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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074569 | Roller pad printer and method for printing A roller pad printer for printing on an associated object includes a frame, a flat cliché operably mounted to the frame for receiving and a resilient roller pad operably mount to the frame for rolling contact, at a first location and in a first direction along the ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8056474 | Apparatus for applying electronic circuits to curved surfaces An electric circuit is applied to an object having a curved surface. The curved surface of the object is divided into sections, and the circuit is applied one section at a time. The circuit is formed between layers of dielectric material. The dielectric is applied b... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8042462 | Sliding T-shirts printing pallet A sliding T-shirts printing pallet comprises a main body, two sliding arm plates, and two stretching bump portions. Each of two sliding arm plates is connected to a shoulder blade side of the main body and to slide along the shoulder blade side. The two stretching b... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8028621 | Three-dimensional structures and methods of fabricating the same using a printing plate Methods of fabricating three-dimensional structures comprise: contacting a printing plate face with a suspension comprising particles to arrange the particles at predefined positions on the printing plate face, the predefined positions comprising a first position la... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7882780 | System and method for patterning both sides of a substrate utilizing imprint lithography Provided are methods and systems for imprinting a pattern formed on surfaces of an imprint mask onto a double-sided substrate. The method includes deforming the surfaces of the first and second imprint stamps to produce respective first and second deformed surfaces,... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7870823 | Multilayer print pad A print pad for printing on a hard surface has a tip portion made of a silicon rubber having a first durometer. Rearward of the tip portion is a central body portion made of a silicon rubber having a durometer that is different than the durometer of the tip portion.... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866260 | Deformable pads for rotary pad printing, apparatus and method A rotary pad for pad printing comprises a cylinder (100′) or a belt (1105). The pad can be either flat or crowned in its relaxed condition. An ink applicator (405, etc.) applies an ink image (701) to the pad for subsequent transfer to a... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7827908 | Systems and methods for printing on large or irregular items Systems and methods which employ a movable platen and associated print head which travel in a same direction to interact with a same surface of an item to be printed upon are shown. The movable platen according to embodiments includes a printing orifice through whic... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7762183 | Method and device for marking an ophthalmic lens A method for marking an ophthalmic lens according to predetermined patterns includes supplying a plate (1) provided with engravings (4), filling the engravings (4) with marking ink, applying a pad (7) to the engravings (4), applyin... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7726237 | Printing apparatus for making colored contact lenses A printing station for producing a layer of coloring for a contact lens, comprising a transport system to carry and transport a molding tool which comprises at least one contact lens forming mold, a pad unit comprising at least one pad, and a blade unit suitable to ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7644657 | Deformable pad for pad printing A deformable pad (100) for pad printing has an initially flat side (105) and an opposite bulged side (110). An ink image (610) is applied to the flat side of the pad using an inkjet head (605) or other ink image source. The pad is ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7520217 | Method and system for printing onto a deformable cast polymer article A printing system configured to print an image onto a deformable cast polymer article comprising: (a) means for supporting a deformable cast polymer article in preparation for printing thereon, the means for supporting comprising a pressure platen, the deformable ca... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7387070 | Method and apparatus for automatic indexing of a golf ball A method and apparatus for applying printing of indicia and logo to golf balls held and indexed by magnetic indexing devices connected to a conveyor. The device includes a stationary base portion and a rotating cup portion which are magnetically coupled to each othe... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7363854 | System and method for patterning both sides of a substrate utilizing imprint lithography Provided are a method and system for imprinting a pattern formed on surfaces of an imprint mask onto a double-sided substrate. A method includes deforming the surfaces of the first and second imprint stamps to produce respective first and second deformed surfaces, e... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361285 | Method for fabricating cliche and method for forming pattern using the same A method for fabricating a cliché including: providing a transparent glass substrate; depositing a metal layer on the substrate; patterning the metal layer and thereby forming a first metal pattern; etching the glass substrate by using the first metal pattern as a ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354959 | Water-based inks for hydrogel lenses The present invention is related to water-based inks for making colored hydrogel contact lenses, in particular, colored HEMA-based hydrogel contact lenses. The ink of the invention comprises at least one colorant, water, and a water-soluble and actinically-curable b... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347141 | Single drum rotary printing machine A rotary machine including a substantially vertical rotatable drum having pellet-receiving receptacles in its peripheral sidewall. Gravity causes pellets to collect toward the drum's bottom. As the drum rotates, pellets received in the receptacles are carried upward... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337722 | Method and device for printing objects Method for printing objects (2) whereby printing ink (5) or the like is provided on a carrier (3) which consists of a flexible, mainly flat material layer on the one hand, and whereby the printing ink (5) is transferred to the object (... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328540 | Automated bagger and method A product bagger and method where products are placed in inflated lead bags on a bag assembly without actuating a sensor for shutting down the bagger. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311041 | Printing device, printing system and printing method A printing device contains a printing medium supporting member having a supporting face for supporting a printing medium; a screen plate fitting detachably onto said supporting face in a state where the printing medium is sandwiched between said screen plate and sai... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7288492 | Method for forming interconnects on thin wafers A method of forming a semiconductor interconnect including, in the order recited: (a) providing a semiconductor wafer; (b) forming bonding pads in a terminal wiring level on the frontside of the wafer; (c) reducing the thickness of the wafer; (d) forming solder bump... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270056 | Print stripper for ESD control A system may include a static dissipative device to secure a semiconductor component, and a printer to print indicia on the semiconductor component while the semiconductor component is secured with the static dissipative device. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267055 | Inks for use in membrane image transfer printing process The present invention involves an ink for transferring a printed image from a membrane to a substrate. The ink comprises a hydrocarbon solvent, a synthetic resin, and a thixotrope for forming a thixotropic network in the ink. The hydrocarbon solvent has a predetermi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252448 | Platen Embodiments of a platen are shown and described. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240393 | Automatic clean device An automatic clean device includes a base body, a transmission element, a cleaning element and an elastic member. Wherein the transmission element and the cleaning element are disposed on the base body, the elastic member has an end connected to the cleaning element... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232498 | Tire with raised indicia The present invention provides a pneumatic tire comprising raised indicia on a sidewall of the tire, the raised indicia comprising a plurality of superposed layers of a curable elastomer composition. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7211969 | Power driver circuit of display panel A power driver circuit for a display panel. The power driver circuit includes a power controller, and a resident power system, which is coupled to an alternating power source and provides resident power for the power controller. When receiving an external on/off sig... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7171896 | Apparatus for decorating stiff objects by screen printing In an apparatus for decorating stiff articles using a screen printing process, an object carried by an object carrier and the stencil are advanced synchronously along a transport path during a printing operation. A doctor co-operable with the stencil is movable in a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172286 | Colored contact lens A colored contact lens comprising a generally uncolored pupil region, a generally annular-shaped iris region and a multicolored pattern on the iris region. The multicolored pattern is sufficiently colored to change the apparent color of an iris of a person wearing t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7140296 | Method for forming pattern of liquid crystal display device A method for forming a pattern of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes providing a cliché having at least a first groove structure having a first width and a second groove structure having a second width equal to at least a multiple of the first width and... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7116547 | Use of pad printing in the manufacture of capacitors Deposition of a metal-containing reagent solution or suspension onto a conductive substrate by various pad-printing techniques is described. This results in a pseudocapacitive oxide coating, nitride coating, carbon nitride coating, or carbide coating having an accep... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100501 | Chip holding arrangement, pad printing system incorporating the arrangement, and method of pad printing a chip using the arrangement Holding arrangement for a chip which includes a support having a first end for supporting the chip. A vacuum chamber is arranged in the support. An annular seal is arranged at the first end. A vacuum source evacuates the chamber. A method of holding a chip in the ho... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7089860 | Providing customized text and imagery on organic products The present invention features various systems and methods for providing an image on an organic product to provide a communication to the recipient or otherwise individualize the organic product. Notably, the present invention features an organic product printing sy... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086793 | Goods-wrapping apparatus including a printer According to the present invention, a goods-wrapping apparatus for wrapping a particular article of a plurality of articles, includes: a goods storing section operable to store the plurality of articles; a goods carrying in/out section operable to carry in the artic... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080901 | Printing unit and manufacturing line for manufacturing flexible organic EL display A printing unit include a plurality of ink supply members for supplying inks different from each other to a printing area or printing area-like portion, and a plurality of detecting systems, each detecting an amount of the corresponding ink accumulated on the printi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7066085 | Method of manufacturing operation panel for printer A molded product for an operation panel 1 is produced by injection molding or the like. A set of characters 7 indicative of the type of each operation switch 17 is formed, by a screen printing process, at a location near to the subject switch op... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063012 | Method for marking by pad-printing and sublimation, and sublimable pad-printing inks Sublimable pad-printing ink and a method of marking an object with the ink, wherein the ink includes a hardening transparent pad-printing ink base and at least one sublimable colored pigment. The hardening transparent pad-printing ink base resists a sublimation temp... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7047877 | Hand-held device for marking a golf ball A hand-held device for marking a golf ball has a handle and first and second forks (or arms) for holding the golf ball between the forks. The golf ball is held between a ball-receiving portion of the first fork and a rubber gripper rotationally mounted to the second... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036428 | Apparatus and method for printing cylindrical surfaces A printing machine having a closed cup ink supply system for printing cylindrical items. The printing machine includes a printing module which comprises a housing, a pair of pulleys rotatably supported by the housing and endless metal band disposed about the pulleys... | 05/02/2006 |
