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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7984673 | Inking device adjustment method An inking device of a printing unit includes an ink reservoir, an ink film pick-up roller which has a shaft, and an inking roller having a shaft. A detector detects the distance between the inking roller and the pick-up roller and/or an angular displacement o... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7546802 | Fluid supply device for a printing machine A fluid delivery device for a printing machine includes a rotating roller having a roller surface with a roller radius of curvature, the roller surface carrying a fluid film, and a metering element having an edge for splitting the fluid film and a first concave surf... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7487724 | Liquid transfer arrangement for applying a printing liquid to a printing surface A liquid transfer arrangement for applying a printing liquid to a printing surface, for example, in a printing apparatus comprising a liquid transfer roller, a printing cylinder with a peripheral printing plate in surface contact with the transfer roller, and an imp... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7395758 | Ink fountain device with adjustable ink dams and adjustable fountain roller An ink fountain device includes a fountain roller, a blade, a pair of ink dams, a compression coil spring, and a fountain roller moving device. The fountain roller is rotatably supported by an eccentric bearing. The blade is arranged close to the fountain roller. Th... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7347899 | Decorator temperature control system A decorator temperature control system includes a recirculation loop configured to recirculate a solution and a feeder line configured to receive the solution from the recirculation loop and deliver the solution to at least one ink roller on a decorator. A feed valv... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343855 | Offset waterless printing press having a screen roller with ceramic coating and surface markings A rotary printing press has at least one printing group with at least one waterless planographic printing forme. An inking unit is assigned to the printing group as is provided with a screen roller for use in conveying printing ink to the printing group. The screen ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337720 | Doctor blade design for metering ink transfer to anilox cells A dual-doctor blade assembly that can accurately meter ink delivery to the anilox cells on the anilox roll of a flexographic printing system. The system utilizes a retractable dual-blade configuration in conjunction with an ink chamber and a gap between the lower do... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7293501 | Press with compact worm unit A press includes an arm mechanism to input force transferred to upper and lower rollers by a worm unit. The worm unit occupies less space so that even if the size of the press is increased, the worm unit can be used without too much change. The handle is located on ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284483 | Self-contained independent inking unit for printing press An inking unit for printing units of rotary presses is independent of the printing unit and is configured as a self-contained unit. The linking unit can be removed from the printing unit and has a dedicated drive for a plurality of rolls, the drive being arranged on... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280258 | Logo data generating system, logo data generating method, and data storage medium A logo data generating system and logo data generating method indicate the amount of ink required to print a logo during the logo editing and creation process. The system includes a source image capture controller for capturing a source image that is the foundation ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273007 | Portable printer coater A portable printer coater for use with a printing press includes: a counter for indicating wear on seal components, a system for installing and removing the coater without lifting, and a tensioner for improving lifetime of seals in the chambered doctor. The counter ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7243600 | Ink pan for a rotogravure printing press An ink pan for a rotogravure printing press has a reservoir and a dam. The dam is located within the reservoir and divides the reservoir into an intake section and an outtake section. A gate is within the dam. The gate has an open position and a closed position. Whe... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234396 | Ink applicator having movable bar and blade for opening and closing ink gap An ink applicator has at least one generally stationary mounting part, a fixed elongated bar fixedly mounted on the mounting part and carrying an elongated applicator blade, and a movable elongated bar mounted on the mounting part, extending parallel to the fixed ba... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225735 | Method for roller adjustment in a printing press Methods for performing a roller adjustment in a printing press include an axial spacing adjustment and an oblique position adjustment. The oblique position adjustment is carried out along a straight line of movement which extends perpendicularly relative either to a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7196047 | Fountain solution concentrates Liquid concentrate components of a fountain solution are provided, including a liquid film-forming fountain solution concentrate and a liquid surface-tension reducing fountain solution concentrate. The concentrates and water can be combined together to form a founta... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7171899 | Integrated ink rail assembly for a printing press An integrated ink rail assembly includes at least one page pack mounted directly to a manifold, an ink rail mounted to the manifold, and an orifice rail mounted to the ink rail. An ink source is connected to the page pack. The page pack, manifold, ink rail, and orif... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7131376 | Ink feeding method and ink feeding apparatus An ink feeding method includes a density reading step for reading density data obtained by measuring densities of detecting patches on a first image, before an end of a printing operation, a first computing step for computing, from the density data, an ink feed film... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121208 | Method of setting optimized pre-inking prior to the start of printing the current print job A method for setting optimal pre-inking before the start of printing in an inking unit in a press having at least one printing unit. The settings for the pre-inking are determined by an electronic control device belonging to the press. At least one standard characte... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117791 | Ink fountain apparatus for printing press An ink fountain apparatus for a printing press includes an ink fountain roller, bottom plate, ink fountain, and scraping member. The ink fountain roller is supported rotatably. The bottom plate is arranged at such a position that its distal end portion is close to t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114443 | Method of delivering a fountain solution A method of preparing a fountain solution, a system for blending two or more concentrate components of a fountain solution, concentrate compositions, and articles of manufacture or kits comprising the concentrate compositions are provided. The method comprises combi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114442 | Chamber doctor blade device for inking a roller having delivery lines received in end areas of the doctor blade An inking unit for the printing couple of a double width printing press includes at least one roller. The inking unit consists of at least one, and possibly two chamber doctor blades. If there are two such chamber doctor blades, they are positioned side-by-side in a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111553 | Method of kneading ink of a printing press and printing press In a printing press, ink fountain keys are disposed to be movable toward and away from an ink fountain roller of an ink fountain to allow them to have a predetermined gap therebetween and hence the amount of ink to be fed to a downstream roller to be determined. The... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7096786 | Ink fountain apparatus for rotary printing press An ink fountain apparatus for a rotary printing press includes an ink fountain, an intermediate ink dam, and press unit for simultaneously pressing the intermediate ink dam toward the outer surface of the fountain roller and toward the upper surface of the bottom pl... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096787 | Printing press and method of controlling ink transfer roller A method of controlling an ink transfer roller is provided. This method achieves stabilized printing quality by evenly distributing ink transfer actions of the ink transfer roller for the number of rotation of a plate cylinder. The ink transfer action of an ink tran... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082874 | Short inking unit A short inking unit for a planographic printing unit that has a compact design and is operable for transferring an ink film to a form cylinder with high uniformity and stability. This short inking unit includes an applicator roll arrangement having a plurality of ap... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7059245 | Method of controlling printing presses A method of controlling printing presses includes setting inking by determining setting values for at least one of pre-inking and ink metering, which encompass inking zone opening and ink stripe width, and transmitting the determined setting values to controls of th... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059247 | Ink feeding method for a printing machine An ink feeding method for a printing machine includes a first color density measuring step for measuring color density of prints at selected times, an expected color density computing step for computing, based on the color density of prints measured in the first col... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7032511 | Fountain ink feed system An ink fountain assembly for use in duplicating machines, such as rotary lithographic machines. The assembly comprises a fountain trough defined by an elongated blade and an ink fountain roller defining a gap therebetween. A proximal edge of the blade is rigidly ret... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7011022 | Offset printing press unit with removable cylinders An offset printing press having plate and blanket cylinder retention mechanisms, each retention mechanism having at least one trunnion axially displaceable between an operative position and a disengaged position. Said trunnion is freely disconnected from an associat... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007604 | Integrated ink rail assembly for a printing press An integrated ink rail assembly includes at least one page pack mounted directly to a manifold, an ink rail mounted to the manifold, and an orifice rail mounted to the ink rail. An ink source is connected to the page pack. The page pack, manifold, ink rail, and orif... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010448 | Method and structure for mitigating instrumentation differences A system for mitigating instrumentation differences in laboratory instruments includes one or more groups of laboratory instruments in communication with a normalization server over a network. Each group of instruments communicates output data to the normalization s... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000544 | Measurement and regulation of inking in web printing A process is provided for measuring the inking in web printing, wherein a measuring head or a plurality of measuring heads performs/perform an integrating measurement of the light remitted from a printed web of material in the direction of run of the web of material... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6976425 | Ink feeding rate control method and an ink feeding rate control apparatus An ink feeding rate control method includes a reference print preparing step for making a printing plate by recording an image thereon based on first image data for recording a reference chart, and obtaining a reference print, a reference print colorimetric step for... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6948431 | Method for metering dampening solution when printing with an offset press A novel damping control method permits improved reliability and higher accuracy when registering scumming during printing with an offset press. Signals are obtained by at least one sensor aimed at a revolving printing form cylinder. The signals are processed in a co... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6928927 | Intaglio printing press An intaglio printing press includes, an intaglio plate cylinder, inking units, each having an ink supplying pattern roller in contact with the intaglio plate cylinder, and each ink supplying pattern roller having different supply patterned portions, an ink removing ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918339 | Method of controlling a feed rate of dampening water in an offset press First, densities are measured of a set of detecting patches having an equal number of lines and different area ratios between a printing area and a non-printing area, a set of detecting patches having an equal area ratio between a printing area and a non-printing ar... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915570 | Resin roller and device and method for manufacturing the resin roller A resin roller (10) is produced by disposing a core body (21) in a forming metal mold (1) having a cylindrical metal mold (13) and core supporting members (14) furnished at both edge parts of the cylindrical metal mold (13) ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6901861 | Ink viscosity measuring device, ink viscosity adjusting method and a device therefor, and a printing apparatus A cardboard sheet printing apparatus including: a rotating body that freely rotates inside an ink circulation passage through which ink flows, and a rotation-imparting assembly which is magnetically coupled with the rotating body outside the ink circulation passage ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 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 |
