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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127671 | Printing unit of a printing machine, and method for using a printing unit A printing unit of a printing machine is configured having at least two frame parts, a spacing between which can be modified. Several form cylinders and several transfer cylinders, which cooperate to print a web, are located on each of the at least two frame parts. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7208904 | Multiple motor position control A controller for motor activation providing accurate and repeatable position changes by pressing and releasing a push button switch. Repeatable position changes are made in an advance direction by triggering a digital counter for a predetermined number of cycles of ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7178460 | Web-fed rotary printing press A web-fed rotary printing press, which is used for printing a web has at least four printing points or locations that are allocated to the web in an imprinting mode of the press. At least one of each two printing points or locations can be alternatively engaged with... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159515 | Device for attaching a roller to an abutment moving essentially at the peripheral speed of the roller by means of a spindle-nut combination A spindle-nut combination for applying a roller to a counterbearing moved essentially at the circumferential speed of the roller. In order to be able to adjust the play of the spindle in a simple manner, an additional nut is associated with, and displaceable against... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153555 | Plastic objects including lenticular lens sheets A product for displaying lenticular images, comprising: an insert including a lenticular lens material; a layer of ink; a thermal protective substrate layer; and a plastic base. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7117789 | Method for loading and exchanging the rollers of the printing units of a printing machine and device for working the method Method for loading and exchanging the rollers of the printing units of a printing machine and a device for working the method, the device loading station including a handling carriage for engraved rollers, a storage station for rollers, a reserve station at each of ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100509 | Device and method for correcting a longitudinal register error which is caused by position adjustment A process for correcting the longitudinal registration error of a rotary printing press with several inking systems in which a control unit adjusts the desired application line of the printing plate on the material web lying on one of the two rollers. In making the ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7050734 | Method of determining a relative speed between independently driven members in an image forming apparatus A method of determining a relative speed between two separately driven members in an image forming apparatus, includes the steps of: transporting a print medium using a print media transport assembly including an exit nip, the print media transport assembly operable... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044054 | Printing group of an offset rotary printing machine A printing group of an offset rotary printing machine includes at least one forme cylinder, one transfer cylinder and at least one inking system. Two of these printing groups are arranged opposite to each other. The arrangement of the printing group in relation to e... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7047207 | Method for customizing consumer product packaging by varying images appearing on packages The invention provides a method for customizing consumer product packaged thereby. The purpose of this method is to attract, increase, or retain consumer interest by varying the images appearing on packages of the products which appear to the consumer is different i... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040229 | Method for loading and exchanging the rollers of the printing units of a printing machine and device for working the method Method for loading and exchanging the rollers of the printing units of a printing machine and a device for working the method, the device loading station including a handling carriage for engraved rollers, a storage station for rollers, a reserve station at each of ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6983689 | Web-fed rotary press A web-fed rotary printing press is used for printing a web and consists of at least two satellite cylinders and of at least six cylinders, each of which defines a printing location in cooperation with the satellite cylinders. Each printing location can be brought in... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6907821 | Rotary press to lay down patterns on a support strip A rotary press to lay patterns of a material on a strip material comprises a working cylinder bearing embossing plates of the patterns of the aforesaid material to be laid and an opposed anvil cylinder. The working cylinder is rotated. A heater for the working cylin... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905269 | System and method for continuous label printing A system for continuous printing is disclosed. The system includes an unwind storing a roll of print media; a cutter which receives the print media and which cuts the print media into sheets of variable length; a sheet printer which receives the sheets of print medi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6886458 | Apparatus for adjusting printing pressure of satellite-type printing press An apparatus for integrally and conveniently adjusting printing pressures of blanket cylinders in a satellite-type printing press is provided. Printing pressure is adjusted all together by rotating eccentric bearing means (26) of a plurality of blanket cylind... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6834588 | Flexographic rotary platen printing press A flexographic rotary platen printing press for printing indicia on a web of flexible material moving along a longitudinal axis. The flexographic rotary platen printing press includes a print drum assembly that is affixed to a trolley that is moveable in a linear di... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6814000 | Adjusting device for a sheet-fed rotary printing machine An adjusting device for adjusting a sheet transport cylinder in a sheet-fed rotary printing machine, depending upon various printing-material thicknesses, includes a mounting support for mounting the sheet transport cylinder so that a rotational axis of the sheet tr... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6736063 | Printing apparatus At printing time, a blanket cylinder gear is meshed with a plate cylinder gear, whereby a first plate cylinder is rotatable by a drive motor. At image-recording time, the blanket cylinder gear is separated from the plate cylinder gear. In this state, a different mot... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6731898 | Interleaved tandem printer and printing method A method of printing utilizing a plurality of printers, each capable of printing an image on a same side of a web, the method comprising: printing, by a first printer, of first images, separated by spaces, along a first side of a web; and printing, by a second print... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6718871 | Providing printing and embossing data over a single data path A method of providing printing and embossing data includes transmitting print image data defining an image to be printed and emboss image data defining an image to be embossed, where the data is transmitted over a single data path to a common recipient processor. | 04/13/2004 |
| 6668717 | Web-fed rotary printing machine In order to provide a rotary printing machine for direct printing, in which the printing-assembly cylinders are arranged in a space-saving way, there is arranged in side walls at least one double printing assembly containing two form cylinders which are l... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668719 | Method and devices for adjusting a roller in a printing machine An adjustable bearing arrangement is used for the remote controlled adjustment of an inking roller or a dampening roller with respect to a second, contacting roller. The journal of the roller to be adjusted is secured to an adjusting element. A pre-settab... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6655273 | Rotary printing machine having a first gearwheel and a second gearwheel with a secured rotary angle position when uncoupled from the first gearwheel A rotary printing machine includes a first gearwheel, a second gearwheel, and a setting device for selectively adjusting the second gearwheel into a first position, in which the gearwheels are coupled to one another, and into a second position, in which t... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6601503 | Method and device for coupling in/out a cylinder in a printing machine A method and apparatus for more simply and efficiently coupling and decoupling a cylinder in a printing machine. The coupling and decoupling apparatus includes a bearing bushing (11) in a fixed bushing (28). The bearing bushing (11) carries an axial force... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6543354 | Device for quickly establishing a production-run state in a printing group of a rotary printing machine A device for quickly and reliably establishing a production-run state in a printing group of a rotary printing machine after the printing cycle has been interrupted. A plurality of freely programmable memory devices having various different printing contr... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6327975 | Method and apparatus for printing elongate images on a web A web-fed offset printing press has printing units each comprising a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, and an impression cylinder, the impression cylinder being movable into and out of rolling engagement with the blanket cylinder via the web. A first pr... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6283024 | Quick change print station for central impression presses A central impression printing press (20) utilizes a plurality of quick change print stations (100, 200, 300) to increase safety and print quality. The print stations (100, 200, 300) include movable carriages (102, 202, 302) which mount anilox rolls (40) a... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6213016 | Cylinder throwing-off/throwing-on controller for a multicolor lithographic rotary press A cylinder throwing-off/throwing-on controller for a multicolor lithographic rotary press in which paper splicing is performed. The cylinder throwing-off/throwing-in controller comprises a pulse generator for outputting a pulse signal every time the paper... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6205926 | Method for on the run plate changes in offset web-fed press A printing unit in a lithographic web fed rotary printing press has a plate cylinder and an associated blanket cylinder mechanically coupled via a gear train. A first drive motor drives both the plate cylinder and blanket cylinder. An impression cylinder ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6148724 | Selective flexographic printing A web of paper is printed with selective non-variable information and vastly different variable information on portions of the paper web which are ultimately separated into discrete documents. At least one ion deposition print unit and a number of flexogr... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6125752 | Multi-color flexographic rotary machine with main drum and independent separate color units A flexographic rotary printing machine has a supporting structure provided with two lateral shoulders, an impression roller over which a material in sheet form to be printed passes, at least one printing element or assembly arranged adjacent to the impres... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6085651 | Eccentric device for adjusting printing unit cylinders including a cylinder support with a stop face A device for engaging and disengaging or throwing-off printing unit cylinders in a printing entity of a rotary printing press for printing a web of material, the printing entity including a lower and an upper printing unit, and one of the printing unit cy... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5816157 | Rotary printing press with retractable rubber cylinders A rotary printing press with rubber-rubber printing units arranged essentially vertically above one another. The rubber cylinders of at least one rubber-rubber printing unit can be retracted from one another in the formation of a usable gap between the tw... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5718172 | Printing group for a color-printing web-fed rotary press A printing system for a multi-color web-fed rotary printing press utilizes a plurality of printing system units that are arranged in a vertical array. Each printing system unit includes a left printing portion, a right printing portion, and a central prin... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5644983 | Coupling arrangement for coupling printing stands to one another in a printing press and method for coupling printing stands to one another in a printing press A device for the coupling and uncoupling of a printing unit, said printing unit, with its plate cylinder, being engaged with a blanket cylinder in a first position and being disengaged from said blanket cylinder in a second position. Further, the device c... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5570633 | Automated printing press with reinsertion registration control An automated printing press (10) is provided with a plurality of printing stations (13), each having a printing mechanism (60) which prints at least one component image at spaced apart locations along a web (11). Each printing mechanism (60) is positionab... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5471929 | Apparatus for the displacement of bearing blocks mounted on carriages and which support shafts In an apparatus for the displacement of bearing blocks mounted on carriages which support shafts, a first carriage is carried for displacement in a carriage guideway fixed to the frame, and the other carriage is carried in a carriage guideway of the first... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5363762 | Satellite printing press A printing press including at least one impression cylinder, at least one plate cylinder, a pair of swivel arms corresponding to each plate cylinder and pivotal about a central axis of the plate cylinder, and a transfer cylinder corresponding to each plat... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5337664 | Printing press with blanket cylinder throw off apparatus and method A printing press (32) with a pair of plate cylinders (12A, 12B) each having a cylindrical body (22A, 22B) and a central axis of rotation (20A, 20B) mounted in fixed parallel spaced relationship, a pair of blanket cylinders (14A, 14B) located adjacent the ... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5311817 | Printing pressure adjusting apparatus of printing cylinders When a screw 60 has been adjusted, a printing pressure adjusting disc 72 is turned through a shaft 75 and a segment gear 73 to adjust an eccentric pin through a link 78 and a lever 79. Also when the amount of eccentricity of a rubber cylinder 53 has been ... | 05/17/1994 |
