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| 8156866 | Printing machine A printing machine in which the automation of the replacement of the barrier plate is easily performed, and in which further automation of replacement procedure, simplification of replacement procedure, and reduction of time required for replacement procedure are ac... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8011298 | System for supplying ink and ink container In an ink supply method and system and an ink container where the ink is automatically supplied in the stencil printing, to permit suitable detection of empty of the ink container even if the kind of ink which has not been set is employed. A parameter representing a... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7703394 | Apparatus and method for the application of a liquid and printing unit and machine having the apparatus An apparatus and a method for the non-contact, metered application of a liquid, for example a printing ink, to the surface of a cylinder, include an application device which has at least one exit opening for the liquid. An extraction device has at least one entry op... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7314547 | Fountain solution recycling system for commercial printers A method of and apparatus for extending the life of fountain solutions used in commercial printing presses comprises withdrawing fountain solution from the dampener recirculation system of a printing press and directing the withdrawn fountain solution through a sedi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7291277 | Method and device for cleaning the fountain solution of a printing press A method for cleaning the fountain solution of a printing press with an automatically emptying separator (16), separates the dirt particles and oil residues from fountain solution and supplies them, as a mixture of dirt and fountain solution, to a dirt and fo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7246894 | Ink cartridges An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber, and a translucent portion configured to be in fluid communication with the ink chamber. The translucent portion has an inner space formed therein, and the translucent portion includes a first wall, a second wall opposite the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228800 | Doctor beam having a corrosion-resistant fiber coated channel A doctor beam (1) is provided for a doctor blade for application in a printing unit. The doctor beam comprises a U-shaped channel. At least the U-shaped channel (3), which is formed in a metal beam, is provided with a fibre coating (6) preferabl... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210405 | Printer ink supply system with viscosity control An ink supply system is used with a printer of the type in which ink is deposited in an engraved receiving region on a cliché plate and is scraped from the plate leaving ink in the receiving region. The ink supply system includes an ink cup having a hollow interior... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204882 | Polyurethane resin coating device A polyurethane resin coating device includes a material mixing unit for mixing materials to have them reacted to form polyurethane resin liquid mixture. Subsequently, the polyurethane resin liquid mixture flows downward to a pressuring and sending unit to be mixed a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7112282 | Fountain solution recycling system for commercial printers A method of and apparatus for extending the life of fountain solutions used in commercial printing presses comprises withdrawing fountain solution from the dampener recirculation system of a printing press and directing the withdrawn fountain solution through a sedi... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7102770 | System and methods for smoothing sensed toner levels The system and methods described herein relate to reporting the supply level of a marking agent (e.g., toner) in a print device cartridge. An algorithm executes to smooth over inaccuracies in measured values received from a hardware supply level sensor. Through seed... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7087159 | Fountain solution recycling system for commercial printers A method of and apparatus for extending the life of fountain solutions used in commercial printing presses comprises withdrawing fountain solution from the dampener recirculation system of a printing press and directing the withdrawn fountain solution through a sedi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7068870 | Variable width waveguide for mode-matching and method for making A variable width waveguide useful for mode matching between dissimilar optical waveguides and optical fibers and a method for making the same is described. In one embodiment, a tapered waveguide is etched in a substrate, a cladding material is laid over the upper su... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7033004 | Device for feeding prepackaged ink to the ink duct of printing machines A device for feeding ink prepackaged in containers to the ink duct of printing machines includes a unit for holding the container and for dispensing the ink contained therein, where the unit included a base provided with at least one through aperture, an intermediat... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017492 | Coordinating the functioning of a color control system and a defect detection system for a printing press A method of coordinating the utilization of a color control system and a defect detection system on a printing press includes acquiring image data and processing the data by a comparison to template image data and the generation of color error data and print defect ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7006580 | Method for controlling a data transmission pre-emphasis unit and a data transmission system employing the method In a pre-emphasis unit device which transmits signals along a transmission line with a frequency-dependent pre-emphasis, the frequency response of the pre-emphasis unit is varied to match characteristics of the transmission line. Initially the pre-emphasis unit is s... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000517 | Machine for cross cutting a material web A machine for cross cutting a material web has a main frame part unitarily formed with a pair of transversely spaced main sides and with at least one main traverse extending transversely between the main sides and a secondary frame part unitarily formed with a pair ... | 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 |
| 6899028 | Container A container is provided which comprises a cylindrical main body having an end wall at an end thereof; an outlet projecting from an outer surface of the end wall for allowing a content to be supplied; and a protecting member disposed on the outer surface of the end w... | 05/31/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6834590 | Lithographic printing method and printing press Disclosed is a lithographic printing method which performs lithographic printing with emulsion ink as it is supplied from an ink fountain which is a reservoir of the emulsion ink to a lithographic printing plate, comprising the steps of: computing amounts of consump... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6810805 | Ink pump with rotating reciprocating pump and rotary valve A printing press having a number of identical inking systems for delivering ink to said press. The individual inking systems comprises an ink source including an ink reservoir held under a positive pressure. The ink travels from the manifold through a valve mechanis... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810803 | Stencil printing ink container A stencil printing ink container comprises a cylinder, an area of one end of the cylinder, which area is other than an ink discharge opening section, being closed with an end wall, the other end of the cylinder being open, and a piston, which undergoes a sliding mov... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6786152 | Dosing system for inking up rollers in a printing machine An ink metering system for a roller train in a printing machine which in the illustrated embodiment includes a fountain roller and a downstream train of rollers communicating with a plate or form cylinder of the printing press. One or more plating devices (12... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6772684 | Ink fountain apparatus for rotary printing press An ink fountain device for a rotary printing press includes a rotatably supported ink fountain roller, ink fountain, at least one intermediate ink dam, a press unit, and an adjustment bolt. The ink fountain is comprised of an ink fountain blade and a pair of ink dam... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6772690 | Method of and device for detecting amount of ink in ink fountain The amount of ink in an ink fountain in a printer is detected on the basis of change of oscillation. The oscillation frequency is changed on the basis of dielectric constant information on the dielectric constant of the ink. ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6702489 | Inking apparatus with multi-positioning capability An inking apparatus including an inking head which is manually adjustable in the X, Y and Z directions to facilitate quick and easy positioning of an inking probe in proximity to a defective die on a semiconductor wafer to ink and mark the die for exclusi... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6688225 | System for cooling ink and other liquids on a printing press An ink cooling system for printing presses is disclosed. The ink cooling system is arranged to cool ink at locations within a printing press at the locations in which the ink properties are most likely to be adversely impacted, and which locations are or ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6684781 | Printer for printing on wrapping paper being fed to a cigarette making machine A printing device for printing on wrapping paper according to the present invention comprises a cartridge holder (40) having an ink nozzle (18) on the outside thereof and adapted to house an ink cartridge (50); an ink supply passage (79) connecting the in... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6679169 | Ink control model for controlling the ink feed in a machine which processes printing substrates The present invention relates to a method for controlling the ink feed in a printing press which processes printing substrates (12) and features at least one inking unit and one computer and to a device for carrying out the method. The present invention i... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6672207 | Seal for chambered doctor blade A seal for a chambered doctor blade (10) of a printing machine, in the form of a rubber-elastic body, which is inserted at the end of the chambered doctor blade in a seal holder (18) and lies against the periphery of a roller (12) against which the chambe... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6640710 | Ink bar for ink ducts in printing machines An ink bar is provided with a control device for bringing back printing ink into the ink duct (20) of a printing machine when required. The aim of the invention is to arrange all the essential function pieces in a space-saving manner, whereby said pieces ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6619206 | Method and apparatus for maintaining ink level in ink fountain of printing press An apparatus and method for maintaining a minimum amount of ink in an ink fountain (10) of a printing press includes an ink fountain level sensor (28) and ink dispenser (26) mounted on a carriage (30) for lateral movement on a track (32) across the ink fo... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6612234 | Lightweight portable compact universal printer coater A lightweight portable compact flexographic universal printer coater adaptable to printing units on the same press or other presses of the same nominal printing width. The printer coater has a frame which comprises an anilox roller, a means to rotate the ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6601512 | Method of feeding dampening water in a printing machine A method of feeding dampening water includes a density measuring step for measuring densities of first and second detecting patches 101 and 102 printed adjacent each other on printed matter 100 and presenting a difference in density variations after print... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6578482 | Variable volume container A variable volume container includes a cylindrical main body having an end wall at an end thereof; an outlet projecting from an outer surface of said end wall for allowing a content to be supplied; a piston member fitted into said main body sealingly and ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6575092 | Color supply device for a color ductor A color ink supply device for an ink ductor in a rotary printing press achieves an even color distribution on the ink ductor. A plurality of ink supply devices are arranged axially along the ink ductor. Each ink supply device includes a main chamber and m... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6568324 | Inking unit of a printing machine, and associated method An inking unit in a printing machine, having an ink reservoir, a dampening-solution reservoir, and conveying paths for conveying ink and dampening solution from the ink reservoir and the dampening-solution reservoir, respectively, to a web to be printed, ... | 05/27/2003 |
