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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6324976 | Device for the positioning and removal of an ink chamber doctor at the anilox roller of a printing machine An ink chamber doctor, bearing two doctor blades that are arranged in the shape of a roof can be placed in position at an anilox roller of a printing machine and moved away from the same. To guarantee that the central plane of the ink chamber doctor alway... | 12/04/2001 |
| 5845576 | Method of controlling a vibrator roller in a printing press A method of controlling a vibrator roller in a printing press during printing press stops and printing starts is disclosed. The cycle of the vibrator roller is controlled as a function of the point of time at which the vibrator roller contacts the ink fou... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5823110 | Inking arrangement for printing presses An inking arrangement for printing presses comprises an ink fountain member having at least one fountain-forming face for forming an ink fountain, an ink fountain roller defining an ink channel together with the fountain member and having an outer periphe... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5819656 | Apparatus for adjusting an inking or dampening-device roller of a printing machine The ends of an inking- or dampening-device roller are mounted in respective bearing arrangements displaceable along a control surface co-operating with a guide part. The control surface includes an adjustment zone and a further zone. The adjustment zone r... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5816159 | Liquid transfer device for rotary presses A liquid transfer device for rotary presses includes at least two cylinders which can transfer the liquid, especially ink, and at least one liquid transfer element intended to interact with the two cylinders in order to transfer the ink from one cylinder ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5784960 | Apparatus and method for regulating ink distribution in a printing machine An undershot inking unit for a printing machine and a method for regulating ink distribution in a printing machine are disclosed. The undershot inking unit comprises an ink fountain roller communicating with an ink fountain, an inking roller, and an inter... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5590598 | Horizontal sheet transfer multiple color offset rotary printing press with horizontal slide access A horizontal slide mechanism for removably replacing an inking unit set in a rotary offset printing press of the type having a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder and an impression cylinder having parallel rotational axes. The horizontal slide mechanism in... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5558021 | Printing device for printing plastic cards A printing device for printing plastic cards utilizes a printing and inking unit which is supported in a pivotable frame, in cooperation with a counter-pressure cylinder to print individual cards in one or more streams of cards. The printing and inking un... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5179898 | Printer with roller mounting assembly A printing press (10) with a roller mounting assembly (14) for mounting a form roller (16) and a transfer roller (22) to an axle (20") of a drum roller (20) to rotate therewith by means of a bracket assembly (44) which oscillates both the form roller (16)... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5113762 | Ink metering apparatus with pivotally engageable ink duct A mounting device is provided for an ink duct of a printing press wherein the ink duct is supported primarily on the press frame so as to be pivotally movable with respect to a ductor roller. The ink duct carries a first guide roller which engages the duc... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4643092 | Easy-to-clean inking mechanism for a printing press A printing press inking mechanism comprising a fountain roller dipped in a printing ink in an ink fountain, and a drawout roller movable alternately into and out of rolling engagement with the fountain roller and a first of a series of ink rollers for ink... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4502386 | Ink fountain having temperature responsive element An ink fountain for a printing press has a temperature-responsive element for compensating the adjustment of the spacing between the blade and the fountain roller to keep the thickness of the ink film fed by the blade substantially constant even under ext... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4437405 | Apparatus for transferring ink to the ink plate of a metering machine An apparatus for transferring ink to the printing plate of a metering head of a metering machine has an ink storage roller mounted on a roller support with which it is interchangeably inserted through a lateral opening in the metering machine casing. On o... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4375190 | Printing press having a plurality of printing stations Paper gripper improvement in a printing press of the type having a frame, a large paper carrying impression cylinder drum mounted on the frame and a plurality of retractable printing stations mounted on the frame and spaced around the drum. Each gripper h... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4369703 | Devices for numeration, overprinting, perforation and cutting on Offset sheet printing machines Improvement in devices for numeration, printing perforation and cutting in Offset sheet printing machines, characterized by the fact all operative structures, including the inking mechanism are combined in a structural unit, shiftable "as a drawer" betwee... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4357872 | Arrangement for removal of dirt or other impurities interfering with the ink flow from the ink fountain of a printing press An ink fountain for a printing press having a sub-frame which is mounted on the main frame of the press and which cooperates with a stationary fountain roller. A fountain blade is secured to the sub-frame with provision, interposed between the sub-frame a... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4271760 | Printing machines of the offset type An offset printing machine comprises a plate cylinder and a blanket cylinder respectively carrying roller tracks rolling on one another and determining the center distance between the two cylinders. At least one inking roller with a supple peripheral laye... | 06/09/1981 |
| 3935815 | Inking apparatus for printing press An inking apparatus for printing presses wherein inking rolls are mounted so that adjustment of one of the rolls does not disturb the mutual setting and adjustments of the remaining rolls; this is achieved by means of three form rolls contacting two distr... | 02/03/1976 |
