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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8006617 | Assemblies in a printing couple of a rotary printing press An assembly in a printing unit of a rotary printing press includes at least one plate cylinder, three ink form rollers, two vibrator rollers and an ink separator roller. Both of the vibrator rollers are applied directly to the ink separation roller. One of the ink f... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7963222 | Flexographic printing machine A flexographic printing machine including at least one printing unit with an ink roller mounted at one end to a first sliding support and a plate-holding roller mounted at one end to a second sliding support, and at least one guide member for guiding the movements o... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7367363 | Sanitary conduit support systems Apparatus for supporting conduits within a sanitary environment. Some supports are configured so as to avoid the formation of surfaces that might collect dust, debris, cleaning fluids, etc. when installed. In one embodiment, the support includes a pair of opposing s... | 05/06/2008 |
| RE40160 | Method for controlling a quantity of medium transferable between two rollers A method for controlling a quantity of medium transferable from a screen roller of a printing machine onto a roller that is in contact with the screen roller includes exerting an influence upon a difference in circumferential speed between the screen roller and the ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7219603 | Ink supply unit for a flexographic press An ink supply unit for a flexographic press that is convenient for exchange of an anilox roll and an order of colors to be printed is disclosed. A time for test printing can be shortened, thereby enhancing a working efficiency. A pivot frame can move between a print... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7192108 | Ink compatibility assurance program The print station with a controlled fluid system includes a printhead, a reservoir for supplying fluid to the printhead, and a replaceable fluid container containing a replacement fluid. A fluid supply line is connected between the replaceable fluid container and th... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188565 | Flexography ink roller unit A ink roller unit comprised of multiple ink rollers axially arrange in parallel on a turntable unit; the turntable unit being provided to a dancer; one end of the dancer being pivoted to a lateral shaft and the other end coupled to a drive unit; the dancer as driven... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7165495 | Apparatus for removing and/or recovering ink, printing machine including such apparatus, and method for supplying and/or recovering ink A printing machine in which excessive ink remaining in ink delivery tubings (20, 22, 24) each connecting an ink reservoir (16) to an ink supply source (18) can be quickly removed or rinsed out is provided. The printing machine according t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7028616 | Ink supply amount control method and apparatus for printing press In an ink supply amount control method for a printing press, the number of ink fountain keys whose gap amount with respect to an ink fountain roller falls within a predetermined range is counted. On the basis of the count value, the swing operation of an ink ductor ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7003896 | Radiation curing and drying An improved apparatus and method for drying materials. A hot surface in a strong electrostatic field is used to ionize a stream of heated gasses passing over the surface, which assists in directing the stream against the object to be dried, and ionizes the vapors an... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6971312 | Doctor blade device A doctor blade device for the removal of dampening medium from a soft surface of an ink applicator roller in the inking unit of a printing machine, having at least one doctor blade placed against the surface of the roller and having an edge radius in the range of 2 ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6910417 | Inking arrangement improvement A mechanism for rotary printing presses to increase the number of ink form-rollers without decreasing the space available for changing the printing plates. An additional advantage of this mechanism is the ease of access to the inner form rollers. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6837161 | Ink removal method for printing press An ink removal method for a printing press includes an ink removal step of bringing ink form rollers and a dampening form roller into a throw-on state relative to a plate cylinder, and bringing the dampening form roller into a throw-off state relative to a ductor ro... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6712002 | Method and apparatus for ink feed control A printing machine having an inking unit which prevents overinking of the printing cylinder upon increases in printing speed, such as during start-up of a printing operation. The inking unit includes an ink supply, two roll trains each comprising a plurality of inki... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6708616 | Method of adjusting two rollers that can be placed on each other in a printing unit In order to achieve a good printed result, it is important that the rollers that interact with each other are arranged at a suitable distance from each other, so that they act on each other with the pressure as stipulated. In order to set the rollers, use is made of... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6698352 | Inking apparatus control means for rotary press An inking apparatus controller includes an oscillating roller rotatable in a circumferential direction and reciprocatable along an axial direction thereof; an oscillation-width adjustment mechanism for adjusting an oscillation width of the oscillating rol... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6672208 | Method and apparatus for using magnetic bearings to position an inking unit roller in at least two different positions A method and a corresponding inking unit permit positioning of a roller into at least two different operating positions. The roller is, in particular, a vibrator roller of an inking unit for a rotary printing machine. The roller is positioned by controlli... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6668724 | Method for controlling a quantity of medium transferable between two rollers A method for controlling a quantity of medium transferable from a screen roller of a printing machine onto a roller that is in contact with the screen roller includes exerting an influence upon a difference in circumferential speed between the screen roll... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668719 | Method and devices for adjusting a roller in a printing machine An adjustable bearing arrangement is used for the remote controlled adjustment of an inking roller or a dampening roller with respect to a second, contacting roller. The journal of the roller to be adjusted is secured to an adjusting element. A pre-settab... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6557473 | Method for operating a printing machine A method for operating a printing machine having a positioning device with a cylinder that is adjustable into different positions along an adjustment path and cooperating with a cylinder for guiding printing material, which includes performing at least tw... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6539862 | Chambered doctor blade assembly A chambered doctor blade assembly which can be placed against a roller of an inking unit of a printing machine, in particular onto an engraved roller, has a chamber connected to the surface of the roller by means of an orifice through which printing ink c... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6490972 | Offset printer having mechanism for moving ink rollers into contact with and out of contact from plate cylinder An offset printer capable of contacting a plurality of ink rollers of a predetermined ink supply unit with a predetermined plate segment on a plate cylinder, and capable of out of contacting the ink rollers from a remaining plate segment on the plate cyli... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6481352 | Method for controlling a quantity of ink in an inking unit A method for controlling the ink quantity in an inking unit of a printing machine by a predetermined nominal value, using a vibrator roller oscillating between a fountain roller and the inking unit, and picking up an ink portion and surrendering it to the... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6425326 | Inking unit in a printing machine An inking unit in a printing machine includes a throw-off device for throwing an ink applicator roller group off a printing form cylinder, the throw-off device including a rotatable roller throw-off cam contoured so that, in a first rotational position of... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6349643 | Method and device for influencing ink-trapping behavior Method of influencing ink-trapping behavior of ink-conducting components of a printing unit in a rotary printing press includes disconnecting at a clutch location an inking-unit drive coming from printing-unit cylinders, directly imaging a printing form o... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6347585 | Variable gap stabilizer A gap adjusting device for a rotary press comprises a frame and a fountain roller and a metering roller which are both rotatably mounted relative to the frame. A gap is defined between the metering roller and the fountain roller, and an adjustment member ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6227113 | Printing machine and method of operating a printing machine A method of operating a printing machine including an inking unit having a vibrator roller oscillatable reciprocatingly between an ink-duct roller and an inking-unit roller for making intermittent contact with the rollers, includes selectively operating t... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6220162 | Method and apparatus for detecting collisions in printing machines Apparatus for detecting collisions in a printing machine having at least one rotationally driveable rotary body (18; 20) and an actuator (28; 30) for adjusting the rotary body in a direction normal to the axis of rotation, the apparatus including a torque... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6145437 | Anilox inking unit for a rotary offset printing machine An anilox inking unit for an offset printing machine having an anilox roll having a rotation direction and a fluid blowing device arranged along the anilox roll . The blowing device is disposed downstream of a working doctor with respect to the rotation d... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6135023 | Stencil printing machine having mechanism for adjusting gap between squeegee and doctor rollers A stencil printing machine includes a printing drum having a flexible ink-permeable circumferential wall adapted to receive a perforated stencil sheet around an outer circumferential surface thereof, the printing drum being rotated around a central axis t... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6112661 | Ink knife duct-adjusting screw unit for an ink fountain in a printing press An ink knife duct-adjusting screw unit for an ink fountain in a printing press, having a contact pressure bolt engaging in the bore hole of the housing of an ink fountain and acting upon the ink knife, and a device indicating the position of the duct-adju... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6101940 | Printing machine Two ink rolls in a flexographic printing machine are disclosed with a pivoted connection of the ink roll mounting elements such that one or other of the ink rolls may be engaged with the print cylinder.... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6082257 | Printing unit with anilox roller bearer positioning A printing unit is disclosed which incorporates an applicator roller (66) such as anilox roller with bearer surfaces (206) at the ends thereof for positively positioning the applicator roller relative a cylinder, such as a plate cylinder (32) or a blanket... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6041706 | Complete release blanket A printing press includes an interchangeable plate cylinder, in which the plate cylinder may have variable cutoff diameters. The plate cylinder is mounted in the printing press in rolling contact with a fixed diameter blanket cylinder. The ink rollers of ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5983795 | Sheet-fed rotary printing press A sheet-fed rotary printing press having at least one printing unit with an impression cylinder includes a transfer cylinder assigned to the impression cylinder for onwardly transporting sheets printed thereby, the transfer cylinder having at least one gr... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5906162 | Method of printing in printing machine with movable bearings blocks to permit axial removal of cylinder A printing machine with preferably several inking units, which are disposed on a common back-pressure cylinder (12), with in each case at least one roll body (16, 18), which is held with its two opposite ends in two bearing blocks (22, 24) that can be mov... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5832829 | Printing machine with movable bearing blocks to permit axial removal of cylinder A printing machine with preferably several inking units, which are disposed on a common back-pressure cylinder (12), with in each case at least one roll body (16, 18), which is held with its two opposite ends in two bearing blocks (22, 24) that can be mov... | 11/10/1998 |
