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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7143917 | Configurable paper transport A configurable paper transport having a frame having at least one station for securing a non-driven paper web process device. The configurable paper transport defines a paper web path through the non-driven paper web process device, or devices. The configurable pape... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7040231 | Method for regulation of a web elongation in a rotary print machine Tension of a web in a rotary printing press is regulated. The web passes through at least two printing groups in the printing press. A change in the extension of the web during the print run is determined based on a phase shift between a first phase position of a pr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6499397 | Method of automatic register setting of printings in a rotary machine and device for working the method Device and method for the automatic register setting of printings printed by plate cylinders in a rotary machine using inks of a plurality of colors. The printing machine particularly comprises a succession of printing units, at least one pulse generator,... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6444064 | Registration system for phasing simultaneously advancing webs of material having variable pitch lengths Disclosed is a registration system and a method useful for controlling and correcting the phase and position of simultaneously advancing webs having pre-printed objects spaced at a pitch length characterized by small but significant pitch variation to a t... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6137988 | Recording device having a sheet loading system An electrophotographic printer has an automated sheet loading system which adjusts the position of the continuous recording sheet by moving the sheet forward and backward so that one of the perforated lines or the recording sheet is aligned with a referen... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5839688 | Method and apparatus for producing a roll of bathroom tissue or kitchen toweling with a pattern being repeated between each pair of transverse perforations A method and apparatus for producing a roll or log of bathroom tissue or kitchen toweling with a pattern being repeated between each pair of transverse perforations wherein an extensible web having a pattern thereon repeated at equally longitudinally spac... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5743184 | Gearless printing press A printing press is provided which may be adapted to print in multiple colors on paper or film. The press can then laminate film-to-film, laminate film-to-paper, or apply a PVA adhesive or cold seal adhesive to the substrate in line. The press is provided... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5695180 | Device for conveying a front end of a material web in a web-fed rotary press A device for conveying a front end of a material web, which is fed in a web-fed rotary press, especially a printing press. The device has a deflecting device for deflecting the web and a feed device for the deflected web, which is arranged at a distance f... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5572433 | Detection of marks repetitively placed at lengthwise intervals along a web A system is disclosed for detecting watermarks or other marks made along a web of paper at regular intervals. The watermarks are detected by a video camera activated by a frame grabbing pulse in a control loop. The video for each frame grab pulse signal i... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5556492 | Labeling machine having a web velocity compensator device The labeling machine for dispensing labels from a continuous web of material to a plurality of articles is provided which includes a supply roll of labels, a dispenser for removing the labels from the continuous web, a drive drum for imparting a linear ve... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5542350 | Draw-in device and process for feeding webs of material into a printing machine A draw-in device for feeding a plurality of printing stock webs, preferably paper webs, in which draw-in elements of finite length grasp the start of a paper web and draw it out of reel changers and draw mechanisms through printing units and up to folding... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5497659 | Method for measuring forces in a supply roll A roll support for a web fed rotary printing press supports a supply roll of a material web between clamping cones carried at free ends of support arm pairs. An array of strain gauges are attached either to the support arms or to a force measuring bushing... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5404202 | Apparatus for registering images in a xerographic system The present invention is directed to a precise method of registering images on a photoreceptor belt. At least one coded charge pattern is formed in the photoreceptor belt, outside the image area. A charge sensor is positioned above the belt and in the pro... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5377589 | Drive for a printing press Drive for a printing press having a plurality of printing units having plate cylinders, elements for transporting stock, and elements which do not transport stock includes a gear-transmission device for interconnecting the printing units, a plurality of m... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5345863 | Continuous web printing apparatus According to the invention, there is provided a continuous web printing apparatus comprising transport means including an endless belt having a sticky surface, a plurality of support rollers having said endless belt entrained therearound and a drive means... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5313254 | Motion control system for printing machines The present invention is a method and apparatus for regulating the velocity of a member constrained to move about a predefined path. The invention comprises a magnetic patch or strip, located on a surface of the member, and having a plurality of magnetic ... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5244293 | Method for positioning web-shaped recording substrates in printing devices An occurring positioning error is electronically corrected during the positioning of edge-perforated continuous form paper (10) in a print position (PP) relative to a print station (13) of a printing device (1). Edge perforation holes (EH1 . . . EHv) on t... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5241483 | Method and apparatus for checking printing and cutting quality in a package producing installation During, for example, package production, printed sheets are carried by gripper bars through a cutting station of a machine. Front waste strips are removed from the printed sheets and are carried to an ejection device, but before reaching the ejection devi... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5194903 | Electrophotographic printer for a continuous recording form An electrophotographic printer using a plurality of types of continuous recording forms having different page lengths, respectively, with perforations being provided between pages of each of the continuous forms. The printer is operated at least in a stan... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5128519 | Method for detecting and positioning frame numbers in a photographic film A photographic film is provided with decimal numbers and bar codes both representative of serial frame numbers. When a sensor reads a bar code, measurement of the advanced length of the photographic film is started to obtain a distance of either the bar c... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5098507 | Relieved plastic floor tile rolling press with an automatic alignment device A relieved plastic floor tile rolling press having an automatic alignment device comprising a surface roller from which a surface substratum with plane patterns printed thereon is unwound, a pressing roller on which recessed carves shaped the same as the ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5063416 | Electrophotographic printer using a continuous-form recording sheet In a printing device such as a laser beam printer utilizing a continuous-form recording sheet, two controlling members are provided for controlling the recording sheet to be discharged from the printing device after a printing operation, and for controlli... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5041070 | Intermittent web feed apparatus A bag machine includes a programmed logic controller intermittently actuating a web feed draw roll motor for controlled web feed during the inoperative period of a cycled seal bar. The controller has separate inputs for the seal bar periods and a web leng... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5016182 | Register control means for web processing apparatus A register control for web processing apparatus operates to match the surface speed of a metering roll which supplies a preprinted web to a cutting zone in a cutter mechanism to the surface speed of an impression cylinder which applies impressions and ass... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4984458 | System for measuring the relaxed length of a moving web A method and apparatus for measuring the relaxed length of a moving web includes forming a plurality of detectable marks along the length of the web at a repeated length interval. First and second detectors positioned along the web path are separated by a... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4955265 | Web cutting position control system A web cutting position control system capable of cutting a web having a print pattern thereon in such a manner as to match the print pattern without limiting the mounting position of a synchronizing mark detecting means for detecting synchronizing marks o... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4947685 | System for measuring the repeat length of a moving web A method and apparatus for measuring the repeat length (L) of a moving web includes forming a plurality of detectable marks along the length of the web at a repeated length interval. First and second detectors positioned along the web path are separated b... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4896605 | Method of cut position determination for printing machines A method of cut position determination for printing machines, wherein in order to ensure a synchronous running of the paper webs (P1-P4) to be folded and cut into newspapers (16) on a printing machine for rotary offset printing or rotary letter press prin... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4809188 | Strip feeding and control system A material positioning and registering system for patterned material incorporating a computer with associated memory and software. A material moving system employing a drive roller with associated pressure roller in a novel pinch roller system, moves the ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4786353 | Laminating method and apparatus with extensible web width control A web width control apparatus for controlling the ratio between web width change and web thickness change during a web length varying operation in a web transport system of the type including a moving web of relatively extensible maerial having a series o... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4737904 | Standard-length positioning apparatus A standard-length positioning apparatus wherein acceleration and deceleration of a driving mechanism for actuating a mechanism for feeding a material is controlled by a digital positioning mechanism according to a position feedback. Marks marked on the ma... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4719575 | Method and apparatus for controlling web handling machinery A control system and method for acquiring and automatically maintaining a register condition for successive repeat lengths of a moving web relative to a cut-off apparatus or the like in a web operating apparatus of the type which includes an adjusting mea... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4552608 | System for computer controlled labeling machine A system (50) includes a labeling machine (52) and a digital data processing system (54) connected to the labeling machine (52). A cutter (56) of the labeling machine (52) has a shaft (58) with a mark (60), which is sensed by a sensor (62). The sensor (62... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4542893 | Overlapping document strip conveying method and apparatus An apparatus and method whereby two superposed strips (26, 28) of documents are conveyed in a direction of conveyance (30) toward a downstream workstation. The strips (26, 28) are conveyed over one another in a direction of superposition whereby the leadi... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4533269 | Web feed with incremental advance control for a printer A printing system for printing characters in various fonts and formats onto webs of sheet stock of various sizes includes apparatus for cutting the web into various lengths to accommodate various formats as well as for providing different lengths of tags ... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4519868 | Computer controlled labelling machine A system (50) includes a labelling machine (52) and a digital data processing system (54) connected to the labelling machine (52). A cutter (56) of the labelling machine (52) has a shaft (58) with a mark (60), which is sensed by a sensor (62). The sensor ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4496417 | Control stretch laminating device A laminating apparatus for laminating extensible plastic film material to a paper backing material to form a laminated composite. The apparatus comprises mechanical stretch control means for controlling the stretch or relaxation of the film material prior... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4484522 | System for reducing setting-up time in printing machines having register adjustment devices An automatic register adjustment system for a multicolor printing machine has a computer for remote control of register adjusting devices and computer drivable optical scanners traversably mounted for axial movement with respect to the cooperating plate c... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4432481 | Splice-in-register control A web-feeding machine used to provide a continuous supply of material having successive labels and registration marks printed serially thereon includes an assembly for splicing the material from a ready web to the material severed from a running web. The ... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4351461 | Method and an arrangement for the feed of a material web A rotary driver feeds a web containing transverse crease lines. The driver contains circumferentially spaced edges which drivingly engage the crease lines. When the crease lines are spaced farther apart than the edges, that part of the web disposed betwee... | 09/28/1982 |
