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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7312807 | Device for maintaining an edge of a print media against a printing drum The invention relates to a device for maintaining an edge of a print media against a printing drum, said drum comprising a surface on which a print media is wrapped for printing thereon, wherein said device comprises at least one holder which comprises an abutment p... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7234806 | Phase change ink imaging component with fluorosilicone layer An offset printing apparatus having a coated imaging member for use with phase-change inks, has a substrate, an optional intermediate layer, and thereover an outer coating with a fluorosilicone material, and an optional heating member associated with the offset prin... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229398 | Circular-shaped metal structure and method of fabricating the same A circular-shaped metal structure is fabricated by plastic-working and has a wall thickness in the range of 0.03 mm to 0.09 mm both inclusive. A film composed of one of (a) silicon and fluorocarbon resin and (b) copper is coated on a surface of the circular-shaped m... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223033 | Pinch control in a printer A pinch control apparatus in a printer for controlling a pinch force exerted on a medium which is being fed into a printing zone is provided. The pinch control apparatus includes a camshaft rotatably mounted across a width of the medium, at least one cam attached to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216970 | Mounting assembly for a print head of an ink jet printer An ink jet printer includes a printer housing, an imaging drum, a drum frame connected to the printer housing and the imaging drum, a print head frame movably mounted in the printer housing, at least two print heads mounted to the print head frame, a first alignment... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7165492 | Method and apparatus to clamp and release flexible plates onto an imaging cylinder A clamping device, a cylinder including a clamping device, and a method for clamping a plate onto the outer surface of the cylinder. The clamping device includes a base body extending in the axial direction and fixed to, or incorporated into the cylinder. The clampi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7137691 | Multiple segment keying for solid ink stick feed A solid ink feed system for a printer includes a longitudinal feed channel having a feed direction, and an insertion key plate having a key plate opening through it to provide access in an insertion direction into the feed channel. The insertion direction is differe... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7124686 | Apparatus for clamping and holding a printing plate on an exposure drum In the field of electronic reproduction technology, an apparatus for clamping and holding a printing plate on the surface of an exposure drum in a printing plate exposer includes a clamping apparatus for the front edge of the printing plate. The clamping apparatus h... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7073438 | Image forming apparatus including rotary drum and detachably mounted chuck A fixing structure comprises a rotary drum having an outer peripheral surface, around which a printing plate is wound, and an inner peripheral surface portion, the drum including through-slots formed in the outer surface at predetermined intervals in the peripheral ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063412 | Visible identification of solid ink stick Each ink stick of a set of ink sticks for a phase change ink jet printer has formed on the top of the ink stick a three dimensional visually recognizable symbol. At least a portion of the visually recognizable symbol on each of the ink sticks is different, so that t... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7021735 | Reduction of color plane alignment error in a drum printer An imaging system including a rotatable device configured for rotation, a memory including an error table having a plurality of error entries and a position detection apparatus coupled to the rotatable device, the position detection apparatus having at least one pos... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7006785 | Metering nip for moving a media sheet within an image forming device A method and device for moving media sheets along a media path. In one embodiment, the media path comprises a metering nip, at least one transfer nip downstream from the metering nip, and a feed nip upstream from the metering nip. The feed nip moves the media sheet ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6972403 | Position encoder An optical encoder that includes an optical grating and a quadrature optical encoder sensor that move relative to each other. The optical grating includes a first encoder bar and a plurality of second encoder bars, wherein the first encoder bar is optically configur... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6966644 | Guide for solid ink stick feed An ink stick for use in a solid ink feed system of a phase change ink printer includes a three dimensional ink stick body that has formed in it guide means. The guide means is formed in a first portion of the ink stick body, for guiding the ink stick along a defined... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6929360 | Printer solid ink stick removal access feature A feature allows for removing an ink stick from an ink feed channel, through the keyed opening for that shape of ink stick. In a keyed key plate opening, a clearance area between the key plate opening and the outer perimeter of the ink stick provides access through ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6902267 | Ink-jet image forming method A method of forming an ink-jet image, comprising the steps of: ejecting droplets of an ink onto an ink-jet recording media which includes a support having thereon an outermost layer containing a thermoplastic resin; and then applying pressure onto the outermost laye... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6856334 | Sheet material fixing device A device for fixing a sheet material to a cylindrical rotating member. Without using a suction mechanism and a vacuum, pressing portions of sheet material leading end clamps provided at a peripheral surface of the rotating member press the sheet material against the... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6729235 | Imaging apparatus and imaging drum having material clamp An imaging drum assembly is provided for use in an imaging apparatus for forming images on sheet material. The imaging drum assembly comprises a rotatable imaging drum having an outer surface adapted to attract sheet material to the imaging drum. A material clamp is... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6691615 | Drum for fixing sheet-type member A printing plate is only guided by and wound around peripheral surfaces of cylinders. The cylinders are disposed along an axis of a rotating shaft at predetermined intervals, and support the entire printing plate with substantially equal balance. The prin... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6628423 | Dummy sheet placed on rotary drum of image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus comprises a rotary drum for attracting a recording medium to the surface thereof on which a plurality of through holes are formed, the rotary drum for attracting the recording medium via the plural holes by reducing pressure t... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6572095 | Method of and system for conveying sheet to be scanned A sheet to be scanned is conveyed to a sheet holding device provided with a support member having an arcuate and concave sheet holding surface and a sheet holding mechanism for holding the sheet on the sheet holding surface in which the sheet is conveyed ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6493016 | Image transfer recording apparatus An image recording apparatus in which ink transfer from a donor sheet to an image-receiving sheet is carried out. The donor sheet has a size larger than the image-receiving sheet. The apparatus includes a rotating drum around which the image-receiving she... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6470777 | Low profile side punch for internal drum imagesetter A low profile side punch assembly is provided to punch registration openings along the side edge of media in an imagesetter. The side punch assembly includes a punch actuator having a scissors configuration to provide a low profile. The punch assembly is ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6459475 | Fixing structure A chuck for detachably fixing an object to a rotatable base, the chuck comprising (a) a support detachably mountable to the base, (b) a clamp having opposite ends, the clamp being pivotally mounted to the support between the ends of the clamp, and (c) a r... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6357350 | Aluminum foam core vacuum imaging drum and method of drum fabrication An aluminum foam core vacuum imaging drum (14) comprised of an aluminum foam cylinder (70) having a densified surface (72). A first metal layer (75) covers the densified surface (72), and vacuum holes (130) in the first metal layer (75) connect a surface ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6133936 | Method and apparatus for holding recording media onto a media support surface A system for holding recording media onto a media support surface, comprises, a media support element including a media support surface and a second side, substantially opposing the media support surface. A plurality of vacuum ports pass from the media su... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6120143 | Apparatus for holding a printing medium on a rotary drum and ink jet printer using the same An apparatus for holding a printing medium on a rotary drum, includes a rotary drum, a suction device, a medium holding mechanism and a medium removing device. The drum has a recess at its outer surface to extend along its rotation center line and rotates... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6043836 | Vacuum drum with countersunk holes The present invention is for a vacuum drum (300) with countersunk holes (334). In one embodiment, vacuum holes (306), countersunk vacuum holes (334), and blind countersunk vacuum holes (336) on an outer surface of the vacuum drum are connected by vacuum g... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6034714 | Method and apparatus for preventing transient oscillations in a focusing beam of scanners An imaging processor for receiving a medium for processing, the processor comprises a print head for providing and for directing a writing laser beam. A laser source also disposed in the image processor for creating a focusing laser beam for ultimately pe... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6027850 | Thermal transfer image forming method using laser A thermal transfer image forming method using a laser is disclosed. The method is comprises the steps of placing an image-receiving sheet comprising a substratum and an image receiving layer, on a supporting drum having suction holes to be held thereon so... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6014162 | Vacuum imaging drum with media contours The present invention is for an image processing apparatus (10) for sheet thermal print media. The image processing apparatus (10) comprises a vacuum imaging drum (300) for holding thermal print media (32) and dye donor sheet material (36) in registration... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5996206 | Method and apparatus for installing and aligning punches in an imaging system A method and apparatus for facilitating the installation and alignment of side punches onto the internal drum of an imaging system. A side of the internal drum is provided with a T-shaped slot for movably positioning a plurality of side punches about the ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5986686 | Apparatus for making graphic products having a platen drive with encoded sprockets A thermal printing apparatus for printing graphic images on sheet material, such as a vinyl sheet, utilizes a platen drive to move the sheet material between a roller platen and thermal print head. The thermal print head presses the sheet material into en... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5971393 | Device and method for loading and unloading a sheet-like medium The present invention relates to a device and a method for unloading a sheet medium from a vacuum drum which may be a vacuum drum of an imagesetter for example, or a vacuum drum of an input scanning machine. The unloading is facilitated by the stiffness o... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5970597 | Precision assembly technique using alignment fixture and the resulting assembly According to a precision assembly technique, a first subassembly is precisely aligned relative to a plurality of alignment features in an alignment fixture and at least three non-coplanar flexures having complementary alignment features are located with r... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5956071 | Mechanism for positioning film into a scanning position in an internal drum laser scanner assembly An assembly for positioning a piece of photosensitive film into a scanning position on a curved film platen and an internal drum scanner assembly. The film platen is defined by a film feed edge and a film stop edge. An alignment mechanism is positioned pr... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5949466 | Exposing imagesetter recording film to a dye collection sheet on a transfer apparatus The present invention is for an image processing apparatus (10) for a method of exposing imagesetter recording film (42) on a color-proofing apparatus. The method comprises the steps of loading a sheet of dye collection support (45) on a vacuum imaging dr... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5909237 | Exposing imagesetter recording film on a color-proofing apparatus The present invention is for a method of exposing imagesetter recording film (39) on a color-proofing apparatus (10). A sheet of support material (39) is loaded on a vacuum imaging drum (300). A sheet of imagesetter recording film (42) is loaded on the su... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5894319 | Exposure drum for a newspaper print-plate making apparatus An exposure drum (11) of a CTP newspaper plate-making apparatus has a width (W) which is slightly greater than a vertical measurement (L1) of one page of a newspaper, a circumference (L) which is slightly greater than a vertical measurement (L | 04/13/1999 |
| 5865433 | Variable mask and universal vacuum drum A vacuum drum apparatus on which a mask is mounted having a resilient surface and an array of holes suitable for a substrate of a given size. The drum is a circular cylinder perforated with an array of holes. A hollow chamber within the drum is connected ... | 02/02/1999 |
