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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079582 | Method for arranging pages of a print product on folded sheets and a method for representing the production of a print product A method for arranging pages of a print product on fold sheets that are subsequently combined into an imposition scheme on print sheets and for representing the production process and the product it produces is disclosed. The print sheets are initially imprinted wit... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8020845 | Single level web conversion apparatus and method A single level web conversion apparatus is provided. The single level web conversion apparatus includes a web guiding apparatus guiding a web, a former longitudinally folding the web downstream of the web guiding apparatus and a cutting apparatus cutting the folded ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7980541 | Splitting device A device for distributing successive products of a product flow, particularly the successive folding products produced by a cross cutting device by dividing a material web, to two branch flows, with a wedge arrangement which is arranged in a stationary manner in the... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7540481 | Removable portion format A system for producing removable portions for mass-distributable packets by single-pass manufacturing, in which a printed web is slit into two ribbons, one of which is then folded upon itself to create a multi-ply ribbon that appears to be of heavier stock than the ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7523925 | Device for transmitting and conveying a strip of material and method for regulating these devices A device is used for at least one of treating and conveying a strip of material in one of a treating and processing machine. The device includes at least one strip-treating tool which is embodied in the form of a folding cone, and one strip-treating tool which is pr... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7469887 | Removable portion format A system for producing removable portions for mass-distributable packets by single-pass manufacturing, in which a printed web is slit into two ribbons, one of which is then folded upon itself to create a multi-ply ribbon that appears to be of heavier stock than the ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7434795 | Removable portion format A system for producing removable portions for mass-distributable packets by single-pass manufacturing, in which a printed web is slit into two ribbons, one of which is then folded upon itself to create a multi-ply ribbon that appears to be of heavier stock than the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7364148 | Sheet combining device and a method for combining sheets A sheet combining device includes at least one former, at least one longitudinal cutter, and at least two partial web guide routes. A respective partial sheet of partial cut webs can be conveyed on each of the at least two partial web guide routes. These sheets can ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7333246 | Method and system for imposing print data A method, system and computer program provides for making an image area correction in a printing system. Print data is provided in a logical page order corresponding to at least one signature for printing. At least one parameter of a recording medium on which the pr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320663 | Continuous medium folding device and continuous medium printing apparatus having thereof The present invention relates to a device for folding continuous medium including a swing arm pivotable about an axis at one end of the swing arm. The continuous medium is guided by the swing arm and accordion-folded with equal widths as a result of the swinging ope... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7267498 | Six-sided printing method An improved sheet printer is provided capable of simultaneously printing both on a “main” surface of a sheet of print media and along edges of that same sheet of print media, such that when the sheets are stacked after being printed, a predetermined image will a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7217233 | Parallel folding apparatus of folding machine A parallel folding apparatus of a folding machine comprises a first cylinder in contact with a second cylinder. A guide plate guides a signature transported on the lower circumferential surface of the second cylinder after being double-folded by grippers of the seco... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7186631 | Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device Provided is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising forming a device isolation layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming gate insulating layers on the upper part of the semiconductor substrate having the device isolation layers formed thereon;... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182007 | Method for dynamically aligning substrates bearing printed reference marks and codes for automated cutting or scoring, and substrates so cut or scored A substrate to be cut and/or scored is pre-printed with graphics, at least first and second registration marks, and optional encoded-to-print instructions, bar-encoded data, as well as ordinary graphics. The registration marks are sensed as the substrate is automati... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172547 | Variable-circumference folder A variable-circumference folder includes a gathering cylinder fitted with pin systems for reliably holding products of different thickness fed to the gathering cylinder by an accelerating device without any adjustment effort. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162954 | Determination of cutting positions of web strands in a rotary printing press A process is disclosed for determining cutting positions of web strands (B1, B2), which are brought together into a strand to be bound (H1) in a rotary printing press and cross-cut. A measured value for the cutting position of the web strands (B... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7115088 | Folder cylinder with support plate A folding cylinder includes a plurality of gripping devices supported on a first rotatable support with a first gripping device for holding a signature on the cylinder. A plurality of tucking devices are supported on a second rotatable support, the tucking devices i... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7090632 | Folder with multiple-motor drive A folder includes a first cylinder having at least one first gripper for holding signatures and at least one tucker for tucking the signatures to define a first fold, a second cylinder having at least one first jaw for holding the signatures at the first fold, a fir... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083561 | Folding device with a first and second partial cylinder and method for operating such a folding device A folding device includes a first partial cylinder and a second partial cylinder. These two partial cylinders form a cylinder body. The two partial cylinders are rotatable relative to each other and each partial cylinder includes first and second groups of functiona... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7017899 | Removable portion format A system for producing removable portions for mass-distributable packets by single-pass manufacturing, in which a printed web is slit into two ribbons, one of which is then folded upon itself to create a multi-ply ribbon that appears to be of heavier stock than the ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004068 | Folder and folding cylinder A folder cylinder with an outer circumferential surface has a first section having a first part at the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder and a second section having a second part at the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder, the first section bei... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6941862 | Folder A folder includes a cutter for cutting a web of material into signatures, a folding device for producing at least one fold in a signature cut from the web of material, at least one delivery and one conveyor path for directly feeding the cut signatures to the deliver... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6923436 | Process for the manufacture of sets of printed pages for the preparation of books, and set of printed pages manufactured by that process The process is based on printing, in an electronic printing machine, the various bodies of text of the pages with symmetrical distribution with respect to the center of symmetry of the sheet being printed and likewise symmetrically with respect to one or both axes o... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6913256 | Former for a folding unit A former roller, which is driven for rotation, is located at the intake of a former for a folding unit. A controller unit is utilized to control the rotation of the motor, which drives the former roller, in such a way that the former roller exerts a tensile force on... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6896250 | Printed product and method for producing a printed product A printed product is produced on a web-fed rotary newspaper printing press. The dimensions of the resultant printed product can be varied. Paper webs of constant and preselected widths are combined with sub-paper webs of preselected and somewhat smaller widths. Thes... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6874774 | Method for producing images in the edge of a volume of paper sheets The present invention concerns a method for producing an image in the edge of a volume of paper sheets. The invention can be used for numerous stationary products, note pads, exercise books, and the like. In the present invention, the images are printed not on the e... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6821038 | Newspaper producing method A newspaper producing method can produce a plurality kinds of newspapers different in page numbers and colors by using a single printing unit. This method includes a plurality of printing cycles, each of which produces a plurality of lateral printed rows on each sid... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6817604 | Device for adjusting conveyors for flat products in rotary presses A device for adjusting conveyors for printing presses that process flat products or further processing units (40) arranged downstream therefrom, in which are received belt movers (1) containing a plurality of individual belts (5) for transportin... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6736387 | Device for adjusting conveyors for flat products in rotary presses A device for adjusting conveyors for printing presses that process flat products or further processing units (40) arranged downstream therefrom, in which are received belt movers (1) containing a plurality of individual belts (5) for transportin... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6644193 | Web cutting tuck folding machine and method A high speed web cutting and tuck folding machine feeds webs downstream between overlying and underlying runs of feed belts having cutting and tuck folding openings spaced along the belts. Lead segments of the webs are cut at a cutting station and are fed... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6595131 | Sheeting apparatus and method for a printing press A sheeting apparatus and method are disclosed for cutting a web of material passing through a printing press into sheets. The apparatus comprises a rotating die roller including a knife mounted longitudinally thereon, the die roller being connected to the... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6513427 | Device for guiding material webs in rotary presses A device for guiding material webs (A through D; E through H) via an angle-bar deck (2), including a folding section that is arranged on a plurality of planes (3.1, 3.2, 3.3), from where the material webs (A through D), (E through H) enter folding apparat... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6367792 | Copy-guiding cylinder of a folder In a rotary printing machine, a folder operatable in different folding modes, and having a copy-guiding cylinder to which copies severed from a material web by a cutting-cylinder pair are feedable, the copy-guiding cylinder having a circumferential surfac... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6257142 | Rotary printing press for production of multiple center spread signatures Several printing units are arranged in a row for printing on as many separate webs traveling in centerline alignment and in phase with one another. At least one preselected web, on issuing from one printing unit, is directed over an angled guide rod there... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6042672 | Sealed paper making method In a method of making sealed paper, a web of paper is unrolled and fed, while under a given tension, from a paper roll, and is single-folded or multiple-folded. Prior to the or each folding step, the unrolled web of paper is treated by having an adhesive ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5992889 | Method of making advertisement page with incorporated sample material which can be trimmed to fit flush with the edges of a publication An advertisement page for binding to or within a publication, comprising a first opposing layer; a second opposing layer attached to the first opposing layer; and a sample material disposed between the first and second opposing layers, wherein an edge of ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5647582 | Rotary press with a plurality of rolls of paper and printing method using such a rotary press In a rotary press comprised of one or more constructional units each including: a plurality of paper feed stations, a plurality of printing stations, a single folding station having a cutting function. An improvement in the or each constructional unit fur... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5449156 | Method and apparatus for longitudinally folding a printed web in a printing press A method and apparatus for longitudinally folding a printed web upstream of the former or other finishing device in an in-line printing press. The invention permits plow folding to be accomplished upstream of the former by carefully controlling the tensio... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5021273 | Method and apparatus for making labels A method and apparatus for making booklet type labels having at least one printed inner sheet includes apparatus for printing and assembling three webs which includes the provision of folding stations to enable a single web to be immediately and continuou... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4846454 | Method and apparatus for folding, stacking and separating continuous forms in a moving web A method and machine for folding, stacking and separating continuous forms in a moving web, the continuous forms web being prefabricated with regard to width, margin line holes and transverse perforations intended for zigzag folding of the web to form it ... | 07/11/1989 |
