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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7493856 | Rotogravure printing units A rotogravure printing unit includes a forme cylinder and an inker unit. The inker unit includes a trough which holds liquid or pasty ink. A first inking roller, which can rotate inside the trough, extends over a first width section of the trough and the forme cylin... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7318378 | Temperature control method and printing machine In a method for controlling the temperature of a first printing unit by way of a temperature control medium, the temperature control medium used is a dampening solution from a second printing unit. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7275803 | System and method for printing a code on an elongate article and the code so printed A method and apparatus for printing a redundant code on an elongate article are disclosed. The apparatus includes an ink unit, at least one printing head and a controller. The printing head includes two, or three, valves, controlled by the controller. As the elongat... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7239407 | Controller for controlling printing on both surfaces of a sheet of print media A controller for controlling printing on both surfaces of a sheet of print media includes a first print controller for controlling printing by a page width printhead of a first print engine and a second print controller for controlling printing by a page with printh... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7207266 | Printing press A printing press contains a distributor roller, an oscillating roller which has a roller axle and a roller barrel, and a switching device for optionally releasing, in a first operating mode, and locking, in a second operating mode, an oscillating movement of the rol... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7156796 | Ink roller There is disclosed an ink roller having a base and an inked sleeve received about and in supported contact with the base, wherein the fit between the inked sleeve and the base is insufficient to prevent relative slippage or rotation between the base and the sleeve, ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143695 | Method for operating a printing group and utilization of printing ink A rotary printing press is operated using temperature controls. The temperature is set in accordance with a speed at which the printing press is operating. The temperature and speed are set to attain optimum printing results. ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131377 | Oscillating mechanism for a distributor roll of a press An oscillating mechanism for a distributor roll of a press has a spatial crank mechanism. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127989 | Printing material processing machine, in particular printing press A printing material processing machine has an oscillating roll with a roll shaft, a roll barrel rotatably and translatorily mounted on the roll shaft, and an oscillating mechanism for moving the roll barrel to and fro along the roll shaft. The oscillating roll is mo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127990 | Roll for a printing press and process for manufacturing a roll A roll for a printing press has at least two circular partial areas (25, 33) made of an ink-friendly material and at least one circular partial area (23, 34) made of an ink-repellent material, which is arranged between the at least two circular partial... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7097604 | Guide roller for a stamping machine In a guide roller for a stamping machine for deflecting a stamping foil web and/or a substrate web to be stamped upon, so that the guide roller has a negligibly low degree of friction, fixed to a roller spindle that is fixed with respect to the machine is at least o... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7033004 | Device for feeding prepackaged ink to the ink duct of printing machines A device for feeding ink prepackaged in containers to the ink duct of printing machines includes a unit for holding the container and for dispensing the ink contained therein, where the unit included a base provided with at least one through aperture, an intermediat... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028613 | Method of seamless printing on clothing and articles made therefrom A method of printing design seamlessly on clothing, and clothing obtained thereby are provided. The method includes steps of placing a cylindrical cover around a print cylinder, placing a print medium, on which a design is printed, around the cylindrical cover, plac... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014897 | Imaging member having a textured imaging surface and a phase change ink image producing machine having same A liquid ink imaging member having a top outer imaging surface is provided for receiving image forming ink droplets from a printhead. The liquid ink imaging member includes (a) a substrate member; (b) at least one elastomeric layer formed over the substrate member a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6976423 | Seamless printing device A printing device for seamless printing on a cloth is provided. A design is transferred from a print medium to the cloth. The device includes a print cylinder and a heater heating the print cylinder. The print medium is wrapped around the print cylinder, and the clo... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975430 | Method and apparatus for adjusting ink supply amount for printing press In an ink supply amount adjusting method for this printing machine, reference opening amounts of ink fountain keys are obtained in accordance with image area ratios of respective areas, corresponding to the ink fountain keys, of a plate by following a preset relatio... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966457 | Spring-loaded tube squeezing device A device for squeezing various household collapsible tubes comprises two lever handles, two pintles, two torsional springs, a primary roller, and a secondary roller. The lever handles are held together by and are free to rotate about the two pintles, forming a doubl... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966715 | Film transfer tool and method for producing a small diameter roller for use for a transfer head of a film transfer tool The present invention relates to a film transfer tool that allows a transfer head to be disposed in any of the spaces between letters of normally used word processors for implementation of a smooth transfer operation of film. The film transfer tool includes a feed r... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957608 | Contact print methods A method of and device for controlled printing using liquid embossing techniques is disclosed. In accordance with the embodiments of the invention a stamp comprises a differentiated embossing surface with protruding and recessed surfaces to enhance the ability of th... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6941103 | Release agent management system with anilox roller A reproduction apparatus having a station for fusing images to a receiver sheet with a heated fuser roller has a release agent management system that uses an anilox roller. The anilox roller is made of metal or ceramic or other material and has a number of metering ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935995 | Roller for fluid film preparation or application The invention relates to a roller for fluid film preparation, such as for offset printing, having an inside core, a first layer which surrounds the core and has a first hardness, and a second layer which surrounds first layer A and has a second hardness different fr... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935736 | Printhead assembly arranged within a media tray assembly An inkjet printer includes a housing that defines a receiving formation for a media tray assembly. A chassis is positioned in the housing. A media tray assembly is displaceably engageable with the chassis to permit the tray assembly to be received in, and withdrawn ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936181 | Methods for patterning using liquid embossing The current invention is directed to a method of patterning a surface or layer in the fabrication of a micro-device. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, a first mask structure is formed by depositing a layer of a first material onto the surfa... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6918665 | Printing system with compact transfer roller A compact motorized transfer roller for a printer is disclosed. The roller has a cylindrical body with an outer surface and an interior space. A motor is located in the interior space and rotates the body. The rotating body advances and prints on a sheet of media. I... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6912953 | Roller A roller machine includes a rotatably mounted roller body which can be placed on or against one counter roller. The roller has at least one axis and at least one spring element which is arranged between the roller body and a machine frame. The spring element is disp... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6901856 | Inking system comprising rollers An inking system is comprised of rollers. At least one roller has a barrel with at least two separate sections. One of these casing sections is arranged in a manner which permits it to be changed independently of the other casing section. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899419 | Phase change ink image producing machine including an imaging member having a textured imaging surface A phase change ink image producing machine including (a) a control subsystem for controlling operation of all subsystems and components of the image producing machine; (b) melting apparatus for melting solid phase change ink into melted molten liquid ink; (c) a prin... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6892637 | Self-inking stamp with ink cartridge barrier A stamp pad holder for use in a self-inking hand stamp. The stamp pad holder has a stamp die box that holds a stamp forming material, ink cartridge and plastic within the die box. The stamp forming material is placed at the bottom of the die box. A pre-inked ink car... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6820974 | Inkjet printer incorporating a media tray assembly An inkjet printer includes a housing that defines a receiving formation for a media tray assembly. A chassis is positioned in the housing. A media tray assembly is displaceably engageable with the chassis to permit the tray assembly to be received in, and withdrawn ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6810813 | Device and method for controlling registration in a printing press A method for controlling a printing press having a first image cylinder for providing at least a first cylinder first image and a first cylinder second image to a printed material and a second image cylinder for providing at least a second cylinder first image and a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6761113 | Label printer The invention relates to a printing device for printing labels which have been removably affixed to a carrier strip, in particular goods labels, comprising at least one label feed device which comprises at least one wiper head, as well as comprising at least one pri... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6736748 | Roller with axial travel A distributing roller includes a roller sleeve and a gear located on the interior of the roller. The gear generates a rotational speed of a roller inner shaft that is different from the rotational speed of the roller sleeve. A bearing, that is supported obliquely on... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6712000 | Arrangement of bearings pertaining to a cylinder of a rotary printing press A cylinder for a rotary printing press is supported by bearings that are situated outside of the spaced side frames of the press. Each bearing is arranged in a bearing bushing that is, in turn supported by the press lateral frame. All of the bearing is located away ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6701838 | Engraved transfer cylinder for a flexographic printing press An engraved ink transfer cylinder for a flexographic printing press, wherein the roller body (12) is clamped detachably on a continuous axle (22) and surrounds this axle (22) at a distance.... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6652089 | Duplex inkjet printing system A recess-mountable printer having a housing with a top, a base, a pair of sides, a back and a front. The front of the housing has a paper ejection slot which is designed to facilitate the ejection of paper from within the housing. The housing contains a p... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6647875 | Roller structure in printing press A roller structure in a printing press includes a dampening form roller, gear, belt, belt roller, clutch member, nut, movable element, and snap rings. The dampening form roller is supported rotatably and adapted to come into contact with a plate cylinder ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6634297 | Device and process for setting the printed image in a flexographic press Introduced are a device and a process for setting the printed image of a rotary press by adjusting the relative position of the rollers (3, 7, 8) involved in the ink transfer. In this respect at least one part of these rollers (7, 8) can be moved toward e... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6619203 | Rotary tampon printing press The invention concerns a rotary tampon printing press with vertical engraved roller and vertical tampon roller wherein the engraved roller is supplied with ink by an ink dispensing system and the ink dispensing system has an Archimedean screw for supplyin... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6619204 | Hand-held labeler There is disclosed a hand-held labeler which is easy to load, clean and service. The labeler has a gear driven print head wherein the print head is situated on an upper housing section and the print head is actuated from a lower housing section. The upper... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6595132 | Roller for a roller frame fitted with rollers and being in a rotary printing machine A roller for a roller frame fitted with rollers and being in a rotary printing machine, the roller comprising a roller shaft and a first rotational body freely rotatably mounted on the roller shaft and forming a roller body rotating during operation, the ... | 07/22/2003 |
