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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7281872 | Printer Various embodiments of a printer including an actuation member are disclosed. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7140871 | Cam-type guiding device and molding installation using same A cam-operated guiding device for controlling a related movement of a member which is moreover continuously displaced, the device including two mutually transversely offset parallel cams with which co-operate respectively two coaxial rollers for bilaterally guiding ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7047879 | Cantilever type screen-printing machine with double platform The present invention discloses a cantilever type screen-printing machine with double platforms that possess a gear reducer motor with a hollow shaft to rotate a screw of a threaded screw unit and further drive a threaded rod to move upward and downward without rota... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7011728 | Container-labeling and-printing synchronization apparatus and process An apparatus for printing and labeling an object such as a container is provided. The apparatus includes a printer and a label applicator. The object is presented to both the printer and the label applicator during processing. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6948425 | Machine for printing on articles A printer machine for printing on articles, includes a plurality of article-carriers suitable for moving in indexed manner in a plane around a circular path. Each article-carrier is stationary in an indexed position and mobile between the indexed positions, and a pl... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6915759 | Printing apparatus and method for spark plug insulator An object of the present invention is to disclose an apparatus and method for printing a spark plug, wherein an excellent print quality is obtained and maintained. The printing apparatus comprises: a marking roller for forming an ink film on an intaglio on itself; a... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6840166 | Mandrel trip apparatus An independent mandrel trip system wherein a mandrel support block retaining a mandrel is connected to a shaft mounting block in a manner such that the mandrel support block can be reciprocatingly retracted and extended relative to the shaft mounting block in a dire... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6504331 | Drive mechanism for transaction printer A compact drive mechanism for both driving a paper web and severing a printed receipt in a transaction or point-of-sales printer. Both driving the paper web and cutting the printed receipt is accomplished through a bi-directional stepper motor that is ope... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6490969 | Machine for printing or otherwise decorating hollow bodies A machine for printing on or otherwise decorating hollow bodies. It comprises a rotationally driven decoration application drum, which peripherally is provided with decoration faces, which are able to be moved along a first orbit. On an adjacent capstan p... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6050182 | Inflatable balloon color printing process and apparatus A balloon printing apparatus for printing an image on the outer surface of a number of inflatable elastic balloons of the type defining a main body and a neck opening allowing access into the main body. The apparatus comprises: a conveyor device movable i... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5985416 | Coating and transfer printing metal substrates A process for coating and transfer printing sheet metal which is especially suited for manufacture into three-dimensional articles such as appliance panels and one-piece pictures and frames. The coatings may include a thin pigmented base coat and a clear,... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5771798 | Can decorating apparatus Apparatus for printing a decorative pattern of differing colors on the cylindrical outer surface of a can body wherein a pattern of one color is applied and dried on the outer surface and a pattern of a different color is applied to the cylindrical outer ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5711217 | Vector screen printing method and apparatus A system and method for imprinting an object including both irregularly shaped or non-round objects and regularly shaped round and/or rectangular objects and combinations thereof in which a plurality of positioning vectors are computed to control operatio... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5709770 | Apparatus for decorating articles via heat transfer labelling An apparatus for applying heat transfer labels, disposed on a web, to containers. In one embodiment, the apparatus is intended for round, non-tapered containers and comprises a continuously rotating turret, a container transport system for continuously de... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5694839 | Method and apparatus for pad printing cylindrical items A method and apparatus for pad printing images around cylindrical items. The apparatus includes a gravure plate, image, a flexible ink transfer pad for receiving an ink image from the gravure plate and transferring the image onto a flat silicon ink transf... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5423252 | Printer for solid articles A printer for printing predetermined patterns of letters, figures, marks and the like on surfaces of solid articles such as tablets or capsule articles which includes a horizontal carrier for carrying the regularly arranged solid articles in a horizontal ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5343804 | Apparatus and method for the silk-screen printing of multiple curved peripheral surfaces of an article defined by multiple curved peripheral surfaces Silk-screen printing apparatus is provided for the silk-screen printing of articles such as oval-shaped bottles and containers on the two major curved peripheral surfaces thereof, sequentially, with one printing pass. The apparatus utilizes, in this case,... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5170703 | Machine for screen printing curved objects A machine for screen printing curved objects has a frame with support rods and positioning rods, a scraping assembly which slides on the support rods under the influence of a motor and a gear wheel/spur rail combination, and a pair of screen-holding struc... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5072668 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus is disclosed having stationary frame members disposed at an angle with respect to one another and supporting an ink storage member on one portion while supporting an image carrier member on the other portion. A movable member is capab... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5046412 | Fixed printing axis printing machine with multiratio transmission means varying the location of the object to be printed A printing machine suitable for printing objects with an oblong or a circular transverse cross-section includes a fixed printing shaft. An object to be printed is rotated about the printing shaft in contact with a flat printing plate or the like carried b... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4848227 | Device for the silk-screen printing of cylindrical objects having an elliptical cross-section A flat frame is arranged to reciprocate vertically and parallel to the travel strokes of two overlying carriages, namely a screen support carriage and an ink knife support carriage respectively. On the free end of the frame a mandrel is provided for longi... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4782750 | Printing machine for articles with noncircular convex surfaces A machine for printing oval objects. The oval object has imparted to it a simple pivoting movement about an axis which is separate from the center of the radius of curvature of a section of the area of the object to be screenprinted upon. The printing scr... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4722271 | Mandrel rotation assembly for intermittently operated tapered sidewall printer Apparatus for printing on frusto-conical cups includes a mandrel wheel intermittently rotatably movable to a loading, pre-treatment, printing, first cure, second cure, and unloading station; a plurality of mandrel assemblies rotatably mounted on the mandr... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4640188 | Silk screen transfer printing apparatus for cylindrical objects Spark plug insulators are mounted vertically around the edge of a horizontal turntable. A screen printing head is arranged horizontally above a print transfer drum that is rotatable about a horizontal axis. Pads of a relatively hard resilient material are... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4572067 | Petri dish imprinting apparatus A petri dish imprinting apparatus comprises an imprinting block of characters disposed along one side of a support surface for a covered petri dish and having heated characters adapted to imprint the petri dish by thermal embossment. An endless belt on th... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4481879 | Non-slip design transfer to conical articles In one embodiment, a rotatably driven transfer apparatus is adapted to receive a design configuration and a follower synchronously driven therewith for carrying and orienting an article to receive the design from the transfer apparatus into alignment ther... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4352326 | Screen printing machine A screen printing machine has a carrier for an article to be printed, comprising first and second carrier members interconnected by a transverse connecting member. The carrier is reciprocal along the stencil between an article-receiving and an article-dis... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4328745 | Quick acting automatic marking machine A novel, high-speed, efficient, versatile, automatic machine is provided for the marking of parts. A wheeled platform is driven in a reciprocating cycle by a slotted arm and a revolving roller. The platform carries a rotatably mounted mandrel to couple th... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4258621 | Rotating object imprinting device with relatively sliding plate In the use of pigment coated foil, e.g. so-called "gold leaf" being a common example, in the imprinting of pens, there is unavoidable slippage between the pen, supported on one or more idler rollers, and a rotationally driven printing slug, which detracts... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4122768 | Screen printing press attachment for printing objects of revolution An improved apparatus for automatically printing two faces of an object. The present invention is an attachment for use with a screen printing press of the type shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,090,300, issued to Louis Gilbert Dubuit on May 21, 1963. The attachme... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4050412 | U.V. curing machine An apparatus for continuously curing can bodies coated with a photopolymerizable ink. The can bodies are placed onto spindles. The spindles are mounted onto a conveyor chain and pass the can bodies through a first U.V. lamp chamber. The U.V. lamp chamber ... | 09/27/1977 |
