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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6718873 | Proof press for mounting flexographic printing plates A proof press for the mounting of flexographic printing plates, comprising a printing cylinder, which is covered by a blanket for the mounting of at least one printing plate with double adhesive tape interposed, the printing cylinder being movable at right angles to... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6530321 | Flexible image transfer blanket having non-extensible backing A flexible image transfer blanket is provided which has a non-extensible backing which is easy to mount onto conventional blanket cylinders, which requires no packing (but which can be used with packing), which does not need to be retensioned during opera... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6347582 | Rotary imprint printing system The imprint printing system allows imprinter head changes on the run. A printing roller, either an offset or a flexo printing roller, has an axial channel in which one or more imprinter heads are disposed. The imprinter heads can be selectively raised out... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6257135 | Unitary saddle for mounting multiple emboss slugs on a single emboss roll The present invention is an apparatus for continuously embossing a moving web of material. More particularly, the present invention is a unitary saddle used to mount multiple embossing slugs to an emboss roll. The unitary saddle of the present invention i... | 07/10/2001 |
| 5540153 | Embosser and method using slot mounted die and impression pad The present invention provides an apparatus and method of embossing a sheet of material with a background pattern together with additional selectable indicia, wherein the method comprises the steps of removably securing an indicia-bearing element to a fir... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5495802 | Print block cassette for franking machine print drum A print block cassette for franking machine print drums comprises a support having a block support side, longitudinal guide and support members perpendicular to the block support side and engaged in bosses on the support and a plurality of separate print ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5046419 | Rotary ink stamp for a copier/printer apparatus A rotary stamp mechanism includes a drive wheel with a curved stamp holding housing held thereon by a sheet metal band to enable replacement and adjustment of the stamp housing. A stamping sequence is selected by a machine operator and the leading edge of... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5024153 | Print drum for a postage meter A print drum for a postage meter has a drum structure provided with a plurality of recesses in its periphery. One of these recesses accommodates a print wheel assembly and at least some of the other recesses are provided with axially extending means where... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4580492 | Product code wheel assembly A code wheel for imprinting legends on packages traveling along a conveyor line has a U-shaped slot therein through which the code wheel is coaxially positioned on a drive sleeve rotatable with the line and drive pins engage the sleeve to index the code w... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4527472 | Exchangeable print head hot ink roll marker An exchangeable print head hot ink roll marker providing for adjustment of an inking roll and a backing roller relative to print heads of different diameters. Additionally there are provided a novel arrangement for releasably securing the print head to it... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4412489 | Small printing machine The machine comprises a table for guiding paper to be printed which table is bordered by two vertical side walls supporting a rotary drum. A part of the outer surface of the drum includes ribs for hooking elastic printing forms carrying portions in relief... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4252061 | Dating wheels Dating wheel with a tracer symbol unit which can be manually inserted on or removed from the wheel. To change the tracer symbol, the operator simply uses thumb and forefinger to grasp the unit and extract same and then replace with an identical unit havin... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4243332 | Electrode guide Guide for electrodes in a metal paper printer comprising a multipart arrangement of a guide portion, with parallel grooves for the electrodes, and of a cover portion assembled to the guide portion. The cover portion has a recess extending transversely of ... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4239002 | Printing coder A printing wheel or cylinder is formed by a plurality of discs stacked one over another with resilient spacers between them to provide spaces at the outer edges to receive the backing ribs of printing type. The discs are squeezed together to securely gras... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4010684 | Printing device A printing device is provided having one portion which is a magnetic retainer to receive and hold a plate having indicia stamped thereon and another portion which is grooved to receive printing type.... | 03/08/1977 |
