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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096238 | Satellite printing unit of a web-fed printing press A satellite printing unit of a web-fed printing press with printing couples is disclosed. Each printing couple includes a plate cylinder and a transfer cylinder where the transfer cylinders of all the printing couples roll off a common impression cylinder. Each plat... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7987782 | Printing apparatus for liquid crystal display device and pattern forming method using the same A printing apparatus for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a patterning method using the same is disclosed. The printing apparatus includes a printing plate; a printing roller to roll on the printing plate and to print a pattern material onto a substrate; a ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7938064 | Printing unit of a web-fed rotary press A printing unit of a web-fed rotary press has a plurality of press units, each press unit having a form cylinder, a transfer cylinder, an inking unit and optionally a damping unit, and having at least one impression cylinder. Each form cylinder rolls on the respecti... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7832334 | Printing blanket with convex carrier layer A printing blanket includes a carrier sleeve layer having at least one axially convex surface and a print layer disposed over the carrier sleeve layer. A blanket cylinder with a convex outer surface and a convex shim is also provided. An offset printing press is als... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7721646 | Offset printing groups of a printing press for newspaper printing and a web-fed rotary printing press An offset printing group is part of a printing machine which is used for printing newspapers. The offset printing group includes a printing cylinder and a transfer cylinder. The length of the transfer cylinder corresponds to at least six widths of newspaper pages. T... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7707934 | Printing formes of a printing press, and web-fed rotary presses The invention relates to a printing form (19) to be used in a printing unit of a printing press. Said printing form (19) is embodied as a panoramic printing form (19) and supports side by side printed images of a specific number n (n>1) of print... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7530306 | Offset lithographic printing press having seamed sleeved printing blanket An offset lithographic printing press combined with a gapped or seamed cylindrical offset printing blanket having pre-made blanket material mounted on a cylindrical sleeve is disclosed, wherein conventional, manufactured blanket material in flat form is adhered to a... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7497161 | Printing with flexographic inks and lacquer There is described a printing unit and a method for printing with flexographic inks. The printing unit includes a screen roller engaging a doctor blade system (3), and which is in continuous operation, either by engaging a motor (10) or by operation by... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7412924 | Printing blanket assembly for a blanket cylinder including filler material at blanket ends A printing blanket assembly for a blanket cylinder of a rotary printing press includes a dimensionally stable support plate, and a printing blanket fastened to the outside of the support plate. A leading end of the support plate and a trailing end of the support pla... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404357 | Device for pressing on a flexible printing form when it is being pulled onto a form cylinder of an offset printing press A device for pressing on a flexible printing form when it is being pulled onto a form cylinder of an offset printing press. The device makes it possible to use an offset cylinder which is not in phase. The device for pressing on a flexible printing form when it is b... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7399526 | Printing blanket and method for reducing corrosion and abrasion of printing blankets and blanket cylinders A printing blanket and method of reducing corrosion and abrasion of printing blankets and printing blanket cylinders is provided. The printing blanket includes a metal base ply having first and second surfaces, a surface layer on the first surface of the base ply, a... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395759 | Sleeve for a printing machine The invention relates to a sleeve, particularly a rubber blanket sheath, for a printing machine. The sleeve (10) has a two-layer structure comprising an internal layer designed as support layer (11), and an external layer designed as cover layer (12... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387069 | Devices and methods for setting the contact pressure of a displaceably mounted roller A device is used to set a contact pressure between a displaceable roller and another roller or for moving the displaceable roller with respect to the other roller. At least one actuator is subjectible to the action of a pressure medium and presses the displaceable r... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380500 | Process for the offset printing of patterns via the fountain medium A process for the offset printing of a receiving medium with a functional pattern comprising in any order the steps of: applying a printing ink to a printing plate and wetting the printing plate with an aqueous fountain medium containing a solution or a dispersion c... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373878 | Digital can decorating apparatus A digitally controlled can decorating apparatus (40) including digitally controlled print heads (50) arrayed around the blanket cylinder (20) of an offset type decorating apparatus for delivering ink in a selected pattern from each print head ( | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373881 | Fixtures for performing newspaper press cut-off reduction Systems and methods for modifying, altering, constructing, or retrofitting an existing newspaper press having a first cut-off length, to have a second cut-off length which is different from and generally less than the first. These systems and methods generally provi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370579 | Printing blanket assembly for a blanket cylinder and method for producing a printing blanket assembly A printing blanket assembly for a blanket cylinder of a rotary printing press includes a dimensionally stable support plate with a printing blanket secured to an outer surface of the support plate. A filler material is arranged on at least one end of the printing bl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357079 | Printing group of a printing unit, consisting of two printing groups placed vertically above each other in a printing machine A printing unit consists of at least two printing groups, which are placed vertically above each other, in a printing machine. Each of the printing groups includes a printing cylinder, an inking unit with at least one inking roller, a dampening unit with several dam... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357078 | Method for making a multilayer printing blanket and resulting blanket A method for making a multilayer printing blanket whereof at least an outer layer is provided with embedded particles has the embedded in the surface of the outer layer by exerting pressure on said particles. Such a printing blanket is useful in the field of printin... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350462 | Gap filling member for blanket cylinder A filling member for filling the concave portion of a blanket face which is generated along the opening portion of a groove of a blanket cylinder comprises a wedge-shaped limb portion and a head portion capable of filling the concave portion. The limb portion is ins... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341001 | Printing unit arrangement in a web-fed rotary printing press A printing unit arrangement in a web-fed rotary printing press includes at least one printing unit 2a having a first and second plate cylinder 4,6 and associated first and second blanket cylinders 8, 10 which are mechanically coupled via ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328656 | Printing device A printing device has a support roll and a sleeve having at least one sleeve element and detachably mounted on the support roll, wherein the sleeve, when mounted on the support roll, surrounds at least partially the support roll. At least one printing plate is adapt... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322917 | Embossing cylinder with interchangeable sleeve and with system for locking the sleeve at the ends and embossing machine comprising said cylinder The rotating cylinder for processing a web material comprises an essentially rigid cylindrical core (13), on which is fitted an interchangeable sleeve (45) of elastically expandable material whose rigidity is less than that of the material of the core;... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316183 | Sleeve with multiple layer structure for printing presses and method for its manufacture The invention concerns a sleeve with a multiple layer structure for printing presses with king rolls configured as pneumatic cylinders; in particular a sleeve for the flexographic printing process, with an inner tube of reversibly expandable plastic material, whose ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308854 | Printing member provided with identification means defined by or connectable to updateable means for recording data relative to the member and useful for its utilization A printing member such as a printing cylinder includes an at least partly metal cylinder, or a sleeve to be mounted on a mandrel rotating about its axis. The printing member comprises a body having a thickness. With the printing member there is associated an activat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305922 | Printing blanket having a rigid carrier plate A printing blanket comprising a rigid carrier plate on which an elastic layer is arranged is provided. The elastic covering layer has a surface that can be inked and by which a printing image can be transferred onto a printing material. An end of the carrier plate i... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300055 | Image forming apparatus The object is to provide an image forming apparatus in which the copy sheet can be transferred with stable velocity and high accuracy even if there is variation in diameter due to machining tolerance. A pair of roller for feeding copy sheet pinching the sheet betwee... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300147 | Inkjet printing system with an intermediate transfer member between the print engine and print medium In an inkjet printer, the print head does not print images directly to the print medium. Rather, the print head prints the image to an intermediate transfer member, for example a transfer belt or drum. The transfer member then transfers the image to the print medium... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293503 | Slide-in print unit for a variable format in offset printing A slide-in print unit for a variable format in offset printing includes a machine frame. A counter pressure cylinder, rubber blanket cylinder, and plate cylinder are positioned within the machine frame. A drive mechanism for the cylinders includes a joint drive for ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290488 | Apparatus and method for changing printing sleeves on a printing machine The invention provides an apparatus for the mounting and/or demounting of at least two printing sleeves outside a printing unit of a printing machine. The printing sleeves include an outer printing sleeve forming a printing surface and an inner printing sleeve provi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287470 | Offset lithographic printing press having seamed sleeved printing blanket An offset lithographic printing press combined with a gapped or seamed cylindrical offset printing blanket having pre-made blanket material mounted on a cylindrical sleeve is disclosed, wherein conventional, manufactured blanket material in flat form is adhered to a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270057 | Rolling element adjustment system In a printing press, an adjustment system for positioning a rolling element such as a form roller or an impression cylinder relative to a first cylinder having a first diameter and relative to at least a second cylinder adapted to replace the first cylinder and havi... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258065 | Devices for adjusting the contact pressure of an adjustably mounted cylinder The contact pressure between an adjustably mounted first cylinder and a second cylinder in a printing machine, and particularly in a web-fed printing machine can be adjusted. An actuator is usable to force the first cylinder toward the second cylinder with an adjust... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246557 | Printing group of a rotary printing press A printing group of a rotary printing press includes at least one forme cylinder and at least one transfer cylinder. The forme cylinder has at least two printing forme end receiving channels. These two channels are spaced circumferentially. At least one of these for... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240613 | Method for driving a satellite offset press and satellite offset press A method for driving a satellite offset press, and a satellite offset press which, with little expenditure, permits multicolor printing in one pass. A satellite offset press, in which form cylinders and associated transfer cylinders are driven synchronously, while i... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240766 | Sound dampening pad An easy to manufacture and install sound dampening pad for a printing blanket sleeve is provided. The pad effectively attenuates noise emanating from the sleeve during air pressurized mounting and dismounting of the blanket sleeve to an underlying cylinder. The soun... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240614 | Method for influencing lateral web spreading in a printing unit in a rotary printing press A method for influencing lateral web spreading in a printing unit in a rotary printing press, the printing unit having first and second transfer cylinders contacting each other along a contact zone for receiving a web to be printed on therebetween and undergoing a d... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7224490 | Method of producing a printing plate on a cylindrical printing-plate carrier in a rotary printing press A method of producing a printing plate on a cylindrical printing-plate carrier includes subdividing the printing-plate carrier by computation in terms of its width and axial length into at least two circumferential subareas. Then an actual transfer characteristic cu... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219604 | Transfer blanket, in particular rubber blanket, for a printing press The transfer blanket (10), in particular a rubber blanket, for a printing press, has a carrier layer (11), a covering layer (12) and at least one intermediate layer (13, 14, 15) which is positioned between the carrier layer and the coveri... | 05/22/2007 |
