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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7174125 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus of the invention at least includes: a transport control component for controlling a transporting component so that transporting of the continuous paper is stopped when a print job is finished, the continuous paper is back-transported to an... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6923118 | Drive for impression cylinders of a rotary press Apparatus for preventing the cylinder drive wheels of the transfer cylinders jamming against one another during setting and throwing-off movements includes a transfer cylinder having cylinder drive wheel which engages the drive wheels of a forme cylinder and of an i... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6910417 | Inking arrangement improvement A mechanism for rotary printing presses to increase the number of ink form-rollers without decreasing the space available for changing the printing plates. An additional advantage of this mechanism is the ease of access to the inner form rollers. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6655277 | Rotary printing machine In a rotary printing machine, in particular a web-fed rotary printing machine, having at least one printing unit including a plurality of printing-unit cylinders, of which at least one can be brought into and out of operative connection with at least one ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6647876 | Mechanism for actuating the throw-off of cylinders using eccentric boxes A printing unit has a frame and a plurality of printing cylinders, including a first plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder, a second blanket cylinder mounted in the frame and forming a nip with the first blanket cylinder for receiving a web of material... | 11/18/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6435086 | Retractable inking/coating apparatus having ferris movement between printing units A retractable in-line inking/coating apparatus selectively applies either spot or overall ink/coating to a blanket or flexographic plate on a blanket cylinder or spot coating or overall ink/coating to a flexographic printing plate on a plate cylinder in a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6272986 | Retractable impression cylinder inking/coating apparatus having ferris movement between printing units A retractable impression cylinder coater printer known as the "Lithoflex I™" combines lithographic and flexographic printing and coating in a single pass operation. The apparatus is adapted for installation on any printing station of a multi-color litho... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6227111 | Impression setting mechanism for a printing unit The present invention is related to a printing unit including a frame (2) and an upper plate cylinder (12) mounted in the frame (2). An upper blanket cylinder (16) is in selective contact with the upper plate cylinder (12), and a lower blanket cylinder (1... | 05/08/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6082257 | Printing unit with anilox roller bearer positioning A printing unit is disclosed which incorporates an applicator roller (66) such as anilox roller with bearer surfaces (206) at the ends thereof for positively positioning the applicator roller relative a cylinder, such as a plate cylinder (32) or a blanket... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6041706 | Complete release blanket A printing press includes an interchangeable plate cylinder, in which the plate cylinder may have variable cutoff diameters. The plate cylinder is mounted in the printing press in rolling contact with a fixed diameter blanket cylinder. The ink rollers of ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5722323 | Blanket cylinder throw-off device An improved throw off device for disengaging adjacent blanket cylinders (12) and (14) from each other and corresponding adjacent plate cylinders (16) and (18) is provided. The device includes pairs of bearing assemblies (28A), (28B), (30A) and (30B) that ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5699737 | Device for the throw-on and throw-off of rollers To improve the throw-on and throw-off movement of the rollers in the roller train of inking or dampening units of a printing machine, an improved and simpler throw-on and throw-off device is provided. For this purpose, intermediate rollers are carried in ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5690029 | Rubber-blanket cylinder engagement and disengagement device Rubber-blanket cylinder engagement and disengagement device for a rotary printing press having a plate cylinder and an impression cylinder includes swivel arms whereon the rubber-blanket cylinder is journalled, the swivel arms being articulatedly connecte... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5588362 | Cylinder throw-on and throw-off mechanism for printing press A cylinder throw-on and throw-off mechanism for a printing press having a plate cylinder and a printing cylinder, which are disposed with outer surfaces being separated from each other, and a blanket cylinder disposed therebetween includes a driving unit ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5524539 | Device for the print setting of a printing cylinder equipped with a slip-on sleeve In a rotary printing machine, a device for the print setting of a printing cylinder equipped with a slip-on sleeve. The printing cylinder is supported in a bearing to which an eccentric bushing is secured for reciprocating the printing cylinder between pr... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5461978 | Printing press A printing press includes two opposite mounting walls formed with aligned horizontally extending openings in which two sliding seats are mounted slidably and respectively, a printing roller extending horizontally between the mounting walls and having a lo... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5445076 | Cylinder throw apparatus A cylinder throw apparatus includes a plate cylinder, a printing cylinder, a blanket cylinder, a pair of eccentric bearings, and a motor. The plate cylinder has a circumferential surface on which a printing plate is mounted. The printing cylinder is dispo... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5421260 | Apparatus for adjusting the impression of an impression cylinder equipped with a tube which can be slipped on An apparatus for adjusting the impression of an impression cylinder, equipped with a tube that can be slipped on, in a rotary press, the mounting of which apparatus has an eccentric bush equipped with a gearing, which is engaged in the operating state by ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5125339 | Apparatus for displacing shaft-mounting bearing stands This invention relates to an apparatus for displacing shaft-mounting bearing stands, which are secured to carriages, in carriage guides, preferably for displacing the bearing stands of plate cylinders and inking rollers of a printing unit in carriage trac... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4502385 | Arrangement for stabilizing an eccentric bearing bush The present invention relates to an arrangement for eliminating the play or clearance between an eccentric bearing bush for a printing cylinder bearing and a bearing hole which rotatably accommodates the bush in the side frame of the printing press. Mutua... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4454811 | Device for automatic engagement of printing sets under pressure The present invention relates to printing machines with paper reversers. The purpose of the invention is to mitigate the necessity of adjusting or checking the correct position of paper in the paper reverser. The above purpose is achieved by the present invention w... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4448125 | Sheet-fed rotary printing machine with a turn-over mechanism A sheet-fed rotary printing machine with a turn-over mechanism includes a turn-over cylinder interposed between printing cylinders in a pair of printing units and having a pair of gripper shafts mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the turn-over... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4438694 | Gravure color printing press A color gravure printing press of simple construction which is easy to set up and operate, and is therefore economic for use in printing short runs comprises printing members (2) for at least two different colors arranged around a common printing cylinder... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4375190 | Printing press having a plurality of printing stations Paper gripper improvement in a printing press of the type having a frame, a large paper carrying impression cylinder drum mounted on the frame and a plurality of retractable printing stations mounted on the frame and spaced around the drum. Each gripper h... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4222325 | Mounting means for movable carriage on an offset press A two-color offset printing press having two plate cylinders simultaneously engageable with a single blanket cylinder is disclosed. The plate cylinders and a blanket cylinder are rotatably mounted on a printer head fixed to the mainframe of the press. A f... | 09/16/1980 |