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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7752965 | Printing press inking systems A series of pumps for precise metering of ink to all zones of a web press. One set of the ink pumps is operated by a set of motors, one motor for every two zones. The motors are reversible, preferably with a toothed belt driving each pump. The other units include on... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7621217 | Modified printing press An inking system for an offset printing press having a stationary portion and a movable portion that is movable toward and away from a roller. A plurality of hinge pins form a pivot axis between the stationary and movable portions. Each of the hinge pins having at l... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7600472 | Pump control mechanism, printer using the same and pump control method A pump control mechanism includes a pump unit for feeding liquid to container, a position detector for detecting the position in the reciprocating motion of the pump member, a control table having control information of many time zone sections, an information memory... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7555982 | Method and device for supplying printing ink to and carrying it off from a doctor blade device of the inking system of a rotary printing press and/or for cleaning the doctor blade device A process and a device supply printing ink to and remove link from a doctor blade device of the inking system of a rotary printing press. The device has a doctor blade support provided with a linearly extending groove and with doctor blades that are contacted with a... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7337720 | Doctor blade design for metering ink transfer to anilox cells A dual-doctor blade assembly that can accurately meter ink delivery to the anilox cells on the anilox roll of a flexographic printing system. The system utilizes a retractable dual-blade configuration in conjunction with an ink chamber and a gap between the lower do... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331664 | Ink delivery system and a method for replacing ink An ink delivery system having a fluid supply and a printhead assembly, separate from and in fluid communication with the fluid supply. A primary flow path is configured to facilitate the delivery of fluid from the fluid supply to the printhead assembly, and a return... | 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 |
| 7234396 | Ink applicator having movable bar and blade for opening and closing ink gap An ink applicator has at least one generally stationary mounting part, a fixed elongated bar fixedly mounted on the mounting part and carrying an elongated applicator blade, and a movable elongated bar mounted on the mounting part, extending parallel to the fixed ba... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223079 | Quick loading peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump for transporting a fluid within a flexible tube having a first end, a middle portion, and a second end. The peristaltic pump may include a roller assembly positioned for rotation, a first door positioned adjacent to the roller assembly and pivotab... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7182449 | Inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording apparatus has an ink discharge head that discharges droplets of ink supplied from an ink tank via an ink supply channel. The apparatus includes a filter unit including a filter which removes foreign matters, the filter unit being arranged in the ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182444 | Ink jet recording apparatus The ink jet recording device includes an ink jet recording head and an ink circulation system. The ink circulation system has an ink tank, an ink feeding unit, an ink supplying system and an ink recovery system. The ink feeding unit is provided in the ink tank, and ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171899 | Integrated ink rail assembly for a printing press An integrated ink rail assembly includes at least one page pack mounted directly to a manifold, an ink rail mounted to the manifold, and an orifice rail mounted to the ink rail. An ink source is connected to the page pack. The page pack, manifold, ink rail, and orif... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171900 | Variable format offset printing machine A printing press includes a frame that supports one or more printing units. Each printing unit includes a retractable inker module cantileverly supported by the frame, an ink injection system having a pump, a sidelay registration mechanism for one or more plate cyli... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165494 | System and method for delivering and flushing ink and other liquids in a printing press An enclosed Flush/Rinse and inking system for inking and flushing printing presses is arranged to ink an anilox roller of a printing press, wherein the ink is dispersed from a centralized ink tank. Once inking is complete, the ink is returned to the ink tank, and us... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7144231 | Peristaltic pump with ganged tubes A pump having a rotary portion which compels the movement of a fluid by peristaltic compression of resilient tubing containing the fluid includes a tube component having a plurality of adjacent resilient tubes, with a web interconnecting the adjacent resilient tubes... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131372 | Miniature fluid dispensing end-effector for geometrically constrained areas An end-effector precisely marks location lines (or dispense fluids) on surfaces as part of an automated part marking system. The automated part marking system that includes a multi-axis gantry robot, a calibration stand, vision or location system(s), and a series of... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7114442 | Chamber doctor blade device for inking a roller having delivery lines received in end areas of the doctor blade An inking unit for the printing couple of a double width printing press includes at least one roller. The inking unit consists of at least one, and possibly two chamber doctor blades. If there are two such chamber doctor blades, they are positioned side-by-side in a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7043387 | Testing system for printing press circuit board controllers Apparatus for testing functionality of a printed circuit board used to control operation of a printing press, including a plurality of input switches for providing to the circuit board test input signals simulating function control signals from a printing press cont... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021731 | Ink-jet printing apparatus and recovery treatment method thereof An ink-jet printing apparatus according to the present invention has a main tank storing ink, a sub-tank releasably connectable with the main tank through an ink supply passage and a printing head for ejecting ink supplied from the sub-tank, for performing printing ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7007604 | Integrated ink rail assembly for a printing press An integrated ink rail assembly includes at least one page pack mounted directly to a manifold, an ink rail mounted to the manifold, and an orifice rail mounted to the ink rail. An ink source is connected to the page pack. The page pack, manifold, ink rail, and orif... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997107 | Paste container for screen printing and screen printing apparatus A cream solder cartridge used in a screen printing apparatus which prints cream solder on a board through pattern holes by sliding, on a mask plate, a closed squeegee that is stored with cream solder inside is composed of a long and narrow concave portion made of a ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6901861 | Ink viscosity measuring device, ink viscosity adjusting method and a device therefor, and a printing apparatus A cardboard sheet printing apparatus including: a rotating body that freely rotates inside an ink circulation passage through which ink flows, and a rotation-imparting assembly which is magnetically coupled with the rotating body outside the ink circulation passage ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899028 | Container A container is provided which comprises a cylindrical main body having an end wall at an end thereof; an outlet projecting from an outer surface of the end wall for allowing a content to be supplied; and a protecting member disposed on the outer surface of the end w... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6892637 | Self-inking stamp with ink cartridge barrier A stamp pad holder for use in a self-inking hand stamp. The stamp pad holder has a stamp die box that holds a stamp forming material, ink cartridge and plastic within the die box. The stamp forming material is placed at the bottom of the die box. A pre-inked ink car... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6810805 | Ink pump with rotating reciprocating pump and rotary valve A printing press having a number of identical inking systems for delivering ink to said press. The individual inking systems comprises an ink source including an ink reservoir held under a positive pressure. The ink travels from the manifold through a valve mechanis... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810803 | Stencil printing ink container A stencil printing ink container comprises a cylinder, an area of one end of the cylinder, which area is other than an ink discharge opening section, being closed with an end wall, the other end of the cylinder being open, and a piston, which undergoes a sliding mov... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6799508 | Inking device for a flexographic printing machine anilox roll The invention concerns an inking device, called doctor blade chamber, for a flexographic printing machine anilox roll (2). Said doctor blade chamber, which comprises a closed box (4, 6) borne mobile (10) by a frame (8) for being sealingly... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6739256 | Method of ink agitation by ink aspiration A method of preventing an ink from increasing in viscosity is praticed by repeatedly performing the steps of supplying provided from an ink supply-aspiration nozzle to an ink reservoir provided between an inking roll and a squeeze roll pressed into contact with the ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6732646 | Pump inking unit An ink pump for a punp inking unit of a rotary printing press utilizes a two piece coupling between the ink pump and an ink pump drive unit. The ink pump is part of a replaceable inking unit while the ink pump drive unit is supported in the frame of the press. The t... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732647 | Pump for inking or like purposes An inking pump for an offset printing press has a cylinder defining a bore in which a plunger is received for both rotation and linear reciprocation, creating a first and a second opposed fluid chamber. The cylinder has formed therein a first and a second suction po... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6719542 | Pump for printing press A pump for a printing press includes a plunger within a cylinder to be rotatable and reciprocatable and having a cutaway portion at its distal end, and a constant-speed motor for rotating and reciprocating the plunger. The plunger and the output shaft of the motor a... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6684781 | Printer for printing on wrapping paper being fed to a cigarette making machine A printing device for printing on wrapping paper according to the present invention comprises a cartridge holder (40) having an ink nozzle (18) on the outside thereof and adapted to house an ink cartridge (50); an ink supply passage (79) connecting the in... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6655280 | Inking unit in a printing machine having a chambered doctor blade and multiple inking zones An inking unit in a printing machine includes a screen roller and an ink metering system subdivided into inking zones and assigned to the screen roller for performing zonal ink metering on the screen roller, the ink metering system having metering element... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6640710 | Ink bar for ink ducts in printing machines An ink bar is provided with a control device for bringing back printing ink into the ink duct (20) of a printing machine when required. The aim of the invention is to arrange all the essential function pieces in a space-saving manner, whereby said pieces ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6629496 | Device for end sealing of chambered doctor blade A device is designed to sealingly close an end of a chambered doctor blade (K). The chambered doctor blade (K,) has an elongate frame (K1) and two elongate doctor blades (K6, K7), which are arranged on the frame (K1) and define, together with the latter, ... | 10/07/2003 |
