Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7669530 | UV curing assembly having sheet transfer unit with heat sink vacuum plate A sheet transfer assembly for use above an ultraviolet curing unit in a flexographic printing press used for printing corrugated sheets includes a vacuum plate with heat sinks. The vacuum plate includes openings for rollers that extend through the vacuum plate to dr... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7581495 | Wallpaper printer with cutter and dryer modules The invention provides for a wallpaper printer having a cabinet built around a frame, the cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper. The printer also includes pilot guides for guiding the blank wallpaper fed from the ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7536954 | Printing device system and patterning method using the same A printing device system comprises a printing roller that has a blanket adhered to an outer surface thereof. The printing device system further comprises a drying device that dries the blanket of the printing roller. ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7367267 | Web printer incorporating a drying module A wallpaper printer includes a support frame. A cabinet assembly is mounted on the support frame. A drying module is operatively mountable with respect to the support frame and defines a first chamber and a second drying chamber. A heating element is positioned with... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347143 | Air blowing device for printing press An air blowing device for a printing press includes a plate cylinder, blanket cylinder, impression cylinder, air blowing equipment, air suction equipment, and cover. The plate cylinder is rotatably supported. Ink from an inking device and dampening water from a damp... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316476 | Image recording apparatus with irradiation control An image recording apparatus, having: a recording head which discharges a photo curable ink which is cured by photo irradiation; a plurality of light irradiating devices which irradiate the photo irradiation to the photo curable ink on a recording medium and each of... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316184 | Drier for a web of material A dryer is used for drying a web of material. The dryer includes a passage duct for the material web. Drying takes place within this passage duct which includes at least one straight section. The dryer is disposed on a printing group which includes vertical web guid... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317560 | Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same In an image reading apparatus that can read a reflection original and transparent original, a film holder for holding the transparent original is provided to be pivotal to the left or right about a shaft as the center. After the transparent original is set such that... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316182 | Ink proofer arrangement including light source for curing ink An ink proofer arrangement includes an ink proofer tool, a cylindrical drum roller, a drive motor adapted to rotate the roller and a first movable mounting assembly to retain the ink proofer tool adjacent to and in a non-contact position with the roller, a first var... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314003 | Electrostatic printing apparatus and electrostatic printing method An electrostatic printing apparatus according to the present invention rubs powdery ink into a screen having a predetermined printed pattern formed therein, and applies a voltage between the screen and an object so as to attach the powdery ink to the object. A plura... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300129 | Inkjet printer An inkjet printer includes: a recording head for jetting ink cured with irradiation of light, onto a recording medium; a light source for irradiating the light toward the ink jetted on the recording medium, the light source being provided so as to face the recording... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7258067 | Drying equipment for high speed printer Drying equipment to aid drying of a web of freshly printed media, the equipment having a feed path along which the freshly printed web is fed by a drive means, and a drying fluid supply means that directs drying fluid across the web along the extent of the feed path... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254902 | Sheet dryer A sheet dryer includes sprockets and a delivery chain, at least one heat-resistant glass plate, at least one lower-surface drying lamp, a guide plate, a plurality of first discharge holes, and a plurality of second discharge holes. The sprockets and delivery chain c... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248828 | Device for regulation of the sliding properties of a print substrate in an electrophotographic printer or copier In an electrophotographic printer or copier, toner images of images to be printed onto a printing substrate are generated and fixed, causing sliding characteristics to be worsened. In order to remedy this problem, a moistening device is provided that applies on the ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244051 | Light-generating apparatus having a reflector The invention envisages a light-generating apparatus that provides effective cooling of the reflector, the apparatus comprising a reflector and a device for improving the dissipation of heat from the reflector. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7232212 | Ink jet printer An ink jet head of an ink jet printer comprises an ink jet nozzle ejecting ultraviolet curing ink, a pair of ultraviolet LEDs provided on both sides of the ink jet nozzle in the moving direction for emitting ultraviolet light in order to cure the ultraviolet curing ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229167 | Ink jet recording apparatus, ink-jet recording method and ink jet recording medium A recording method comprising the steps in the following order of: correcting a curl of a recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium; and forming an image on the recording medium by jetting ink onto the recording medium. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225739 | Drying system for use in a printing system A drying system for use in a printing system, the drying system comprising: an heating element provided within a first chamber; at least one fan positioned to force air past the heating element; the first chamber adapted to direct the heated air through an opening i... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220112 | Printing system incorporating different material curing methods A printing system including a least two printheads, a first one of the printheads printing a first material and a second one of the printheads printing a second material, the first material being cured by a first method and the second material being cured by a secon... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217046 | Double-sided print engine assembly A double sided print engine assembly includes opposed rollers to transport paper to be printed. Mounted adjacent the opposed rollers are corresponding opposed ink supply moldings. The ink supply moldings include arcuate portions that terminate proximal the nip of th... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7182813 | Production apparatus of multilayer coating film The coating construction has flexibility corresponding to the number of layers of multiple coating layers, by which a multilayer coating film can be produced with small film thickness without adherence of dust to a film surface, a drying fault such as unevenness ind... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7140711 | Method and apparatus for inkjet printing using radiation curable ink Inkjet printing apparatus for use with radiation curable ink includes a sensor for sensing the amount of radiation emitted by a source of radiation. A controller is connected to the sensor and is operable to vary the amount of radiation emitted by the radiation sour... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131722 | Ink jet printer and image recording method using a humidity detector to control the curing of an image An ink jet printer is configured to enhance curability of cationic polymerization ink and to minimize a damaging thermal effect on a recording medium. The ink jet printer for recording a desired image on a recording medium by ejecting ink which includes a cationic p... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121203 | Apparatus and method of treating a recording element An apparatus and method of treating a recording element are provided. The apparatus includes a carrier removal station adapted to remove a predetermined percentage of carrier present in the recording element. A converting station is positioned downstream from the ca... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7106355 | Apparatus for paperless transfer printing and the process thereof The present invention is related to an apparatus for paperless transfer printing, which includes a printer and a heat transfer printing machine, the printer is connected and assembled with the heat transfer printing machine by an endless metal foil belt, the heat tr... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7089686 | Apparatus for curing radiation-curable coatings The present invention relates to an apparatus (20, 30) for curing radiation-curable coatings, which has at least one irradiation chamber (22, 32) provided with a plurality of UV radiation sources (18). It is provided according to the invention t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091487 | Non-dispersive ir measurement of gases using an optical filter A method and apparatus for determining the safety of a gas mixture containing flammable components such as methane together with ethane or other hydrocarbon, together with a diluent gas. The method includes the filtered infrared spectroscopy of the gas mixture in a ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073439 | Rotary press A rotary press is provided that prevents a print from contamination with a color different from a printing color. The rotary press comprising a printing unit made of a set of printing cylinders such as plate and blanket cylinders or plate and impression cylinders fo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073274 | Drying device In a dry air blowing plate, rows of dry air outlets are arranged at given intervals in a transport direction of a photosensitive material. The interval between the dry air outlets within the row is narrower in a front zone of the dry air blowing plate that is close ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065901 | Method and device for cooling a material web A method of cooling a material web includes, after drying a material web, moving the material web in a given direction on a meander-shaped web path over a cooling cylinder and at least one other cylinder disposed at a location selected from a group thereof consistin... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059244 | Method for aqueous gravure printing and apparatus therefor This invention provides a method for aqueous multicolor gravure printing which can print at a high speed without color drift, which is formed of plural printing unit processes, each of which contains a printing process, a drying process and a cooling process, wherei... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7038390 | Lamp control system A method and apparatus are provided for reducing the stable lamp standby power to the order of 5% of nominal full power in order to reduce the effects of heat from the lamp on a substrate during production downtime. In particular, a power controller changes the oper... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032520 | Compact printing apparatus and method A printing apparatus (10) for printing an image on a receiving substrate (20) including ink application means (11) for imagewise applying liquid side of the receiving substrate; a drying section (12) for drying the receiving substrate aft... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032516 | Printing process employing development-on-press type printing plate material Disclosed are a printing process employing a printing press comprising a plate cylinder and a blanket cylinder, and employing a first printing plate material and a second printing plate material each material comprising a hydrophilic support and provided thereon, an... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024995 | Continuous media printer with downstream drying A continuous media printer has a printer mechanism that prints on one or both surface of continuous print media. A media conveyor conveys media past the printer mechanism and includes rollers downstream of the printer mechanism. The rollers are located at a sufficie... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7014309 | Ink drying system for high speed printing An ink drying system for high speed printing. A plurality of plenums are in fluid communication with a source of pressurized gas, mediated by respective fast acting valves. In a first embodiment of the invention, each plenum contains a plurality of small orifices gr... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6973874 | Zoned ultraviolet curing system for printing press A zoned UV curing system for drying UV inks and coatings in printing presses. A plurality of linear UV lamps are spaced apart laterally across the travel path of substrates in a press. The axis of each lamp is aligned generally with the travel path, but may be slant... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971313 | Forced drying of printed ink A printer has a fluid outlet that outputs a drying fluid over at least one surface of print media after printing to dry material printed onto the media. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957885 | Image output apparatus and control method therefor In an image output apparatus which can perform entire-surface printing and both-sided printing, if an instruction to print additional information together with an image is issued or printing of the additional information together with the image is set, it is determi... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6951172 | Accessory for a printing unit A printing unit configuration includes an accessory and a connection mechanism moveably fastening the accessory thereto, throwing the accessory thereon into a working position, and removing it therefrom into maintenance positions. A linear guide can be connected to ... | 10/04/2005 |