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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8042465 | Method and device for switching between single-sided or straight printing mode and perfecting or recto/verso printing mode in a sheet-processing machine and reversing drum having the device A method and a device for converting a mode of operation from straight printing to perfecting in a sheet-processing machine, includes a cam/follower control for operating a gripper system, in which cam followers are maintained in a position in which they are disenga... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7770517 | Printing press A printing press includes: a printing unit which performs offset printing on a sheet; a machining unit including a rotary die which performs a punching process for the sheet subjected to the printing by the printing unit; a first motor which drives an impression cyl... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7412927 | Printing machine with gripper retraction mechanism for safe operation of the printing machine A process provides for the safe operation of a printing machine. The printing machine has a first cylinder driven by a first motor, and a second cylinder driven by a second motor. The first cylinder accepts sheets of paper from the second cylinder or delivers them t... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412925 | Device for changing over gripper control in a turning configuration of a sheet-processing machine In a device for changing over a gripper control in a turning configuration of a sheet-processing machine, there is provided a slide to be guided axially displaceably by radial stops. The device changes over a gripper control from recto printing to verso printing on ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7367264 | Method and apparatus for treating sheets including a vacuum roller for retaining sheets in curved configuration An apparatus and method for retaining individual sheets of substrate in a curved configuration during coating or printing is disclosed. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7325493 | Sheet-fed rotary printing press having a three-drum reversing device and method of transporting a sheet through a three-drum reversing device A sheet-fed rotary printing press for selective recto printing and recto and verso printing includes a three-drum reversing device having three cylinders cooperatively disposed behind one another between respective impression cylinders of two adjacent printing units... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325494 | Sheet convey apparatus for sheet-fed offset rotary printing press with convertible press mechanism A sheet convey apparatus for a sheet-fed offset rotary printing press with a convertible mechanism includes a gripper device and a gripper pad shaft. The gripper device swings between a first position to receive a sheet from a chucking cylinder on an upstream side i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320281 | Method of varying a drum profile of a vario drum and vario drum for implementing the method A method of varying a drum profile of a vario drum for transporting printing material sheets, in which shell segments of the vario drum are pivoted inward and outward. Sheet supporting elements assigned to the shell segments are reversibly deformed by pivoting the s... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7207265 | Devices for turning sheets in a sheet-fed rotary printing machine Devices for turning sheets in a rotary printing machine are described. The devices have a storage drum for handling sheets, which are each held by a holding device, and a turning drum is disposed downstream of the storage drum and has a holding device for engaging a... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7156021 | Machine for processing sheets of printing material A machine for processing sheets of printing material has a cylinder for transporting the sheets and sheet supports which are mounted such that they can be rotated about a sheet support axis of rotation and in each case contain supporting segments for pressing the sh... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152528 | Digital printing machine The invention concerns a digital printing machine for sheet printing with a digital printing mechanism with free format in the peripheral direction, an intermediate cylinder which is connected downstream of the digital printing mechanism and is at least partially co... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7107904 | Liquid feeder including impression cylinder having gripper unit and cover member Gap guards are attached to a notch of an impression cylinder in such a manner as to allow grippers to project from inside the notch, and have respective guide surfaces. The guide surfaces extend between a circumferentially first end portion and a second end portion ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104194 | Cylinder apparatus with a circumferentially movable operating member and swingable levers to fix and release operating member in a selected position A cylinder apparatus includes a cylinder body, support member, shaft, coned disc spring, air cylinder, and levers. The cylinder body is rotatably supported by a pair of frames. The support member is supported to be movable in a circumferential direction with respect... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7000540 | Method of operating a machine processing printing material sheets In a method of operating a machine processing printing material sheets and having a sheet transport drum in various operating modes, drum circumferential shells are kept fixed on the sheet transport drum in an outer position in a first of the operating modes and in ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6955123 | Printing machine with equilibrium or equalization of moments or torques A printing machine having at least one roller and at least a first and a second functional element for executing cyclic movements synchronized with a rotational movement of the roller and driven, together with the roller, by a drive unit, includes spring elements, r... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6912952 | Duplex printing system Apparatus for duplex printing comprising: a first impression roller (24) on which a first side of a sheet (22) having a leading edge and a trailing edge is printed referenced to the leading edge; a second impression roller (26) on which a second... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6901858 | Plate cylinder of a printing press A plate cylinder of a printing press, with a tensioning channel which extends in the axial direction, in which means for fixing the plate ends of at least one printing plate which can be positioned on the plate cylinder are arranged. The leading plate end can be fix... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6883429 | Quality inspection apparatus for double-sided printing machine A quality inspection apparatus for a double-sided printing machine which includes a rubber impression cylinder and a rubber cylinder; inking unite for supplying ink to the rubber impression cylinder and the rubber cylinder; and a transport mechanism for transporting... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6862985 | Guiding device for metal-sheet printing machines and metal-sheet painting machines The invention relates to a guiding device for metal sheet printing machines and metal sheet painting machines, which have at least two printing cylinders and a transfer drum situated therebetween. The guiding device is arranged on said transfer drum and, to be preci... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6857364 | Clutch for drive elements of a printing machine A device for locking, with respect to a first power transmission element, a further power transmission element that is lockable in a rotational position thereof, provides for the first and the further power transmission element to have a common working chamber with ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851361 | Reversing or turning assembly of a sheet-processing machine A reversing or turning assembly of a sheet-processing machine includes an impression cylinder having a circumferential surface for transporting sheets thereon for printing the sheets in a printing nip associated with the impression cylinder. Gripper devices are prov... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6810806 | Printing machine with compensation elements for compensating speed differences and transfer errors between printing groups and method of transferring printed sheets in such a printing machine A printing machine, which includes at least two printing unit groups having drives which are decoupled from one another and assigned, respectively, to one printing unit group, and having printing units with transfer cylinders, include compensation elements for compe... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6722276 | Devices for turning sheets in a sheet-fed rotary printing machine Devices for turning sheets in a rotary printing machine are described. The devices have a storage drum for handling sheets, which are each held by a holding device, and a turning drum is disposed downstream of the storage drum and has a holding device for engaging a... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6705227 | Recto and verso printing press having upper and lower grippers and gripper pad with common center line A recto and verso printing press, comprising an upper gripper and a lower gripper, respectively, centrally pivotable with respect to an introduction of force, said upper gripper, in recto printing position thereof, being cooperable with a gripper pad fixed to a cyli... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6698351 | Double-sided printing press There is provided a double-sided printing press that includes a sheet-turning-over mechanism for turning sheets upside down at a sheet-turning-timing according to a set length of sheets, which has been previously set for the sheet-turning-over mechanism; ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6691611 | Method and apparatus for guiding and transferring a sheet in a printing machine An apparatus for guiding and transferring a sheet in a printing machine from a first cylinder to a gripper of a second cylinder in which the apparatus has a guide device for a holding element, which is held outside the first and second cylinder. In this w... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6659008 | Device having a cylinder including a gripper system A device includes a cylinder having a gripper system for holding a sheet of printable material, the gripper system having at least one gripper mounted so as to be pivotable relative to at least one gripper support and being capable of performing a dipping... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6601501 | Paper discharging device of screen printing machine A paper discharging apparatus, which is provided in a printing machine, for transferring sheets of paper having different thickness. The paper discharging apparatus has a first gripper unit fixed in a groove, which extends along the cylindrical surface of... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6536340 | Sheet-fed rotary printing press with convertible mechanism A sheet-fed rotary printing press with a convertible mechanism includes a convertible cylinder, a plurality of gripper units, a plurality of holding members, a convey mechanism, and a pair of paper guide members. The convertible cylinder conveys a sheet. ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6499395 | Offset printing machine with impression cylinder gripper and sheet feed cylinder gripper An offset printing machine including an impression cylinder, a sheet feed cylinder and a blanket cylinder. An outer peripheral surface of the blanket cylinder is divided into a plurality of color sections in a circumferential direction thereof, and an out... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6422141 | Multi-color offset printing method and apparatus A multi-color offset printing apparatus includes first and second plate cylinders 11 and 12 each having a plate mounted peripherally thereof, the plate defining two image areas, first and second blanket cylinders 13 and 14 equal in diameter to the first a... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6354206 | Printing machine cylinder and clamping device for firmly clamping a cylinder packing A clamping device for firmly clamping a cylinder packing or covering on a printing machine cylinder, the clamping device having a clamping seat, a clamping jaw cooperating therewith, and an eccentric shaft, includes a support wherein the eccentric shaft a... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6308620 | Printing press having a multiply-positioned and multi-functioned sheet guiding cylinder A sheet-fed rotary printing press having at least one unit including an impression cylinder and an additional cylinder assigned to the impression cylinder, the impression cylinder and the additional cylinder being relatively adjustable a spaced distance f... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6263794 | Gripper for a sheet-transporting cylinder or drum of a rotary printing press A gripper for a cylinder or a drum of a sheet-fed rotary printing press, includes a gripper element adjustable relative to a gripper shaft carrying the gripper, the gripper element being disposed so as to be swivellable about a swivel point thereon for ef... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6250221 | Imaging system having external drum and method for producing drum The present invention provides an extruded external drum for an imaging system. The external drum is extruded from a light-weight and strong material such as an aluminum alloy. The external drum includes a thin outer wall, a hollow cylindrical hub, and a ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6138565 | Method and apparatus for guiding sheets on a guide blade in printing machines A guide blade for guiding sheets in a printing machine in in-line or perfecting mode processes employing trailing edge turning, the guide blade has a front edge and an end piece, and air nozzels located in a flow surface extending from the front edge alon... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6098537 | Stencil printer having back press roller with clamp and movable wall member In a stencil printer, in order to definitely prevent an ink leakage even when the perforated portion 20c of the printing drum laps over the clamp 25 of the back press roller 14, the portions of a part of the outer circumferential surface of the back press... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6038976 | Suction-air control device A suction-air control device for controlling suction air applied to suction openings of a printing-press cylinder, having controllable valves by which the suction openings are connectable to a suction-air source, and a first pneumatic control device for t... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5974683 | Sheet inspection apparatus for sheet-fed offset printing press A sheet inspection apparatus for a sheet-fed offset printing press includes an endless conveying unit, a plurality of gripper units, and an inspection unit. The conveying unit has a conveying path and a return path and conveys a sheet delivered from a pri... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5862755 | Rotary printing-machine cylinder having a variable outer diameter A cylinder of a rotary printing machine having an inner cylinder body includes an elastically deformable cylinder jacket formed as part of a circle, the cylinder jacket being substantially intrinsically rigid, and an adjusting device for acting upon the e... | 01/26/1999 |
