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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7339653 | System for a pellicle frame with heightened bonding surfaces A method and apparatus for maintaining an optical gap between optical structures in a photolithography system is described. A frame defines first and second opposing surfaces. The first opposing surface defines a first opening and the second opposing surface defines... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7173689 | Method and system for a pellicle frame with heightened bonding surfaces A method and apparatus for maintaining an optical gap between optical structures in a photolithography system is described. A frame defines first and second opposing surfaces. The first opposing surface defines a first opening and the second opposing surface defines... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7127993 | Positioning apparatus provided with a register for flexible printing plates The invention relates to a positioning apparatus for positioning flexible printing plates on printing cylinders, wherein the printing plates are provided with at least one mark functioning as reference, wherein the apparatus comprises: ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7073441 | Image recording apparatus A punch unit includes punch blocks supported by an arm through support plates. The arm has, arranged thereon, a motor for rotating a drive rod, a detector for detecting rotation angles of the drive rod, and a sensor for detecting a forward end of a recording materia... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6862817 | Method and apparatus for kinematic registration of a reticle An improved reticle frame structure surrounds the perimeter of a reticle substrate and contacts it at the edge with precision guidance surfaces as the reticle is lowered onto the device. In an embodiment, the reticle contacts conical sections that correct its positi... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6722052 | Structure of plate positioning arrangement A structure of plate positioning arrangement is disclosed. The structure of plate positioning arrangement comprises a shank extending at a bottom surface of a head of the positioning element, and a cap produced through a plastic injection molding process for coverin... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6564709 | Device for transmitting rotary motion to a plate-holding impression cylinder of a plate mounting machine for flexographic printing A device for transmitting rotary motion to a plate-holding impression cylinder of a plate mounting machine for flexographic printing, comprising a backup roll which can be actuated rotatably by a first motor; a beam, which is provided with crescent-shaped... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6481349 | Apparatus for correctly registering and mounting of a printing plate In an apparatus for correctly registering mounting of a printing plate wherein the printing plate is mounted on a plate cylinder of a sheet fed press, the plate cylinder having a plate cylinder gap with a front plate clamping device, and a rear plate clam... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6397748 | Vacuum printing plate mounter and registration system A printer plate having an integral alignment target and a printing plate mounter having a vacuum cup with an alignment member thereon to permit visual alignment of the alignment target with the vacuum cup alignment member with the vacuum cup connectable t... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6378433 | Method for mounting printing plates on sleeves and for mounting the resultant sleeves on flexographic printing machine cylinders A method for mounting printing plates to a printing cylinder including the steps of first securing the plates to a flexible transparent polymer film sleeve and then securing the sleeve to the printing cylinder.... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6257141 | Printing-plate mounting-position instruction system A printing-plate mounting-position instruction system instructs a worker where to mount a plurality of printing plates in a rotary printing press. The system includes a controller, a reader, a judging device, and a display device. The controller creates a... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6141885 | Printed circuit board positioning device A positioning system for a circuit board having a reference positioning hole. The positioning system has a table on which the circuit board is placed and a positioning pin unit. The positioning pin unit has a plurality of nested positioning pins, each hav... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6101945 | Printing plate or printed product identifying apparatus There is disclosed an apparatus for identifying a page of printing plate or printed product. The apparatus comprises reading head means for reading out at least one of items in a local descriptive portion of the page of printing plate or printed product. ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6055908 | Method and device for positioning printing plates The invention relates to a method and device for positioning a flexible printing plate in a desired position on a flexible carrier arranged on a table, the method comprising the steps of placing the printing plate at a first easily accessible position on ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6038970 | Screen printing machine registration system A screen printing machine is provided having a cabinet, a print screen, a platen assembly, and a curing assembly. The cabinet includes an upper opening and a shelf extending inwardly along at least two opposed cabinet sidewalls. The print screen is adapte... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5901646 | Screen printing machine having three axes screen registration with shiftable support vacuum table for web A high speed screen printing machine (20) is provided for accurately imprinting images on segments (205) bearing indicia (206) of a transparent web (34, 36). The machine (20) includes a vacuum platen (24) which is transversely adjustable to accommodate we... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5887523 | Printing plate mounting structure An apparatus for mounting flexible printing plates on a printing cylinder includes a base rotatably supporting a printing cylinder in a predetermined position and support having a turntable for supporting a flexible printing plate having a reference point... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5850789 | Method and apparatus for mounting printing plates An apparatus and method for mounting a plurality of plates onto a carrier sheet includes a table mounted on a stationary base, each plate having a first and a second registration mark thereon. A first camera assembly is moveably attached to a support adja... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5666881 | Machine for mounting flexible printing plates on plate-holder cylinders of flexographic printing machines and for printing proofs Machine for mounting flexible printing plates on plate-holder cylinders and for printing proofs with the cylinders thus prepared, the machine being frontally provided with a counterpressure drum and with a beam which are horizontally parallel and move wit... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5660110 | Plate mounter for flexible printing plates A plate mounter for mounting flexible printing plates on a printing cylinder used in flexographic and letterpress printing processes includes a frame and a table top having a top flat surface located above the frame for supporting the printing plate. The ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5626076 | Printing plate mounting system, physical register record plate and method employing the same A flexible printing plate mounting system, physical register record plate (PRRP) and method employing the same, wherein the system includes a sticky back covered plate cylinder, a plate support surface, arms operably connected to the cylinder for drawing ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5560297 | Method of mounting a printing plate on a mounting sheet A method for mounting a printing plate on a mounting sheet without requiring the intervention of a skilled person working by eye. An original design to be printed is produced on a computer and register marks are added to that design at specific positions.... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5551339 | Process and device for register-correct positioning of printing form sleeves A process and a device for register-correct positioning of printing form sleeves on printing cylinders of a rotary printing machine, each with a pressure gas cushion producible for shifting the elastically expandable printing form sleeve on the printing f... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5481969 | Apparatus for the in-register positioning of a cutting plate on a cutting cylinder, preferably in rotary printing machines Apparatus for assuring the in-register positioning of a cutting plate on a cutting cylinder, preferably a magnetic cylinder in a rotary printing machine. The apparatus comprises a contact plate which is arranged tangentially to the cutting cylinder. The c... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5479859 | Method and apparatus for controlling the automated changing of printing plates in printing machines A method and an apparatus for controlling an automated printing plate change process in a sheet-fed offset printing machine, in which a used printing plate is removed from the gripping portion of a clamping rail allocated to the leading edge of the plate ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5394614 | Apparatus for checking the in-register bearing of a printing plate on the plate cylinder of printing machines An apparatus for checking the in-register bearing of a printing plate on the plate cylinder of printing machines possesses measuring sensors in the tension rail receiving the printing plate, by which the in-register position can be detected in the form of... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5377590 | Method and apparatus for the accurate registering and mounting of printing plates on forme cylinders The accurate registering and mounting of flexible printing plates on a forme cylinder is accomplished by mounting a printing plate to be brought into proper registration on a support which is adjustable in three degrees of freedom and by then superimposin... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5363564 | Printing plate mounting and proofing machine and method for using same The positions of horizontal lines on a layout cylinder of a printing plate mounting and proofing machine are located with automatic compensation for stretch that results from various parameters such as the diameter of a printing cylinder on which the layo... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5327658 | Registration board assembly The registration board assembly for pre-press printing proofs and printing plates includes a substantially planar layer or registration board, a backing layer adjacent and affixed to the planar layer, and a cavity formed between the planar layer and the b... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5320041 | Plate mounted state confirming apparatus A plate mounted state confirming apparatus includes reference pins, a transmitting coupler, and a receiving coupler. The reference pins detect contact of an insertion end of a plate inserted in a gripper portion of a plate lockup device provided in a gap ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5315929 | Fine adjustment mechanism for screen printing machines A holder for the frame of a printing screen is connected to an adjustment plate which, in turn, is mounted on a support arm assembly. The support arm assembly swings the holder up and down, toward and away from a printing platen. The adjustment plate has ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5255052 | Image control board An imaging support assembly for precise and repeatable alignment and registration of plural, planar workpieces having a plurality of projecting registration pin assemblies. The workpieces contain holes where projecting pins of the registration pin assembl... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5179897 | Pattern repeat presetting of a multi-color rotary screen printing machine Described is a method for pattern repeat presetting of a multi color screen printing machine wherein the screen printing stencils to be used are pre-set on the basis of independently determined stencil-data and printing position data by establishing a fix... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5136948 | Marking method and apparatus In performing markings in semiconductor manufacturing devices, the positional discrepancy between printing plate and plate holder is first detected by a camera. After correcting such a discrepancy, the printing plate is positionally fixed and then printin... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5132911 | Apparatus for mounting and proofing printing plates An apparatus for mounting flexible printing plates on a printing cylinder includes a base rotatably supporting a printing cylinder in a predetermined position and an adjacent support table having a surface for supporting a flexible printing plate having a... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5129155 | Automatic screen registration device and method therefor An automatic screen registration device for a screen having a pair of generally perpendicular intersecting fiducial lines, each of the fiducial lines having first and second edges, the second edge being generally parallel to and to the outside of the firs... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5097763 | Plate cylinder arrangement for a printing press Disclosed is an apparatus for a printing press, with means being provided in the press for correcting any out-of-register position of a printing plate, so as to release, after the printing plate has been clamped onto the plate cylinder, initially the tens... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5031334 | Aligning method and apparatus for attaching a printing plate to a plate holder An aligning method including steps of placing a printing plate on a transparent plate-carrier which is driven in vertical and horizontal directions; photographing the printing plate and a plate holder, to which the printing plate is to be attached, via a ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4986007 | Reticle frame assembly A reticle frame for precisely holding a reticle or mask used in photolithography with a minimum of distortion. A plurality of adjusting screws are used to accurately position the reticle within the frame. Transversely compliant axial loading springs oppos... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4977683 | Image control board A board for precise and repeatable alignment and registration of plural workpieces includes a planar board member (10) with a plurality of registration pins (28,30,32) mounted thereon. The workpieces have holes in which the registration pins are received.... | 12/18/1990 |
