driving a processing machine A processing machine for webs includes second units which are driven independently of each other by drives. Signals for a lead axle position of a virtual lead axle are supplied to at least one signal line that connects the drives for these several units. The drives ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441501 | Printing units comprising bearing rings in a rotary press A printing group of a rotary printing press includes a counter-pressure cylinder that forms a printing location in a printing contact position in cooperation with a second cylinder. The second cylinder has a compressible surface. The two cylinders each are provided ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7406916 | Conservation of energy transfer during an emergency stop According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method for operating a multi-unit printing arrangement, including multiple individual motors is provided. The method comprises the steps of operating the multi-unit printing arrangement, stopping the m... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401554 | Method and apparatus for changing printing length on a printing press To modify an existing printing press from its original length/cut off to a different cut off, a sub-frame may be mounted on an existing frame of a printing press. The sub-frame permits the relocation of bearing supports for various printing cylinders, such as, for e... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398730 | Printing cylinder support unit, positioning element, printing cylinder provided with positioning element, printing machine provided with printing cylinder support unit, and its use The printing cylinder support unit for a printing machine according to the invention comprises a support frame, supporting means mounted on the support frame, and one of a plurality of positioning elements. The supporting means comprise displacement means and at lea... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392742 | Devices for supporting and adjusting a form cylinder in a printing group of a rotary printing press A forme cylinder is supported and adjusted in a printing group of a rotary printing press, which group includes a transfer cylinder and a counter-pressure cylinder, which two cylinders include interacting support elements. The forme cylinder does not include a suppo... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392741 | Supporting and releasably holding device for a printing cylinder hub A printing machine color assembly presenting a main or cliché-carrying cylinder (2) and an interlocking or screened cylinder (3), each carried at its hubs (2a, 2b; 3a, 3b) by first (4a | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389726 | Device for producing print images of varying lengths in offset printing A device for producing print images of varying lengths in offset printing, said device comprises replaceable, cylindrical format sections with differing cylinder diameters. Each format section includes a support shaft with which the format section forms a single uni... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383771 | Web-fed rotary printing unit A web-fed rotary printing unit having a plurality of printing mechanisms is provided. Each printing mechanism includes a form cylinder (1, 5, 16-18, 27-30), a transfer cylinder (2, 6, 3, 7, 12-15, 22-25) and a separate or co... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373881 | Fixtures for performing newspaper press cut-off reduction Systems and methods for modifying, altering, constructing, or retrofitting an existing newspaper press having a first cut-off length, to have a second cut-off length which is different from and generally less than the first. These systems and methods generally provi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370579 | Printing blanket assembly for a blanket cylinder and method for producing a printing blanket assembly A printing blanket assembly for a blanket cylinder of a rotary printing press includes a dimensionally stable support plate with a printing blanket secured to an outer surface of the support plate. A filler material is arranged on at least one end of the printing bl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370581 | Changing station for printing press sleeves A changing station for sleeves of a printing machine has a conveyable magazine with at least one take-up device for the sleeves. The magazine is both vertically and horizontally conveyable alongside the printing machine. The horizontal movement can be provided by a ... | 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 |
| 7350462 | Gap filling member for blanket cylinder A filling member for filling the concave portion of a blanket face which is generated along the opening portion of a groove of a blanket cylinder comprises a wedge-shaped limb portion and a head portion capable of filling the concave portion. The limb portion is ins... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347899 | Decorator temperature control system A decorator temperature control system includes a recirculation loop configured to recirculate a solution and a feeder line configured to receive the solution from the recirculation loop and deliver the solution to at least one ink roller on a decorator. A feed valv... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341550 | Roll, in particular middle roll of a calendar, and calendar Roll and calender including the roll that includes a roll jacket structured and arranged to surround an interior space. Roll also includes an absorber arrangement having at least one passive vibration absorber located within the interior space. The instant abstract ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331288 | Apparatus for pulling a sleeve on and off In order to make handling easier, an apparatus for pulling a sleeve onto and off a printing-press cylinder has a head piece (8) having a positioning device (13) for defining the position of the head piece (8) with respect to the cylinder (1 | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322289 | Printing tower operating unit and operator lifting device A printing tower includes at least two printing groups which can each be controlled independently of the other by the entry of data into an operating unit. The operating unit is configured independently of the printing groups and can selectively exchange data with d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7303521 | Folding apparatus of rotary press A folding apparatus of a rotary press which can select collect run or straight run comprises: a fixed pin cam 2 which performs operations of straight run and collect run; a correction pin cam 3 which stops in case of straight run, and protrudes/retract... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300055 | Image forming apparatus The object is to provide an image forming apparatus in which the copy sheet can be transferred with stable velocity and high accuracy even if there is variation in diameter due to machining tolerance. A pair of roller for feeding copy sheet pinching the sheet betwee... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293503 | Slide-in print unit for a variable format in offset printing A slide-in print unit for a variable format in offset printing includes a machine frame. A counter pressure cylinder, rubber blanket cylinder, and plate cylinder are positioned within the machine frame. A drive mechanism for the cylinders includes a joint drive for ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290488 | Apparatus and method for changing printing sleeves on a printing machine The invention provides an apparatus for the mounting and/or demounting of at least two printing sleeves outside a printing unit of a printing machine. The printing sleeves include an outer printing sleeve forming a printing surface and an inner printing sleeve provi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287472 | Printing unit with ink transfer roller and bearing blocks including support elements for ink chamber A printing unit of a printing machine has at least one ink transfer roller, and at least one bearing block movable relative to the printing unit frame, in which, in the printing position, one end of the ink transfer roller can be supported, and which releases that e... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286643 | X-ray tube target balancing features An x-ray assembly is provided comprising a target shaft and an x-ray target element mounted to the target shaft. A circumferential feature is formed in the x-ray target element. At least one weight element is adapted to be securable in a plurality of positions withi... | 10/23/2007 |
