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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047134 | Rubber sleeve A rubber sleeve for a printing press and a method for producing a rubber sleeve is disclosed. The rubber sleeve has a rigid support sleeve and a blanket that is wrapped around the support sleeve as well as is firmly connected to the support sleeve. The blanket has a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7690299 | Printing rubber blanket A printing blanket is designed to have less sink-down, less variation in thickness along with time, less susceptible to temperature or moisture, and which employs woven fabric having excellent measurement stability, thereby having a sufficient durability against var... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7617771 | Printing rubber blanket A printing rubber blanket includes a surface rubber layer, a second base fabric layer and a first base fabric layer to be provided between the surface rubber layer and second base fabric layer, wherein the first base fabric layer contains at least one type of fiber ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7562624 | Printing blanket In a printing blanket comprising a reinforcement layer formed of more than one sheet of fabric, a compressive layer, and a surface rubber layer laid through a supporting body, the compressive layer is separated by a separation layer so as to be divided into two laye... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7533608 | Printing blanket having a dimensionally stable carrier plate, a method for producing a printing blanket of this type, and a printing unit for a printing machine without a damping unit A printing blanket or dressing includes a dimensionally stable carrier plate which has ends that can be secured to a transfer cylinder. A coating is applied to the carrier plate and forms the lateral surface of the transfer cylinder. A recess is located in the print... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7395759 | Sleeve for a printing machine The invention relates to a sleeve, particularly a rubber blanket sheath, for a printing machine. The sleeve (10) has a two-layer structure comprising an internal layer designed as support layer (11), and an external layer designed as cover layer (12... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7357078 | Method for making a multilayer printing blanket and resulting blanket A method for making a multilayer printing blanket whereof at least an outer layer is provided with embedded particles has the embedded in the surface of the outer layer by exerting pressure on said particles. Such a printing blanket is useful in the field of printin... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7316183 | Sleeve with multiple layer structure for printing presses and method for its manufacture The invention concerns a sleeve with a multiple layer structure for printing presses with king rolls configured as pneumatic cylinders; in particular a sleeve for the flexographic printing process, with an inner tube of reversibly expandable plastic material, whose ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7305922 | Printing blanket having a rigid carrier plate A printing blanket comprising a rigid carrier plate on which an elastic layer is arranged is provided. The elastic covering layer has a surface that can be inked and by which a printing image can be transferred onto a printing material. An end of the carrier plate i... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300055 | Image forming apparatus The object is to provide an image forming apparatus in which the copy sheet can be transferred with stable velocity and high accuracy even if there is variation in diameter due to machining tolerance. A pair of roller for feeding copy sheet pinching the sheet betwee... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296516 | Rotary roller printing press A rotary roller printing press has a printing unit for printing a web in six printed pages arranged axially next to each other. A superstructure is used to cut the web longitudinally into three partial webs. A folding installation is used to fold the partial webs an... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290488 | Apparatus and method for changing printing sleeves on a printing machine The invention provides an apparatus for the mounting and/or demounting of at least two printing sleeves outside a printing unit of a printing machine. The printing sleeves include an outer printing sleeve forming a printing surface and an inner printing sleeve provi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287470 | Offset lithographic printing press having seamed sleeved printing blanket An offset lithographic printing press combined with a gapped or seamed cylindrical offset printing blanket having pre-made blanket material mounted on a cylindrical sleeve is disclosed, wherein conventional, manufactured blanket material in flat form is adhered to a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285177 | Thin-walled reinforced sleeve with integral compressible layer A sleeve for a print cylinder comprising a fiber reinforced, thin-walled material and having a seamless surface ready to be covered with a surface material. The sleeve may be used in flexographic printing, either as a support for photo-polymerized printing plates or... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7246557 | Printing group of a rotary printing press A printing group of a rotary printing press includes at least one forme cylinder and at least one transfer cylinder. The forme cylinder has at least two printing forme end receiving channels. These two channels are spaced circumferentially. At least one of these for... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240614 | Method for influencing lateral web spreading in a printing unit in a rotary printing press A method for influencing lateral web spreading in a printing unit in a rotary printing press, the printing unit having first and second transfer cylinders contacting each other along a contact zone for receiving a web to be printed on therebetween and undergoing a d... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7225736 | Printing machine The bearings of a printing roller of a printing machine, preferably of a flexoprinting machine, with at least one counter-pressure cylinder and with at least one printing roller, which on one end is taper bore mounted in the frame, are conveyable in guideways relati... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219604 | Transfer blanket, in particular rubber blanket, for a printing press The transfer blanket (10), in particular a rubber blanket, for a printing press, has a carrier layer (11), a covering layer (12) and at least one intermediate layer (13, 14, 15) which is positioned between the carrier layer and the coveri... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216587 | Method of dispensing metal-backed printing blankets A method of dispensing a metal-backed printing blanket onto a printing press cylinder in a controlled fashion is provided. A carton containing the rolled printing blanket may be provided, and a lengthwise slit or opening is opened to withdraw a mounting end of the p... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208064 | Method for embossing air-laid webs using laser engraved heated hard rubber embossing rolls A method of making an embossed air-laid absorbent sheet includes: depositing a dry web of fibers on a foraminous support; embossing the compacted web with a laser engraved roll provided with a hard rubber embossing surface having an embossing pattern with a depth of... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207268 | Apparatus and method of enhancing printing press cylinders A printing press cylinder and a method of manufacturing the same. The printing press cylinder includes a rigid base member having a reduced radius section and a polymer layer formed about the rigid base member generally within the reduced radius section. The polymer... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207267 | Apparatus and method for manipulation of sleeves on a cylinder A method and apparatus are provided for the manipulation of a sleeve onto and off of a cylinder. A sleeve mounted on a handling shaft is equipped with a substantially airtight slideable end cap at its distal end. During mounting, axial alignment is provided when the... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7194953 | Dressing on a cylinder or a transfer cylinder as well as printing units of a printing press A blanket is located on an outer surface of a roller, such as printing unit roller. The blanket has an elastic and/or a compressive layer with a surface pressure that depends on the degree of the impression. The layer is selected so that a depending of the surface p... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195810 | Air-laid absorbent sheet with sinuate emboss An absorbent sheet made from an air-laid fiber web includes a functional emboss pattern of a continuous (wave-like) shape extending in the machine direction of the sheet. The emboss pattern defines a plurality of compressed regions operative to preferentially convey... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7169456 | Transcription plate for forming orientation layer Disclosed is a transcription plate for forming orientation layer by coating printed orientation agent onto a substrate. The transcription plate comprises a base film and photosensitive resin plate, such as an APR layer, wherein a number of dots are arranged on the p... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152528 | Digital printing machine The invention concerns a digital printing machine for sheet printing with a digital printing mechanism with free format in the peripheral direction, an intermediate cylinder which is connected downstream of the digital printing mechanism and is at least partially co... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131375 | Offset lithographic printing press having seamed sleeved printing blanket An offset lithographic printing press combined with a gapped or seamed cylindrical offset printing blanket having pre-made blanket material mounted on a cylindrical sleeve is disclosed, wherein conventional, manufactured blanket material in flat form is adhered to a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124685 | Internally piped print cylinder and method for making same A print cylinder having a first header, a second header and a hollow cylinder body is internally piped. The first header includes an air inlet and an air outlet. The air outlet is sealingly connected to a central conduit which is sealingly attached to a disk, the di... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7115084 | Replaceable fuser member A replaceable fuser member including a thin, seamless or welded high temperature nickel sleeve, a base cushion positioned around the sleeve, a primer coat of a silane coupling agent containing epoxies on the sleeve, and an outside coating applied over the base cushi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107907 | Flow-restricted printing cylinder for a removable printing sleeve A printing cylinder for accepting an axially-removable printing sleeve includes a cylinder body having an outer surface, the outer surface having at least one hole and a supply line in the cylinder body for supplying fluid to the at least one hole. The supply line h... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7104198 | Printing blanket with convex outer print surface A tubular printing blanket having an axial center has a carrier sleeve layer having a uniform thickness, a compressible layer, a reinforcing layer over the compressible layer, and a print layer disposed over the reinforcing layer. At least one of the reinforcing lay... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7073435 | Printing blanket with convex carrier layer A printing blanket includes a carrier sleeve layer having at least one axially convex surface and a print layer disposed over the carrier sleeve layer. A blanket cylinder with a convex outer surface and a convex shim is also provided. An offset printing press is als... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055428 | Characterization, determination of a characteristic number and selection of suitable dressings on cylinders of a printing press A characterizing number for a cylinder dressing having an elastic layer is determined. The characterizing number is then usable to select suitable geometries of rollers in a printing press. If the roller geometry is already known, the characterizing number facilitat... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036429 | Rubber blanket cylinder sleeve for web fed rotary printing machines A transfer cylinder sleeve is provided for an offset printing machine including an inner carrier layer, a compressible layer and a covering layer, where at least one of the layers has a joint or a gap and provided that when a joint or a gap is used in the covering l... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021213 | Printing method Disclosed is a printing method comprising the steps of mounting an underlay sheet on a plate cylinder of a printing press, and providing, on the underlay sheet, a printing plate material comprising a plastic sheet support, and provided thereon, a hydrophilic layer, ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017487 | Rubber blanket with a metal or plastic carrier plate A rubber blanket for covering a transfer cylinder of a printing machine is provided. The transfer cylinder includes a cylinder channel for receiving an end of the rubber blanket to secure the rubber blanket to the transfer cylinder. The rubber blanket includes a rig... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013805 | Rubber cylinder sleeve for offset presses A rubber cylinder sleeve has a rubber covering with a layer construction which includes, at a distance from the outer surface, compressible layer elements and layer elements which influence the stiffness (S), such as filaments/yarns or fabric structures. The layer e... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011021 | Printing blanket sleeve with replaceable printing surface A printing blanket sleeve is provided having two separable sections including a carcass sleeve and a face sleeve. The face sleeve is mounted over the carcass sleeve such that, when the printing blanket sleeve is installed on a blanket cylinder, the carcass sleeve an... | 03/14/2006 |
