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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6928926 | Process and material for producing IR imaged gravure cylinders A gravure printing blank that can be easily and quickly imaged digitally by means of laser imaging and a method for preparing the same. The gravure printing blank comprises a metallic surface, a pre-polymer layer covering said metallic surface, comprising UV curable... | 08/16/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6851363 | Short inking unit for a rotary printing machine and method of improving the ink splitting in such a short inking unit Inking unit rolls include at least one ink applicator roll, which rotates in an ink fountain filled with printing ink and picks up printing ink from the latter, and a plate cylinder, which serves as a printing plate carrier and onto which ink can be transferred, dir... | 02/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6477952 | Ink feed roller for printers An object of the invention is to prevent ink becoming mixed with paper particles from adhering to and accumulating on edge portions of an inking roller for use in printing presses. The inking roller 5 is coated with a nonadhesive agent, which prevents ink... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6389967 | Ink dispenser A construction of ink dispensing roller is described in which a porous ink metering layer extends around a peripheral surface of a porous ink reservoir. To prevent relative movement between the ink metering layer and the ink reservoir, the ink metering la... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6234078 | Ink roller assembly having a plurality of sections each having a porous sleeve Various embodiments of an ink roller assembly include a capillary ink metering unit and a surrounding porous ink retaining sleeve, wherein the unit is comprised of a pair of capillary sections connected to each other and wherein capillary sections include... | 05/22/2001 |
| 5743183 | Dampening unit for an offset printing machine A dampening unit for an offset printing machine having a plate cylinder which carries a printing form and which is operatively connected to applicator rollers of an inking unit and of a dampening unit. To improve the print quality appreciably by means of ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5495801 | Pressure-sensitive tacky printing roller for removing printing inks from a printing plate A printing roller, or form roller, having sufficient pressure-sensitive tack for cleanly removing ink from non-image areas of a waterless planographic plate irrespective of the tackiness of the ink. The roller can be fabricated with the necessary pressure... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5060571 | Inker with controlled zone ink distribution, and method of controlling ink transfer between cylinders of a printing machine To control the amount of ink transferred between an ink application cylinder (2) and an ink supplying cylinder (1) having a cellular surface, such as an anilox roller or another roller or cylinder having ink receptor cells and/or a further cylinder (3) su... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5046418 | Dampening method and apparatus for automatic ink/water control for lithographic printing press The dampening apparatus and method provides automatic ink/water control for a lithographic printing press by means of a hydrophylic metering roll in a pan for fountain solution which contacts an oleophylic transfer roll. The transfer and metering rolls ar... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4700631 | Ink fountain and ink fountain support for printing press An ink fountain for supplying ink to the ink carrying surface of a printing press form roll has an ink receptacle which may be removed from and reinstalled into the press separate from the adjustable support assembly which maintains it in an operative pos... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4590857 | Ink metering apparatus An inker for a printing press in which an excess of ink is applied to the surface (45) of a resilient roller and the ink is metered by a metering member (10') to form a film of controlled thickness on the resilient roller surface. The metering member is a... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4567827 | Copper and nickel layered ink metering roller A long wearing printing press ink metering roller which comprises an engraved base roller, a layer of hardened electroless nickel on the outer surface of the base roller and a final layer of copper covering the layer of electroless nickel.... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4541339 | Inking unit A liquid transport mechanism for use particularly in transporting and evenly distributing printing ink in a rotary printing machine is disclosed. A plurality of generally cone shaped ink transport rollers are placed about the periphery of one or more ink ... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4538518 | Ink metering apparatus An ink metering member (10') to form a thin film (130) of ink on a resilient roller surface (45) wherein the metering member comprises a hard, elongated strip having a first polished leading edge (25) and a second polished trailing edge (28b) formed on ea... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4537127 | Black oxide lithographic ink metering roller A steel ink metering roller for use in lithographic printing having an engraved surface that has been nitride hardened followed by an oxidizing process that results in a surface with a composition of mainly Fe3 O4.... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4522124 | Inking roller for the inking equipment of a rotary press In order to eliminate the contaminant particles collecting between the inking roller in the inking system of a rotary printing machine and the doctor blade, a strip or wiper element of elastic material extending in the axial direction and projecting from ... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4402263 | Automatic ink or water quantity adjusting device for printing machine A transfer control roller having individually adjustable surface portions is provided between a fountain roller and a succeeding ductor roller. The surface portions can be moved radially inwardly and outwardly to vary the content surface between the fount... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4287827 | Combined inking and moistening roller In a lithographic printing apparatus, the rollers that supply ink and/or water to form rollers have a surface with minutely intermixed hydrophilic and oleophilic areas. The amount of water retained by a roller is dependent upon the total of the hydrophili... | 09/08/1981 |
