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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069786 | Printing groups comprising at least two cooperating cylinders and radially movable bearing units Printing groups are each comprised of at least two cooperating cylinders, each of which is mounted in a bearing unit that radially displaces its associated cylinder. At least one of these bearing units is provided with an actuator which is controlled, or regulated b... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8042466 | Printing press with adjustable bearer rings A printing press and a method for controlling a printing press include rotatably mounted cylinders. At least two adjacent cylinders roll on one another through bearer rings. At least one of the adjacent cylinders can be rotated actively relative to at least one of t... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7878118 | Circumferential register for a rotary press A registration system for a rotary press including circumferential and sidelay registers designed to interface to the press unit using more direct motion translation. In particular, to go from rotational motion of a motor to linear motion of the adjustment with fewe... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7814829 | Cylindrical body supporting device A cylindrical body supporting device includes a pair of holders for respectively supporting both end sides in an axial direction of a rotary screen cylinder, and a pair of first eccentric bearings for rotatably supporting the pair of holders. The cylindrical body su... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7748318 | Polychrome rotary press A multi-color rotary printing machine has one printing plate support assigned to the colors that are transferred onto the print substrate. This printing plate support supports a printing plate and is attached to a mandrel or a cylinder of a rotary printing machine i... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7661360 | Device for receiving a cylinder of a printing unit and corresponding printing unit A cylinder of a printing unit is received in a bearing structure that includes a bearing block having a rotary bearing and which is movable along an adjustment path in linear bearings. The bearing structure is configured as a bearing unit that can be mounted as a wh... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7552678 | Registration correction system In a method for registration correction for a multicolor rotary printing press in an acceleration phase, having at least one registration correction device with correction parameters for operation of constant speed, and having a motion controller for controlling the... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7533607 | Sidelay register for a plate cylinder of a rotary press A registration system for a rotary press including circumferential and sidelay registers designed to interface to the press unit using more direct motion translation. In particular, to go from rotational motion of a motor to linear motion of the adjustment with fewe... | 05/19/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7373880 | Variable format offset printing press 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... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7337035 | Method for carrying out a printing correction and apparatus for doing this A method for carrying out a printing correction and a device for this. A method for carrying out a printing correction is provided, a product being printed on during a processing procedure by a plurality of processing devices, positions of two printing marks A,B,C,D... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327479 | Information management device for printing apparatus and information management method The technique of the present invention reads job management data including an ID allocated to a printing apparatus receiving each print job and an ID allocated to a printing apparatus executing the print job from each of printing apparatuses 50a and | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322291 | Method and a device for the regulation of the web tension in a multi-web system The tension of a web in a multi-web system is regulated. At least two webs initially run through a first processing step independently of each other and are subsequently combined with each other to form one resultant web strand. The web tensions of these two initial... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322289 | Printing tower operating unit and operator lifting device A printing tower includes at least two printing groups which can each be controlled independently of the other by the entry of data into an operating unit. The operating unit is configured independently of the printing groups and can selectively exchange data with d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321212 | Restricted motion motor control with visual indication A visual indication for a motor controlled shaft, especially useful for retrofitting hand controlled printing presses. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7281475 | Method of controlling register when overprinting a plurality of separated colors A method of controlling register when overprinting a plurality of separated colors, includes adjusting with register adjusting devices the position of image fields produced with the separated colors on a print carrier, so that the image fields are in register with o... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7235197 | Method for process control of mechanical embossing texturing Disclosed is both a method and apparatus for controlling and measuring an embossed texture on a decorative article. The embossed textured article includes both peaks and valleys that are measured and quantified to determine a profile of the textured article. Typical... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228799 | Moving member fixing apparatus A moving member fixing apparatus includes a stationary gear, rotary gear, press member, and first and second flat inclined surfaces. The rotary gear is movably provided to the stationary gear. The press member presses the rotary gear to fix the rotary gear to the st... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219606 | Method and apparatus for measuring, setting and controlling longitudinal and lateral register as well as parallelness of the printing register in a multicolor printing machine The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring, setting and controlling longitudinal and lateral register as well as parallelness of the printing register in a multicolor printing machine. To reduce waste, the longitudinal and circumferenti... | 05/22/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7208904 | Multiple motor position control A controller for motor activation providing accurate and repeatable position changes by pressing and releasing a push button switch. Repeatable position changes are made in an advance direction by triggering a digital counter for a predetermined number of cycles of ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7202616 | Synchronous control method and device of the same A synchronous control device which is provided with drive motors and a central control unit generating a synchronous reference signal and with which the drive motor is controlled to rotate synchronously with the synchronous reference signal supplied from the central... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191703 | Web-fed press A web-fed press is provided. The web-fed press includes a reel carrier and a plurality of printing units arranged one after another for printing a printing material with a static printed image. The web-fed press includes a folder superstructure that is arranged afte... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178427 | Motor driven harmonic drive actuator having an interposed output mechanism A relatively small, lightweight electromechanical actuator includes a motor assembly, a harmonic drive, and an interposed gear assembly that functions as an output mechanism. The motor assembly, harmonic drive, and gear assembly are coupled together in an in-line co... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7173481 | CMOS reference voltage circuit A CMOS reference voltage circuit, preferably formed on a semiconductor integrated circuit, and outputting a reference voltage having a temperature-independent characteristic, comprises first and second diode-connected transistors (or diodes), respectively grounded a... | 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 |
| 7153253 | Folding drums of a folding device A folding drum of a folding device is comprised of at least one folding element and a transmission unit. The transmission unit has at least one toothed wheel which is coaxially arranged with respect to the rotational axis of the folding drum. The toothed wheel can b... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7150225 | Moving member fixing apparatus A moving member fixing apparatus includes a stationary cam, moving cam, printing press motor, drive connecting/disconnecting mechanism, fixing/releasing device, and air cylinder. The moving cam is movable with respect to the stationary cam. The printing press motor ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146908 | Offset printing machine The invention relates to the drive of a printing machine. Cylinders and functional groups are to be driven with low technical expenditure. To this end, all form cylinders in a printing unit, for example, are driven respectively by separate electric motors and are no... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146907 | Bearing support system for a printing press having cantilevered cylinders A bearing assembly for use on a printing press is disclosed. A printing press includes a support frame. A shaft having a first end and a second end fixedly attached to the support frame, the shaft arranged to define a longitudinal axis relative to the support frame.... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7131379 | Method of controlling register when overprinting a plurality of separated colors A method of controlling register when overprinting a plurality of separated colors, which includes adjusting with register adjusting devices the position of image fields produced with the separated colors on a print carrier, so that the image fields are in register ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127992 | Arrangement for printing flat workpieces An arrangement for printing flat workpieces is provided and includes an application roller which rolls on the workpiece surface 6 to be printed and thereby applies a printed image to the workpiece surface 8, the application roller forming a printing cy... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121200 | Roller parallelism adjustment structure A roller parallelism adjustment structure is provided for, a roller feeder having, a transfer roller and an impression roller. The transfer and impression rollers are located between the first end and the second end of the roller feed for transferring a material fro... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117795 | Method and device for correcting the positional deviation of a conveyed item by adjusting the cylinder's angle rotation relative to the conveyed item To correct the position of a conveyed item (12) in a conveyance system (10), the deviation of the conveyed item (12) from its target position is detected. If this deviation reveals that a correction is necessary, a suitable correction profile Pi... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114439 | Printing groups of a printing press A printing group of a printing press is comprised of at least one pair of cylinders which include a form cylinder and a transfer cylinder. The transfer cylinder cooperates with an impression cylinder to apply ink to a web of material, with the web being guided verti... | 10/03/2006 |
