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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037818 | Print unit with single motor drive permitting autoplating A web offset print unit includes a first plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder selectively in contact with the first plate cylinder, a second blanket cylinder, the web passing between the first and second blanket cylinders, the second blanket cylinder and first b... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7934450 | Printing press A printing press includes a form cylinder, a blanket cylinder, an impression cylinder, an adjusting apparatus having at least one first actuating drive for setting a printing pressure between the blanket cylinder and the impression cylinder, and a tracking system fo... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7779757 | Printing units on a web-fed rotary printing press A web-fed rotary printing press is structured having two end-surface defining side frames. At least one printing unit, with at least two cooperating printing unit cylinders, is supported between these side frames. At least one of the at least two cooperating cylinde... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7752964 | Printing unit on a web-fed rotary printing press Printing units are supported between side frames of a web-fed rotary printing press. Each such printing unit includes at least one transfer cylinder and at least one cooperating printing cylinder, which is embodied as a form cylinder. These cylinders are rotatably m... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7707935 | Printing group including cylinders supported for movement A printing group of a printing machine is comprised of a pair of cylinders each having a circumference that corresponds essentially to a length of a section of a side to be printed. The effective generated surface of at least one of the cylinders comprises, at the m... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7578235 | Print unit having cylinders forming a counterweight and corresponding press The invention provides a unit for printing a web of paper including a frame and at least a first and a second printing group, each printing group including a blanket cylinder and a plate cylinder, the printing unit also including a throw off mechanism for supporting... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7516698 | Web offset printing press with autoplating An offset web print unit includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, a second blanket cylinder, an autoplating mechanism, and a throw-off mechanism including a single actuator both for moving the blanket cylinder from the second blanket cylinder and for moving th... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7392742 | Devices for supporting and adjusting a form cylinder in a printing group of a rotary printing press A forme cylinder is supported and adjusted in a printing group of a rotary printing press, which group includes a transfer cylinder and a counter-pressure cylinder, which two cylinders include interacting support elements. The forme cylinder does not include a suppo... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7370578 | Inking or dampening unit including adjustable throw-on force for setting imprint width An inking or dampening unit includes an applicator roll mounted on levers so that the application roll can be pivoted about a distributor cylinder onto a form cylinder with a controlled throwing-on force. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370581 | Changing station for printing press sleeves A changing station for sleeves of a printing machine has a conveyable magazine with at least one take-up device for the sleeves. The magazine is both vertically and horizontally conveyable alongside the printing machine. The horizontal movement can be provided by a ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7350464 | Modular printing unit In order to provide a printing unit (1; 50) of modular design with the lowest possible expenditure on construction and high flexibility, the printing unit (1; 50) of modular design for printing webs (29) has a stand (2; 2′; 54), which i... | 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 |
| 7331288 | Apparatus for pulling a sleeve on and off In order to make handling easier, an apparatus for pulling a sleeve onto and off a printing-press cylinder has a head piece (8) having a positioning device (13) for defining the position of the head piece (8) with respect to the cylinder (1 | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316182 | Ink proofer arrangement including light source for curing ink An ink proofer arrangement includes an ink proofer tool, a cylindrical drum roller, a drive motor adapted to rotate the roller and a first movable mounting assembly to retain the ink proofer tool adjacent to and in a non-contact position with the roller, a first var... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7281473 | Ink proofer arrangement including movable ink proofer tool holder An ink proofer arrangement to generate consistent and reliable ink draw-downs irrespective of the size of the substrate or the user preparing the ink sample. One example embodiment includes an ink proofer arrangement and an ink proofer tool. The ink proofer arrangem... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275482 | Ink proofer arrangement including substrate roll support and tensioner and method of using An ink proofer arrangement to generate consistent and reliable ink drawdowns irrespective of the size of the substrate or the user preparing the ink sample. The ink proofer arrangement includes an ink proofer tool, a cylindrical drum roller, a drive motor adapted to... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7270494 | Easy assembly printer media transport arrangement A printer including: at least one elongate roller arranged, in use, to rotate so as to transport print media within the printer; a support frame for supporting the roller at the longitudinal first and second ends of the roller so as to allow the rotation of the roll... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7225736 | Printing machine The bearings of a printing roller of a printing machine, preferably of a flexoprinting machine, with at least one counter-pressure cylinder and with at least one printing roller, which on one end is taper bore mounted in the frame, are conveyable in guideways relati... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216585 | Shaftless motor drive for a printing press with an anilox inker An offset printing press includes a first plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder for selectively contacting the first plate cylinder, an anilox inker for inking the first plate cylinder, and a first motor directly connected to the anilox inker for driving the anil... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213513 | Printing group pertaining to a printing machine having a linearly displaceable transfer cylinder A printing group of a printing machine is comprised of at least two cylinders, a forme cylinder and a transfer cylinder. The transfer cylinder can be moved between a print-on position and a print-off position along a linear adjustment path. Both of the cylinders in ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207271 | Web printing press and method for controlling print-to-cut and/or circumferential register A method for controlling a print-to-cut register in a shaftless web printing press having a first print unit having a first plate cylinder and first blanket cylinder for printing a web, at least one independent drive for the first print unit, and a folder having a c... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7173356 | Independent direct drive for paper processing machines The present invention provides an electric drive, including a stator (4) and a rotor (3), for a paper processing machine, in particular a printing press having at least two rotary subassemblies (1, 2), the stator (4) and the rotor (3 | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171900 | Variable format offset printing machine A printing press includes a frame that supports one or more printing units. Each printing unit includes a retractable inker module cantileverly supported by the frame, an ink injection system having a pump, a sidelay registration mechanism for one or more plate cyli... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156018 | Printing couple in a printing machine with a pivotable transfer cylinder A printing couple in a printing machine is comprised of at least three cylinders, a forme cylinder, a transfer cylinder and a counter-pressure cylinder. The counter-pressure cylinder forms a printing location or point in cooperation with the transfer cylinder. The t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150226 | Apparatus for positioning a roll in an inking or damping unit of a rotary press An apparatus is provided for positioning a roll in an inking or damping unit of a rotary press with respect to at least one adjacent roll. The axle of the first roll is mounted in at least one bearing arrangement that is movable with respect to a side wall of the pr... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140295 | Printing group including cylinders supported for movement A printing group of a printing machine is comprised of a pair of cylinders each having a circumference that corresponds essentially to a length of a section of a side to be printed. The effective generated surface of at least one of the cylinders comprises, at the m... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121207 | Systems and methods for 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... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117792 | Method and devices for regulating at least one cylinder in a printing press The forces exerted by actuators are detected and devices are provided, which use those detected forces to regulate a pressure force exerted by one cylinder against another cylinder in a printing machine. The several forces can also be used for placing or removing on... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7107902 | Sheet-guiding device for a printing machine The invention relates to a sheet-guiding device in a printing machine. The object of the invention is to provide such a sheet-guiding device which in a printing/varnishing unit that is not involved in the printing/varnishing process, permits the smear-free passage o... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107906 | Device for feeding or removing a printing plate including a pivotal plate storage device having a linearly movable plate support A device for feeding a plate to and/or removing a plate from a printing press includes a plate storage device for holding a new and/or used plate. The plate storage device has a linearly movable plate support. The plate is particularly a printing plate. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104198 | Printing blanket with convex outer print surface A tubular printing blanket having an axial center has a carrier sleeve layer having a uniform thickness, a compressible layer, a reinforcing layer over the compressible layer, and a print layer disposed over the reinforcing layer. At least one of the reinforcing lay... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096789 | Web printing press and method for controlling print-to-cut and/or circumferential register A method for controlling a print-to-cut register in a shaftless web printing press having a first print unit having a first plate cylinder and first blanket cylinder for printing a web, at least one independent drive for the first print unit, and a folder having a c... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097269 | Proofing head and proofer printer apparatus The present invention discloses a proofing head apparatus and a proofing printer for generating a proof. The proofing head assembly comprises a color light analyzer and a color printhead joined by a housing to align the color light analyzer and to direct both the pr... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089858 | Rotary press A rotary press is capable of interchanging printing cylinders in a short time with less labor. The rotary press includes a first supporting device for supporting one end of a printing cylinder. The first supporting device is provided in a movable frame arranged outs... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7040226 | Printing unit A printing unit contains at least one printing group which is comprised of at least two cylinders which cooperate to form a printing nip. At least these two cylinders are interconnected in a positive fit by a drive. The two cylinders can be engaged with one another ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032510 | Mounting for cylinders of a printing machines At least two cylinders of a printing machine are arranged in the printing machine. An end journal of each of the cylinders is mounted either in or on a common insert. That common insert is, in turn, detachably located in, or on a lateral frame of the printing machin... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017482 | 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... | 03/28/2006 |
