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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7080901 | Printing unit and manufacturing line for manufacturing flexible organic EL display A printing unit include a plurality of ink supply members for supplying inks different from each other to a printing area or printing area-like portion, and a plurality of detecting systems, each detecting an amount of the corresponding ink accumulated on the printi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6647877 | Inking unit, particularly for an offset printing machine, having hard/hard smoothing roller configuration An inking unit includes a first smoothing roller, an ink feed unit constructed as an ink droplet generator for applying a metered quantity of ink to the first smoothing roller, by one of an indirect and a direct path, respectively, the indirect path being... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6427591 | Inking unit An inking unit for a printing machine, which includes at least one ink roller rolling on a plate cylinder of the printing machine, an ink jet printing apparatus with a plurality of ink jets that can be controlled selectively, and an ink transfer device wi... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6401618 | Printing machine having reciprocating carriage carrying both cleaning and ink delivery devices A rotary printing machine having a cylinder, two doctor blades acting on the cylinder, and a gravity fed ink dispensing mechanism and a drum cleaning spray system provided on a reciprocating carriage. Ink is applied in excess to one of the doctor blades a... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6279474 | Method and device for transferring ink in a printing unit of an offset printing press Method for metered transferring of ink to an ink roller in a printing unit of a rotary offset printing press, wherein the ink is applied under pressure to a casing surface of the ink roller, includes determining digital data for effecting a two-dimensiona... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279475 | Apparatus for supplying flowable printing ink to a printer for cigarette paper webs A running strip of cigarette paper or the like is provided with printed matter by the profiled peripheral surface of a printing roller which receives ink from one of several rollers including a pair of transfer rollers defining a nip which receives ink fr... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6247402 | Ink rail for printing press An ink rail 1 for a printing press has an ink rail body 5 having an ink supplying surface 53 constucted by a concave curved surface able to be opposed to the outer circumferential surface of the fountain roller F at a suitable distance C; an inclination m... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5405252 | Metering pump A metering pump for use on a printing press has a pumping chamber formed between a rigid support plate and a flexible diaphragm. A piston acts through the diaphragm to vary the volume of the chamber and flow to and from the chamber is controlled by respec... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5372067 | Keyless lithography with single printing fluid Keyless lithographic printing system with single printing fluid. A lithographic printing press has a blanket cylinder (101) and a plate cylinder (102) with a printing plate (100) mounted thereon, a form roller system (103) having at least one form roller ... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5140901 | Printing machine with chambered doctor blade unit To eliminate the necessity of a hose connection between a chambered doctor blade unit (1) and an ink supply unit (14), the ink supply unit and the chambered doctor blade unit are, each, formed with an ink supply duct and an ink reception duct, respectivel... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5111747 | Chambered doctor blade inker system The chambered doctor blade unit has an anilox roller against which a doctor blade can be engaged. An ink trough, and an arrangement to transport ink from the ink trough to a chambered doctor blade unit or an ink application roller is provided, the chamber... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5088402 | Pressurized printing fluid input system for keyless lithographic printing A printing fluid input system (30) for use in a keyless lithographic printing press wherein a metering roller (20) has at least first and second ends mounted for rotation about an axis and has an oleophilic and hydrophobic surface (40) intermediate the fi... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5046416 | Printing unit for rotary printing presses Printing unit for rotary printing presses having at least one printing unit and at least one ink-conduction cylinder comprising an engageable and disengageable ink-reducing unit assigned to one of the ink-conducting cylinders and having at least one rolle... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5018444 | Ink applying system for a printing apparatus An ink supply system that is operable to precisely provide ink to a transfer roll by means of positively pumping ink to an absorbent medium adjacent to a ductor wheel at a programmably controlled rate and to bring the ductor wheel into and out of contact ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5007341 | Keyless printing press A keyless printing press includes a delivery nozzle disposed in opposition to an ink source roller and provided with a plurality of delivery ports aligned in parallel along the axial direction of the ink source roller. Printing ink circulating through an ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4964336 | Printing machine with separable compact inker including a chambered doctor blade unit A chambered doctor blade unit (1) has at least one doctor blade (7, 8; 32) projecting from leading edges of a generally U-shaped or channel-shaped rail element, closed off at the lateral ends by side walls (4) to form the unit so that it can be inexpensiv... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4901640 | Oscillating form roller dampener An improved structure for supplying dampening fluid to a lithographic printing press which structure includes a form roller for passing fluid to the plate cylinder and means mounting the form roller for simultaneous contact with the water drum and the pla... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4354449 | Two sided coater Two side coaters and methods of coating paper on both sides are disclosed in which a web of paper to be coated is moved in a generally upward direction in partially wrapped relation to a coating roll, so that one side of the web is in contact with and sup... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4351264 | Adhesive metering device A glue applicating means is constructed with an elongated shoe floatingly mounted alongside of and urged toward a glue applicator roll by a fluid controlled biasing means. A longitudinally extending depression in the shoe is substantially closed by the gl... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4245583 | Mechanism to transfer a viscous coating medium A viscous coating such as ink or material for surfacing a medium is transferred under pressure from a pressure chamber within a wetting container through a regulating opening and impinges on the surface of a transfer roller in such manner that the flow fr... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4077317 | Apparatus for imprinting an elongated member A device for imprinting an elongated filament-like member drawn at high speed has a vertically disposed grooved-rim printing wheel that rotates about a horizontal axis. An ink jet and a wiper are arranged below the horizontal diameter of the printing whee... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4023490 | Rotary imprinting apparatus A moving web is marked at spaced locations by a rotatable print head that is intermittently displaced into contact with the web during angular displacement between two rest positions by means of a signal controlled clutch drivingly connecting the print he... | 05/17/1977 |
