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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 |
| 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 |
| 7337720 | Doctor blade design for metering ink transfer to anilox cells A dual-doctor blade assembly that can accurately meter ink delivery to the anilox cells on the anilox roll of a flexographic printing system. The system utilizes a retractable dual-blade configuration in conjunction with an ink chamber and a gap between the lower do... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7104196 | Marker assembly, marking method, and kit A rolling marker assembly enables a user to mark serially-presented, repeating patterns upon a marking surface. The marker assembly comprises an outer casing and a marking caster assembly. The marking caster assembly comprises at least one compressible medium-dispen... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7067027 | Method of making an electro-mechanical roll Method of making an electro-mechanical roll such as a bias transfer roll for use in an electrostatographic apparatus such as a printing or copying apparatus comprising a conductive core having a segmented layer of compressible material positioned in a tandem relatio... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6975430 | Method and apparatus for adjusting ink supply amount for printing press In an ink supply amount adjusting method for this printing machine, reference opening amounts of ink fountain keys are obtained in accordance with image area ratios of respective areas, corresponding to the ink fountain keys, of a plate by following a preset relatio... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6936105 | APPLICATOR ROLLER HAVING A ROLLER JACKET, APPLICATOR ROLLER AND ROTATING ELEMENT ASSEMBLY, DRYER, COOLING ROLLER STAND AND PRINTING PRESS HAVING THE APPLICATOR ROLLER AND METHOD FOR COATING A MATERIAL WEB An applicator roller includes a roller jacket having an outer cylindrical surface for picking up a liquid and, at least to some extent, for transferring the liquid. The roller jacket is formed with at least one perforation through which excess liquid is guidable int... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6886460 | Method for conditioning a printing ink in a printing press and printing press for carrying out the method A method for conditioning a printing ink in a printing press includes providing an ink duct roller and a metering device, operating the ink duct roller in conjunction with the metering device for liquefying the printing ink before a start of printing, and providing ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6857366 | Printing press ink transfer mechanism and employment of same A printing press ink transfer mechanism includes a primary flow metering device to monitor the flow ink supply and a secondary flow metering device to monitor the return flow of the ink to the supply. The difference in ink flow between the supply and return is deliv... | 02/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6748859 | Separable printing press ink cassette assembly and method An apparatus is provided which combines an interchangeable ink cassette assembly and a printing press drawer. The ink cassette which includes an ink pan, an anilox roll, and a meter roll may be removably attached to a printing press drawer such that the ink pan and ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6739248 | 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, with an obliquely applied lip (24), lies against the peri... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6705223 | Inking unit for a printing machine An inking unit for a printing machine includes at least one roller, an ink container adjacent to the roller, a metering doctor blade disposed on the ink container and being engageable with the roller, and a movable displacer element for setting a printing ink level ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6666137 | Removable ink cassette for a printing press There is provided a removable ink cassette for a flexographic printing press containing an ink pan and a meter roll. The ink pan and the meter roll are removed from the printing press together by removing the ink cassette from the printing press. The ink ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6655279 | Roll support structure of printing device An anilox roll 15 is disposed such that an outer peripheral surface thereof contacts an outer peripheral surface of a fountain roll 13 positioned in an ink pan 11. Ink I transferred to the outer peripheral surface of the anilox roll 15 is transferred to a... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6640703 | Gravure printing method using aquatic gravure ink and gravure printing machine for the same A gravure printing method is provided for printing characters or patterns with desired colors and tones on a base material with a printing drum set with 200 to 400 mesh lines and the depth in the range from 10 to 17μ. The ink may be process color of aqua... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6619205 | Inking device An inking device is used to ink a cylinder or a roller of an intaglio printing inking unit. A doctor blade device is located in the vicinity of the ink level of the printing ink in an ink trough of the ink application device. The ink trough, the doctor bl... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6612238 | Inking unit in a printing machine An inking unit in a printing machine, formed as a film inking unit, includes an ink duct with an ink duct film inserted between an ink metering system, which is subdivided into ink zones, and an ink duct roller. The ink duct film within each of the ink zo... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6571703 | Device for sealing off an ink-guiding reservoir in a printing machine A device for holding an ink supply in an ink-feeding device in an inking unit of a printing machine, the ink supply being received in a reservoir defined by lateral surfaces having contact surfaces for sealing off the ink supply with respect to a rotating... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6571704 | Ink supply apparatus for printing press and ink tray mounted on the same apparatus, and method for mounting contamination preventive surface cover to ink tray The present invention provides an ink supply apparatus for a printing press in which the ink supply amount from an ink fountain to an ink fountain roller is controlled by regulating a gap between ink blades and the ink fountain roller, wherein an integral... | 06/03/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6546866 | Ink viscosity measuring device, ink viscosity adjusting method and device therefor, and a printing apparatus A cardboard sheet printing apparatus including: a rotating body that freely rotates inside an ink circulation passage through which ink flows, and a rotation-imparting assembly which is magnetically coupled with the rotating body outside the ink circulati... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6520082 | Removable ink cassette for a printing press There is provided a removable ink cassette for a flexographic printing press containing an ink pan and a meter roll. The ink pan and the meter roll are removed from the printing press together by removing the ink cassette from the printing press. The ink ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6443063 | Ink supplying apparatus The present invention relates to an ink supplying apparatus capable of achieving labor-saving of the cleaning operation and shortening of the working time at ink replacement or the like in a printing press. This ink supplying apparatus is equipped with an... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6418848 | Ink supply apparatus for printing press and ink tray mounted on the same apparatus The present invention provides an ink supply apparatus for a printing press in which the ink supply amount from an ink fountain to an ink fountain roller is controlled by regulating a gap between ink blades and the ink fountain roller, wherein an integral... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6412412 | Device and method for controlling ink keys An ink key control system comprises a data processor, a local area network connected to the data processor, and a plurality of ink keys connected directly to the local area network. Each of the plurality of ink keys includes a protocol controller for rece... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6393983 | Ink rail for printing press An ink rail for a printing press has an ink rail body, a pedestal, a supporting member and a distance adjusting means. The ink rail body has a concave curved surface and also has an ink supplying surface having plural ink supplying ports opened to the con... | 05/28/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6349645 | Ink fountain in a printing machine and method of fixing an ink fountain foil in an ink fountain An ink fountain in a printing machine with an ink fountain foil lying on a base of the ink fountain includes an ink metering device having a plurality of metering elements covered by the ink fountain foil, and a device for firmly holding directly on the b... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6339989 | Ink fountain with two-position tray The present invention relates to an ink supplying apparatus equipped with an ink tray capable of improving the productivity based upon the labor-saving of an cleaning operation and the shortening of a preparatory time at ink replacement or the like in a p... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6276275 | Ink fountain having sensors to determine presence of a roll of ink The density or size of an ink roll, which is formed in an ink fountain of a rotary printing press, is determined either directly or indirectly at several spaced locations. The measured values are then evaluated. A signal is generated to an ink feed device... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6197112 | Support beam in a paper machine A support beam for at least one long working unit, notably of a paper machine or coater, includes several bundled, long profile elements forming in their entirety the support beam.... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6019040 | Method of metering ink into an ink duct via sensing ink zone fill levels A method for metering printing ink into an ink duct of a printing press, in which a metering device mounted on a carriage is reciprocatingly displaceable in a longitudinal direction of an ink duct having ink zones arranged next to one another in rows, the... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6019041 | Method of controlling the level of printing ink in an ink fountain and for emptying an ink cartridge having less than a specified amount of ink therein A method of controlling a level of printing ink in an ink fountain, including, by the use of an ink metering device, topping off printing ink along an ink fountain roller that dips into the printing ink; by a level sensor, determining signals relating to ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5722324 | Ink trough apparatus for a printing press An ink trough for a printing press is formed between two rollers and two side members on opposite ends of the rollers. The rollers can be operated independently for ink removal and cleaning purposes.... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5713281 | Drive device for reciprocating and rotating a roller in a printing machine A drive device for reciprocating and rotating a roller such as a dipping roller in a dampening unit in a printing press is disclosed. The drive device includes a first driven unit and a second driven unit. The first driven unit reciprocates the driven rol... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5404818 | Inking system for printing ink rollers An inking system is provided for flowing ink on the surface of an inking cylinder in a manner that simply confines ink to the working surface of the cylinder without splatter or interference with the cylinder drive system. Thus an ink doctoring chamber is... | 04/11/1995 |
