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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7603948 | Method and an apparatus for printing sequential characters The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for sequential printing of characters. The apparatus is a numbering box with a plurality of numbering wheels viz., unit wheel, tenth wheel, 100th wheel, 1000th wheel, 10000th | 10/20/2009 |
| 7278094 | Variable text processing for an electronic press A software system is useful for generating a page file from a template file and database entries. The database entries are representative of variable information and the template file includes data designating a variable text area. The software system includes a com... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7216583 | Numbering process and numbering box to carry out the process The numbering box for typographic numbering in sheet or web fed printing machines, said box numbering with p digits k*n items on said sheets or web for allowing a sequential collecting of said items in the finishing and collating process of layers of q sheets or of ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7111550 | Sequential numbering of pieces obtained by injection A numbering apparatus incorporates a push rod which is pushed mechanically by an ejector plate or other mechanism of an injection mold in each injection process. The push rod moves, in a linear direction, a link attached to a central cylinder which turns inside whee... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7040224 | Roller moving apparatus A roller moving apparatus includes a pair of inner frames removably supported in a frame; a supportive holder member for supportively holding the roller; and a supportive holder member moving mechanism supported by the inner frames and adapted to support the support... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6968783 | Method for printing security documents using sheets with identifiers For manufacturing security documents, a plurality of security documents are printed on a sheet. The sheets are being processed in batches (15a, 15b). Each sheet carries a unique, machine readable identifier. During manufacturing, the batc... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6952993 | Versatile satellite-type printing press The present invention relates to sheet-fed satellite-type printing press and aims at versatile satellite-type press by which printing mode can easily be modified. For this purpose, a part of side frames (12) corresponding to the circumference of common... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951172 | Accessory for a printing unit A printing unit configuration includes an accessory and a connection mechanism moveably fastening the accessory thereto, throwing the accessory thereon into a working position, and removing it therefrom into maintenance positions. A linear guide can be connected to ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6952801 | Book assembly process and apparatus for variable imaging system The present invention is useful for assembling a book. The inventive method includes the steps of specifying pagination information including an indication of whether a page is to be selectively included in the book, determining whether the page is to be assembled i... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6929838 | Sheet having indicia registered with lines of termination An apparatus and process for making sheets having indicia spaced in a machine direction. Between or among the indicia are perforations or chop-off cuts. The spacing, in the machine direction, between the indicia and perforations or chop-off cuts is maintained over l... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929182 | Method and apparatus for accessing electronic data via a familiar printed medium The disclosed methods and apparatus relate generally to the electronics media industry, such as cable television (CATV), home shopping services, on-line computer services and computer memory applications. These methods and apparatus allow a user to access and make u... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6755129 | Method of printing unique prints or individually assembled printed products on rotary printing machines The image subject to be transferred is applied in preformatted form to at least two printing formes in the form of segment-like image data in a row and column arrangement, in such a way that a first portion of information from each segment of the image subject (info... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6568322 | Stand of printing unit In order to provide a stand of a printing unit of a rotary printing machine, said stand being capable of being produced cost-effectively and having high inherent rigidity, a left-hand and a right-hand side wall are placed onto a bottom plate and screwed t... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6164701 | Numbering apparatus for documents, and numbered documents To improve the security in data carriers, such as papers of value, bank notes, ID cards, etc., a numbering apparatus is proposed for individualizing the data carrier whereby the characters are engraved in the engraved blocks present on the numbering appar... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5746133 | Postage meter with rotor movement and die cover sensor A postage meter has an improved means of monitoring the position of the cover providing access to the print rotor. A mechanical latch and associated mechanism is provided responsive to a cam on the print rotor and responsive to the movement of the cover, ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5662038 | Control device for a numbering and imprinting unit of a rotary printing press A control device for a numbering and imprinting unit of a rotary printing press is taught. The unit has a numbering cylinder removably mounted in the printing press side frames and is engageable, via eccentric bearings, at an impression cylinder. The unit... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5533453 | Method and apparatus for automatic numbering of forms on a rotary printing press Computer controlled numbering of consecutive business forms is provided for both computer controlled presses and in the form of a retrofit unit for conventional rotary presses. The retrofit unit includes a disk provided with radially oriented metallic str... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5489091 | Method and apparatus for printing and collating packets of nonrepeating images on a base web An apparatus and method for the collated printing of a first set of images of a nonrepeating series and a second set of images. The collated printing provides for the complete printing of the nonrepeating series with respect to each of the images so that ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5465662 | Envelope positioning assembly An envelope positioning assembly for a postage meter. A typical postage meter includes a registration wall, a deck and a printing apparatus for printing a postage indicia on an envelope. The envelope positing assembly includes: (1) a pin fixably mounted t... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5458059 | Printing machine for pieces of printing paper A printing machine in which a perforation pressure drum is disposed downstream of a paper feeding section, and a longitudinal perforation blade and a lateral perforation blade may be brought into contact with the perforation drum. A delivery drum is in co... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5445074 | Value selection and printing apparatus including a security device A value selection and printing apparatus includes a printing device having a printing wheel; a movable rack gear operatively engaged with the printing wheel such that at times when the rack gear moves along a normal linear operative path of travel the pri... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5415088 | Printing machine for pieces of printing paper A printing machine in which a perforation pressure drum is disposed downstream of a paper feeding section, and a longitudinal perforation blade and a lateral perforation blade may be brought into contact with the perforation drum. A delivery drum is in co... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5404804 | Offset printing machine with number printing function A number printing unit for an offset printing machine in which blocks are fixed to a numbering unit mounting holder provided rotatably on an operation side frame. Coupling retainer blocks are inserted into groups formed in the blocks. The coupling retaine... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5355155 | Envelope stop position finger and retraction apparatus for a thermal postage meter The positioning assembly is used in a thermal printing postage meter having a base supporting a registration wall and a deck, and a thermal print head fixably mounted to the registration wall above a portion of the deck to define a print station for print... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5355152 | Thermal ribbon encoder assembly for a thermal printing postage meter The thermal printing apparatus includes a base supported registration wall. The registration wall has claps mounted thereto for supporting a thermal ribbon cassette. Also, mounted to the registration wall is a thermal print head which extends over the dec... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5347924 | Device for printing endorsements on documents Device for printing endorsements on documents passing through a document processing apparatus. The device comprises a rotatable outer housing having a cylindrically shaped exterior surface and a ring gear having a toothed first part and a toothless second... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5339100 | Envelope presence sensing mechanism for a thermal postage meter The position sensing assembly is employed in combination with a thermal printing postage meter having a base supporting a registration wall and a deck, and a thermal print head fixably mounted to the registration wall above a portion of the deck to define... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5337659 | Apparatus and method utilizing continuous motion offset and direct printing techniques for decorating cylindrical containers Continuous motion apparatus having an offset blanket wheel for applying main images to cylindrical containers is also provided with a plurality of direct printing units that apply auxiliary images to the containers. All of the cassettes are mounted on the... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5333545 | Sheet-fed rotary offset printing press with a removable imprinting or finishing unit Sheet-fed rotary offset printing press having a printing unit including a plate cylinder, a rubber-blanket cylinder and an impression cylinder double the size of the plate and the rubber-blanket cylinders, respectively, at least one auxiliary unit selecte... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5325772 | Postage meter A postage meter has a print drum assembly which includes a print drum and a drum shaft. The drum includes selectively settable value printing elements. The drum shaft has, located in one or more grooves therein, a plurality of linearly movable racks. Thes... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5325114 | Thermal printing postage meter system The thermal printing postage meter includes a base supporting a registration wall and a deck, and a thermal print head mounted to the registration wall above a portion of the deck to define a print station. A position sensing assembly is provided for sens... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5265532 | Apparatus and method for decorating cylindrical containers A continuous motion decorator for cylindrical containers is provided with a direct printing unit for printing an auxiliary image on the cylindrical surface of a container that has been imprinted with a main image by an offset blanket segment of the decora... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5237394 | Method and apparatus for print verification A print verification method and apparatus verifies the integrity of information printed on a document. The information to be verified is printed on a document in a first color. Desired information is printed on the document in a second color which is diff... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5203263 | Device for triggering a postage meter machine The apparatus comprises two levers (80, 81), which are rotatable around rigid axles (86, 87). Added to this is a third rigid axle (85), which carries the one lower infeed roller (21.2). The upper infeed roller (21.1) is supported at a lever (80) and is sp... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5178063 | Method and apparatus for automatic numbering of forms on a rotary printing press Computer controlled numbering of consecutive business forms is provided for both computer controlled presses and in the form of a retrofit unit for conventional rotary presses. The retrofit unit includes a disk provided with radially oriented metallic str... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5050494 | Fine adjustment system of finishing head in a printing, duplicating and like machine A system for adjusting a finishing head relative to an impression cylinder in a printing, duplicating and like machine wherein copy sheets are fed through a printing couple and then to a finishing couple which includes the impression cylinder. The finishi... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5012734 | Device for printing endorsements of documents Device for printing endorsements on documents passing through a document processing apparatus. The device comprises a rotatable outer housing having a cylindrically shaped exterior surface and a ring gear having a toothed first part and a toothless second... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5000591 | Document handling apparatus Document handling apparatus 10 includes a reception platen 32 disposed below and movable with respect to a dot-matrix printer 28 having a printer head 30. A document placed on the platen 32 can therefore be brought into register with the printer head 30 b... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4967659 | System for readily interchanging an adjustable printing head on a rotatable shaft In a duplicating machine, a system for readily interchanging a printing head on a permanent rotatable shaft of a printing couple of the machine, to facilitate rapid changing of printed indicia in short run duplicating situations. An elongated manually man... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4938129 | Mailing machine including improved impression roller In a mailing machine including an impression roller, a postage indicia printing drum overhanging the impression roller, and apparatus for rotating the impression roller and drum in timed relationship with one another for feeding a sheet beneath the drum a... | 07/03/1990 |
