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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8413575 | Printing unit of a printing material processing machine and method and machine for treating printing material A printing unit of a printing material processing machine, preferably a sheetfed offset printing press, includes a form cylinder and an impression cylinder. The form cylinder has a printing form for applying printed information to the printing material and the impre... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8381646 | Support apparatus for embossing rolls and method for the replacement of the same Support apparatus for embossing rolls comprising a fixed structure (1) with two sides (10), which provide multiple supports for one or more embossing rolls (2) having the respective horizontal axes between said sides (10) and being connec... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8141483 | Printing plate and method of printing an alignment film using the same The present disclosure relates to the device and the method for printing an alignment film. The printing plate comprises: a resin plate; a plurality of pixel array embossing pattern formed on the resin plate, for printing the alignment film to a pixel array formed o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132504 | Security printing with gel inks A method and system of embossing ink including applying the ink to a print substrate, applying an embossing substrate to the ink wherein the embossing substrate imprints a predetermined pattern into the ink, and curing, via a radiation source, the ink such that an i... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7971526 | Embossing or bonding device containing facetted impression elements Facetted impression elements are disclosed. The impression elements can be located, for instance, on an anvil roll and may be used during an embossing or bonding process. The impression elements include at least two chamfered surfaces that at least partially surroun... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7717035 | Embossing apparatus and method for mounting embossing plates An apparatus for embossing a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes a die with a metal backing layer that carries a polymer layer. The polymer layer has a female pattern formed through laser engraving. The metal backing layer of the die is capable of being ma... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7587975 | Embossed sheet forming apparatus and rotary phase difference control method An embossed sheet forming apparatus has phase controlling means (33, 34) axially shifting a second embossing roller 11, a front embossed profile detector 74 for detecting an embossed profile on a front surface of a both-sided embossed sheet 1... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7584698 | Embossing assembly for sheet material An embossing assembly for sheet material includes at least two embossing rollers, the ends of which are rotatably mounted in the side panels of an embossing machine. Each of the side panels is divided into a fixed portion and at least one movable portion. The ends o... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7444932 | Apparatus and method for making microreplicated article A roll to roll microreplication apparatus is described. This apparatus forms a microreplicated article including a web having first and second opposed surfaces. The apparatus includes a first patterned roll, first nip roll and first coating die; the first coating di... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7426886 | Embossing device An embossing device having a first embossing unit for satin finishing a strip of packing material, and a second embossing unit for impressing graphics on the strip of packing material; the second embossing unit has two embossing rollers, at least one of which only h... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7383768 | Rapid prototyping and filling commercial pipeline Methods and apparatus provide a means to rapidly develop and modify prototype surface coverings for customer review and approval, and fill the commercial pipeline while more conventional production equipment is obtained, installed and tested. The present apparatus t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7359664 | Fixing device for an image forming apparatus including supporting members for fixing belts of the fixing device A fixing device for fixing a toner image on a recording medium includes first and second belts rotatably disposed opposite to each other such that the recording medium having the toner image thereon moves therebetween, a fixing roller disposed in contact with an inn... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353681 | Roll embossing of discrete features A cold rolling process for impressing a pattern on a surface of a sheet metal article involves passing the sheet article through a pair of rolls and engaging a patterning feature with isolated areas of a surface of the sheet article, at a localized pressure to plast... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7326322 | Apparatus and method for degrading a web in the machine direction while preserving cross-machine direction strength An embossing system is provided for embossing a web having a first embossing roll having embossing elements and a second embossing roll having embossing elements, wherein at least a portion of the embossing elements of the first and second embossing rolls are substa... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7309222 | Apparatus for working pliable material Apparatus for working pliable material comprises a body, at least two rotatable shafts coupled to the body, an embossing assembly detachably coupled to an end of at least one of the shafts, and a cutting assembly and/or a creasing assembly being alternatively couple... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303273 | Heated roll system for drying printed media A system and method for drying a printed medium includes a heated roll and a transport mechanism which moves the printed medium against the heated roll to dry the printed medium. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7267150 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing instant photographic film units An instant photographic film unit includes a mask sheet having an image frame and two sheets, one of which has a photosensitive layer, laminated and bonded together, and a developing liquid container disposed in a predetermined position for supplying a developing li... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7236093 | Method for the manufacture of a smart label inlet web, and a smart label inlet web The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a smart label inlet web, in which method a smart label is protected from external effects with a surface film coated with an adhesive, the adhesive being in contact with the smart label. The adhesive is cured ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229681 | Device for satinizing and embossing flat materials The device for satinizing and embossing flat materials comprises an embossing roll and at least one mating roll, said rolls being connected to a driving system and adapted to be driven individually or in common and to be resiliently pressed against one another while... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7220112 | Printing system incorporating different material curing methods A printing system including a least two printheads, a first one of the printheads printing a first material and a second one of the printheads printing a second material, the first material being cured by a first method and the second material being cured by a secon... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7208064 | Method for embossing air-laid webs using laser engraved heated hard rubber embossing rolls A method of making an embossed air-laid absorbent sheet includes: depositing a dry web of fibers on a foraminous support; embossing the compacted web with a laser engraved roll provided with a hard rubber embossing surface having an embossing pattern with a depth of... | 04/24/2007 |
| D539333 | Rolling machine for paper arts | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195810 | Air-laid absorbent sheet with sinuate emboss An absorbent sheet made from an air-laid fiber web includes a functional emboss pattern of a continuous (wave-like) shape extending in the machine direction of the sheet. The emboss pattern defines a plurality of compressed regions operative to preferentially convey... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7178457 | Foil look printing technique A process of manufacturing envelopes and a product manufactured in accordance with such process is disclosed. The process requires printing of an ink design on an envelope, coating of the ink design with a varnish and subsequently embossing the combined ink and varn... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7147453 | Device for treating flat material The invention relates to a device for embossing and/or glazing films. The device for embossing includes a first and second embossing roll, through which flat material can be fed under pressure, in order to create a pattern. An additional embossing roll is connected ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128519 | Auto stacking machine for strip articles An auto stacking machine includes a worktable (10), a plurality of chutes (20), a pair of receivers (30), and a cushioning apparatus. Three vertical plates (14) are mounted on the worktable. The chutes are attached to outmost ones of the ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7104192 | Hinged cover for a cutting and embossing die set A hinged cover for a cutting and embossing die set by which a sheet material can be simultaneously cut and embossed. The cutting and embossing die set includes a die and a counter-die. A hinged cover includes first and second adjacent backing members that are hinged... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101437 | Elements for embossing and adhesive application A patterned element for use in an embossing and adhesive application process. The patterened element comprises a material having an pattern disposed thereon, wherein the material comprises a polymer and has a Shore A hardness of greater than about 70, and has a crit... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093939 | High-speed continuous linear film transport system A stable, continuous, high-speed roll film media path is established between supply and take-up film reels. Supply and take-up path segments isolate a core transport path section from significant non-linear forces, thereby enabling continuous, high-speed, high-accur... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7070406 | Apparatus for embossing a flexible substrate with a pattern carried by an optically transparent compliant media An apparatus for embossing a flexible substrate with an optically transparent compliant media is disclosed. The complaint media includes an optically transparent imprint stamp with an imprint pattern therein. The flexible substrate is coated with a photopolymer mate... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055427 | Media embellishing die A new and improved embellishing die and system and method for embellishing media is provided. The embellishing die includes a first side having a first embellishing surface and a second side having a second embellishing surface. The first and second sides can be on ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040230 | Achieving at low cost improved print quality and high gloss and recyclability on paper or paperboard substrates on sheetfed or webfed printing presses A method of reducing the paper or paperboard costs to the owners of a press in the printing of ink on paper or paperboard substrates. The method including providing a press with one or more printing stations. Before feeding the substrates involved to an ink printing... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036431 | Identification devices and methods for producing the identification devices Identification devices and methods of producing the identification devices are presented. Some embodiments of identification devices comprise a structure having a micro-optic image and a layer that is overprinted onto the surface of the structure. In some embodiment... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033453 | Method for changing the orientation of the plies within a multi-ply product A process for reorienting the plies within a multi-ply web includes the steps of: providing at least two plies, each ply having a first and a second opposing surface; combining the at least two plies together to form a multi-ply web; treating either the first or the... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028612 | Interchangeable embossing plates for mounting on an embossing roll A plurality of curved plates which are adapted to be mounted on an embossing roll are identically engraved with an embossing pattern that matches the plate dimensions, permitting them to be interchanged or replaced without disrupting pattern discontinuity. In one em... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6998086 | Multi-segmented embossing apparatus and method An embossing method and apparatus (20) comprises a rotary embossing device (32) having a radial direction (28) and an outer peripheral surface (34). The embossing device (32) includes at least one embossing-component (48) wh... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994024 | Embossing system to be used with a die press Disclosed is an embossing system to be used with a die press. The embossing system includes a force transfer assembly, which comprises a first cover and an opposite second cover with the first and second covers being connected by a hinge. The force transfer assembly... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6962557 | Device for welding plastic films Devices for cross-welding or cross-separating welding plastic films (2) are used in a manner known per se in machines for producing bags, said devices comprising a welding roller (3) and a heated welder terminal (4) which can be moved reciprocal... | 11/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6846172 | Embossing apparatus Disclosed is an embossing method and material made by the method, including at least a pair of embossing rolls having unmatched embossing patterns engraved independently from each other, and having enlarged sidewall clearances between adjacent, inter-engaged protrus... | 01/25/2005 |
