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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347312 | Distribution system and method of operating the same An improved distribution system and method of operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the distribution system includes a plate for loading a plurality of substrates thereon, a first transfer assembly for transferring the substrates from the plate to a co... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7247129 | Outsert-forming method A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article; (b) making a fol... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7191703 | Web-fed press A web-fed press is provided. The web-fed press includes a reel carrier and a plurality of printing units arranged one after another for printing a printing material with a static printed image. The web-fed press includes a folder superstructure that is arranged afte... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182723 | Informational item final folding apparatus A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article; (b) making a fol... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179168 | Systems and methods for allocating an outcome amount among a total number of events Systems and methods are provided for operating a gaming system. In one embodiment, an outcome amount associated with a total number of events is determined. For example, a total payout amount associated with a number of instant lottery tickets may be determined. Bas... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175172 | Method and device for inserting a plurality of individual sheetlike forms of administration in a dispenser by forming a multilayer pile A process for introducing a plurality of segregated sheet-like administration forms into a dispenser under formation of a multilayered stack for individually dosable removal, with sheet-like tapes wound-up on rolls being present as starting material, utilizes the fo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175586 | Methods of forming outserts A method of forming an outsert having printed information thereon is disclosed in which a plurality of parallel folds are made in a sheet of paper in a first fold direction using a plurality of pairs of folding rollers and stop members to form an intermediate folded... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7121992 | Informational item forming machine and method A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article, the folds in the... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7029001 | Form having abutting tape-interconnected substrates and method of making same A business form product (10) broadly including a printable sheet (12), a magnetic sheet (14) aligned edge-to-edge with the printable sheet (12) to define a seam (16), and a heat-resistant tape (18) applied over the seam (... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6976674 | Method of, and apparatus for, conveying sheet like products The invention relates to a method of, and an apparatus for, conveying sheet like products (10, 10′), in particular printed products. In each case two or more products (10, 10′) are gripped together, in the region of their leading edges (10 | 12/20/2005 |
| 6902197 | Methods of forming informational items A method of producing a folded item having printed information thereon to provide information to the user of a product is disclosed. The method comprises (a) folding the sheet by making a first fold in the sheet in a direction parallel to a first direction; (b) fold... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6827013 | Precollect method and device A method and device for combining folios between a first and a second web in a rotary printing press. A first folio is cut from a third web in the rotary press, the first folio is stored on a storage device and then transferred from the storage device to a position ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6568668 | Sheet finisher and image forming apparatus therewith A sheet finisher includes: a sheet stacking section on which sheets are stacked; a pair of folding rollers for pressing and conveying the sheets; a roller driving device for driving the pair of folding rollers; a protruding member which is protruded towar... | 05/27/2003 |
| 5749567 | Printing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for forming books comprising pages of coated paper interspersed with pages of newsprint paper. The book is formed by providing a moving web of coated paper, providing a plurality of moving webs of newsprint paper, printing the movin... | 05/12/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5121910 | System for interleaving and mixing a plurality of webs, particularly slit webs received from a printing machine To permit web portions (16, 17; 18, 19; 20, 21) slit from longitudinal webs (2a, 2b, 2c) to be selectively interleaved or interlaced, with or without turning over, pairs of turning bars or rods (6, 7; 8, 9; 10, 11; 12, 13) are located in essentially verti... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5100117 | Web guiding system, particularly turning bar system for superposing slit paper webs received from a web-fed rotary printing machine To selectively place web portions slit from a printed paper web with a left web portion above a right one over a right web portion above the left one, the parallel-arriving web portions are so guided through a turning bar looping of the right or left web ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5048810 | Apparatus for adjusting an anglebar or a compensator roller in a folder of a printing press An anglebar and/or a compensator roller in a folder of a printing press is adjustable. A motor has an output shaft operatively connected with the anglebar and/or the compensator roller to, when driven, adjust the position of the anglebar and/or the compen... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5020434 | Base stock for series checks and the like and a method or printing the same A method of forming stacks of printed material containing a set of printed patterns, each pattern in the set appearing at a selected printing area of each sheet in a selected sequence through the stacks, and the stack of material formed thereby. The metho... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4984773 | Method of and apparatus for composing a press imposition An apparatus and a method are disclosed for composing an imposition in terms of an arrangement of printing plates on selected of the image positions on selected units of a printing press to print a given edition, by first assigning each section of this ed... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4678172 | High speed on-line reshingling of printed products A stream of shingled printed products coming off a press at high speed, with variable speed of conveyance and with variable shingle spacing, has alternate products divided into two streams conveyed at reduced speed. Thus two cyclically driven chains prese... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4456234 | Banknote dispensing machine with delivery device for the receipt for the banknotes dispensed The machine comprises a tined wheel for building the banknotes, a conveyor for presenting them to the customer through a slot, and a printer for printing the receipt. This is cut off by a blade and is guided by a system of belts, in such manner as to be f... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4398708 | Method of fabricating and securing playing cards for instant lotteries and games Tickets for an instant lottery are imprinted with lottery numbers and serial numbers that are uniquely related and the lottery numbers are covered from view until after purchase, to provide control and distribution of winners and a high degree of security... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4234178 | Process and apparatus for the production of book blocks A process and apparatus for the production of a book block, including sheet feeders disposed in series alongside a continuously running, transversely inclined conveyor belt, so that the sheets are successively fed from the feeders and successively dispose... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4179107 | Printing and collating method This invention relates to a method of printing, collating and binding booklets, magazines, pamphlets and similar printed material in one, two or four colors utilizing a novel procedure for assuring precise printing and collating registration. In the print... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4078785 | Sheet handling apparatus A duplicator is provided having a printing couple for printing on one face of a copy sheet and a collator for collating the copy sheets as they issue from the printing couple, the paper feed paths of the printing couple and the collator being arranged sub... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4034974 | Collating system A combined system of printing presses and a plurality of collators. Each of the collators assembles a freshly printed signature from the printing press with at least one preprinted signature. Each collator includes a plurality of hoppers for receiving sig... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3998446 | Method of making booklets of tombola or bingo tickets A method of producing booklets of tickets for playing the numbers game known, for example, as bingo involves belt printing a series of differently colored webs. Serially arranged on the belt is a multiplicity of different printing plates, each of which is... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3967818 | Duplicating system A duplicating system for producing collated copy sets from precollated information. The precollated information is stored on a reversibly driven and reversibly developed web member which is driven past a first copy transfer station when moving in a first ... | 07/06/1976 |
