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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7980176 | Printing machine A printing machine, in particular a label printing machine or a sheet-fed offset printing press, includes printing units accommodated in a machine support structure that is made at least partially, and preferably entirely, of rock. The rock may be a natural rock, in... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7827913 | Device with several rollers The device with a housing and several rollers, circular-cylindrical drums and the like, the axles of which are parallel and which are mounted between two walls, in particular for forming a strip, which can be formed at elevated temperatures, as it passes through on ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7424853 | Imaging system with media carrier storage position An apparatus for imaging a media is able to accommodate, in an imaging position, a drum for loading flat sheets of media or a mandrel for loading sleeve media. The apparatus includes a storage position for locating the drum or mandrel when not in use and provides me... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7409909 | Method for replacing printing sleeves in a printing press A process for replacing the printing sleeves of a printing machine includes mounting printing sleeves that are not required for the printing process in at least one storage device. The transportation of the printing sleeves necessary for replacement between the stor... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401553 | Printing plate cartridge for a press and press A printing plate cartridge for a press including a housing having an old printing compartment for holding a printing plate to be removed during a printing plate change and a new printing plate compartment for holding a printing plate to be mounted on a form cylinder... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401554 | Method and apparatus for changing printing length on a printing press To modify an existing printing press from its original length/cut off to a different cut off, a sub-frame may be mounted on an existing frame of a printing press. The sub-frame permits the relocation of bearing supports for various printing cylinders, such as, for e... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7392741 | Supporting and releasably holding device for a printing cylinder hub A printing machine color assembly presenting a main or cliché-carrying cylinder (2) and an interlocking or screened cylinder (3), each carried at its hubs (2a, 2b; 3a, 3b) by first (4a | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389726 | Device for producing print images of varying lengths in offset printing A device for producing print images of varying lengths in offset printing, said device comprises replaceable, cylindrical format sections with differing cylinder diameters. Each format section includes a support shaft with which the format section forms a single uni... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389728 | Printing machine A printing machine includes a roller which is hollow and through which a temperature control liquid flows. The roller is mounted in roller fittings constructed as quick-change devices or quick-acting closures, in such a way that the roller can be quickly removed fro... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7350464 | Modular printing unit In order to provide a printing unit (1; 50) of modular design with the lowest possible expenditure on construction and high flexibility, the printing unit (1; 50) of modular design for printing webs (29) has a stand (2; 2′; 54), which i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7293503 | Slide-in print unit for a variable format in offset printing A slide-in print unit for a variable format in offset printing includes a machine frame. A counter pressure cylinder, rubber blanket cylinder, and plate cylinder are positioned within the machine frame. A drive mechanism for the cylinders includes a joint drive for ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7284483 | Self-contained independent inking unit for printing press An inking unit for printing units of rotary presses is independent of the printing unit and is configured as a self-contained unit. The linking unit can be removed from the printing unit and has a dedicated drive for a plurality of rolls, the drive being arranged on... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273007 | Portable printer coater A portable printer coater for use with a printing press includes: a counter for indicating wear on seal components, a system for installing and removing the coater without lifting, and a tensioner for improving lifetime of seals in the chambered doctor. The counter ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7255043 | Apparatus and method for pulling off sleeves In an apparatus for pulling off sleeves (11, 14) which are applied to cylinders (10, 15) of a printing press, a force for pulling off the sleeve is applied in a gentle manner, in that a retaining rod (5), having a retaining head (1) which... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243602 | Device for positioning further processing devices on printing machines An apparatus for positioning further or auxiliary processing devices, such as folders, cross cutting devices, sheet stackers or roll winding-up systems, on printing presses, includes a first positioning device which interacts with a further positioning device fixed ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7207270 | Fixture for printing blinds Provided is a fixture assembly for printing image graphics on a slat set of a window blind. The slat set is comprised of a plurality of substantially identically configured slats. Each one of the slats has a slat length and a slat width. The fixture assembly compris... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7188774 | Method and apparatus for making articles Method and apparatus for applying unique composite indicia or markings to a succession of articles, in which each unique composite indicium comprises two or more indicia. At least part of each of the indicia may be co-located at a predetermined location on the artic... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7127989 | Printing material processing machine, in particular printing press A printing material processing machine has an oscillating roll with a roll shaft, a roll barrel rotatably and translatorily mounted on the roll shaft, and an oscillating mechanism for moving the roll barrel to and fro along the roll shaft. The oscillating roll is mo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121207 | Systems and methods for newspaper press cut-off reduction Systems and methods for modifying, altering, constructing, or retrofitting an existing newspaper press having a first cut-off length, to have a second cut-off length which is different from and generally less than the first. These systems and methods generally provi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117793 | Apparatus for the transportation of printing sleeves An apparatus for transporting printing sleeves is provided. The transport apparatus includes a housing with a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls, and at least one cover. A plurality of reception devices are mounted in the housing. Each reception device receives ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7089858 | Rotary press A rotary press is capable of interchanging printing cylinders in a short time with less labor. The rotary press includes a first supporting device for supporting one end of a printing cylinder. The first supporting device is provided in a movable frame arranged outs... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073788 | Protective device for a delivery device A method for operating a machine that processes printing substrates in sheet form, in particular, a printing press, including a delivery device (1) which contains a drive (2) for conveying the substrate sheets and at least one opening (8) throug... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7048824 | Device for treating silicon wafers A device (1) for treating objects, in particular silicon wafers (2), with a fluid (3), comprising a container (4) that holds the fluid (3); a rotatable carrying arrangement (5) for accommodation of the objects to be treated,... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044056 | Interleaf removal apparatus, plate feed apparatus and image recording system A stack of alternating plates and interleaves are stored in a cassette of a plate feed apparatus. An interleaf is removed from the stack by a plurality of vertically moving suction cups. There are cases where a plate is attached to the back surface of the interleaf ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044054 | Printing group of an offset rotary printing machine A printing group of an offset rotary printing machine includes at least one forme cylinder, one transfer cylinder and at least one inking system. Two of these printing groups are arranged opposite to each other. The arrangement of the printing group in relation to e... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040226 | Printing unit A printing unit contains at least one printing group which is comprised of at least two cylinders which cooperate to form a printing nip. At least these two cylinders are interconnected in a positive fit by a drive. The two cylinders can be engaged with one another ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040224 | Roller moving apparatus A roller moving apparatus includes a pair of inner frames removably supported in a frame; a supportive holder member for supportively holding the roller; and a supportive holder member moving mechanism supported by the inner frames and adapted to support the support... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032515 | Method and apparatus for changing print length on a printing press To modify an existing printing press from its original length/cut off to a different cut off, a sub-frame may be mounted on an existing frame of a printing press. The sub-frame permits the relocation of bearing supports for various printing cylinders, such as, for e... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017486 | Method and apparatus for printing a web In a method and an apparatus for printing on material in web form print images are successively applied to the web by a transfer cylinder. The web is continuously drawn into the printing station and the speed at which the web is moved in the printing station during ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011022 | Offset printing press unit with removable cylinders An offset printing press having plate and blanket cylinder retention mechanisms, each retention mechanism having at least one trunnion axially displaceable between an operative position and a disengaged position. Said trunnion is freely disconnected from an associat... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6971311 | Magnetic tucker bar for a printing press A tucking device for tucking a printing plate into a gap of a plate cylinder includes a tucker bar having a tucking surface and at least one magnet for creating a repulsive magnetic force at the tucking surface. An actuator connected to the tucker bar is used for mo... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6959645 | Printing press for processing continuous webs A printing press for processing continuous webs has a machine frame and printing cylinders exchangeably mounted in the machine frame. A drive is provided. An inking system is mounted in the machine frame. The drive has a two-row gear wheel having a first toothing an... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6952993 | Versatile satellite-type printing press The present invention relates to sheet-fed satellite-type printing press and aims at versatile satellite-type press by which printing mode can easily be modified. For this purpose, a part of side frames (12) corresponding to the circumference of common... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6925933 | Portable stamp A portable stamp includes a housing with an elongated slot and a tongue. A handle is movably mounted in the housing. A character unit is pivotally mounted at a distal end of the handle with a first torsion spring. An ink pad is pivotally mounted beneath the characte... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6880462 | Apparatus and method for peeling a printing plate from a stack of plates An apparatus and method for supporting and feeding printing plates in an imaging system. The apparatus includes a vacuum system for picking up an edge of a top printing plate from a stack of printing plates, and a peeling system including a pair of rotatable belts, ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6880690 | Driving member for rotating component intergral with a printing machine and method for separating said driving member A rotating component of a printing machine is driven by a motor. A journal of the rotating components is connected to the shaft of the motor by at least a first coupling. The motor is supported for movement toward and away from the rotating component. The rotating c... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6877429 | Roller holding apparatus of printing press A roller holding apparatus of a printing press comprises roller arms swingably supported by a metal roller, holders swingably supported by the roller arms for holding a rubber roller so as to be detachably mounted on the roller arms, and pressing members provided in... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6877424 | Counterpoise device and method for cantilevered printing press cylinders A counterpoise device for cantilevering at least one cylinder of a printing press has a movable counterpoise element for selectively contacting the cylinder and a stationary mount. A guide link rotatably attaches to the stationary mount plate and rotatably attaches ... | 04/12/2005 |
