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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341340 | Printed item having an image with a high durability and/or resolution A printed device is provided with an image printed thereon, having a relatively high durability and/or resolution. A printer and method are also provided to produce a high durability image by treating an item to be printed with plasma. In particular, a printer is pr... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7258915 | Flake for covert security applications Covert flakes having one or more symbols and/or a selected shape are used in a composition, such as ink or paint, to provide a covert security feature to an object. In some embodiments the composition includes base pigment, and the covert flakes are covert pigment f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241489 | Opaque flake for covert security applications Opaque flakes, such as pigment or bright flake used in paints and inks, have a selected shape and/or other indicia to provide a covert security feature to an object. In some embodiments the composition includes base pigment, and the opaque covert flakes match the vi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239933 | Substrate supports for use with programmable material consolidation apparatus and systems A programmed material consolidation apparatus includes at least one fabrication site and a material consolidation system associated with the at least one fabrication site. The at least one fabrication site may be configured to receive one or more fabrication substra... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225044 | Methods for supporting substrates during fabrication of one or more objects thereon by programmable material consolidation techniques A programmed material consolidation apparatus includes a support with a surface that receives at least one substrate and prevents unconsolidated material from contacting undesired regions, such as the bottom surface, of the at least one substrate. When a programmed ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216588 | Modified-qwerty letter layout for rapid data entry A data entry pad arrangement includes twenty-six letters of the Roman alphabet arranged in a matrix including six rows of three to six letters per row. Ideally, no two adjacent letters in a row of the matrix are in alphabetical order. A method for designing a data-e... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7165494 | System and method for delivering and flushing ink and other liquids in a printing press An enclosed Flush/Rinse and inking system for inking and flushing printing presses is arranged to ink an anilox roller of a printing press, wherein the ink is dispersed from a centralized ink tank. Once inking is complete, the ink is returned to the ink tank, and us... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7128551 | Surface smoothing of stereolithographically formed 3-D objects A stereolithographic method and apparatus for forming polymeric structures comprising a plurality of overlying layers, each layer formed by polymerizing a thin layer of liquid photopolymer on a prior layer. Crevices formed at the layer interfaces are filled by a ste... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121209 | Digital semiconductor based printing system and method The print engine is composed of a semiconductor memory layer overlaid on an insulated conductive layer with a one to one correspondence of each memory cell with the conductive pad on the insulated layer. The entire structure can be fashioned into a either a planar s... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7066731 | Method for conditioning/heat treatment A method for heat treatment of printing plates includes arranging a plurality of printing plates into a stack, interspersing a plurality of thermally conductive plates at a plurality of levels in the stack, and placing the stack of plurality of printing plates with ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059248 | Digital semiconductor based printing system and method A print engine suitable for printing barcodes and other patterns using charged inks includes a semiconductor memory layer having memory circuits that are coupled to one or more line elements and/or printel cells. The printel cells and line elements either attract or... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047883 | Method and apparatus for orienting magnetic flakes Apparatus and related methods align magnetic flakes in a carrier, such as an ink vehicle or a paint vehicle to create optically variable images in a high-speed, linear printing operation. Images can provide security features on high-value documents, such as bank not... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7014284 | Ammunition having surface indicia and method of manufacture Ammunition, such as shotshells used in waterfowl hunting, have indicia applied to substantially all of the external surface to reduce glare normally a problem in conventional ammunition. The indicia, such as a camouflage pattern, is applied either through the use of... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994029 | Magnetic transfer method and magnetic transfer device A magnetic transfer method which superposes on a magnetic disk surface a magnetic transfer master disk (2) on which a magnetic film is formed so as to have an array pattern shape corresponding to a preset information signal, and magnetizes the magnetic film o... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6815130 | Electrostatic printing plate possessing a tiered surface A method and apparatus for the electrostatic printing of dry or wet toners using a novel tiered printing plate allows for superior and efficient transfer of toner from the plate to the printed item. The process for producing the printing plate uses photo polymer fil... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6811252 | Installation for continuously producing an imprinted textile strip, especially a label strip The inventive installation for continuously producing and imprinted textile strip (24, 24A, 24B, 24C, 26, 26A, 26B) contains a print station (12) that is connected to an electronic control device (66). In order to ach... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6779455 | Method of printing variable information The gel method of printing variable information of the present invention involves applying inks onto a substrate that is part of or attached to a cylinder of the printing machine. Imaging is by means of an energy source in the UV, visible or infrared regions, modula... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6776099 | Central-ink supply system for multi-printer systems A multi-printer system comprising: a plurality of imaging apparatus, each said apparatus comprising at least one liquid-toner reservoir, containing liquid toner; a central source of toner concentrate; a toner concentrate conduit which connects the central source to ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6745695 | Printing machine with friction driven image cylinder A printing machine having at least one printing unit whose image cylinder is driven by friction by an element to which the image is transferred. The influence of a change in the application of print is kept as small as possible, by the width of image cylinder and el... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6644196 | Electrorheological inker A method and device for controlling a transfer of an ink having electrorheological properties between rolls in a printing press. The method includes electrically connecting a first electrode to a first roll, electrically connecting a second electrode to a... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6598523 | Gravure printing method An electrostatic gravure printing method wherein use is made of paper with a water content of 4-6% and a surface resistivity of 1.0×109 -9.0×109Ω/.quadrature. under the environment of 23&#b1;1° C. AND 50&#b1;2% RH. This method ca... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6536346 | Process and apparatus for decorating articles In a process and apparatus for decorating an article, printing ink or electrostatic charges is or are applied in dependence on a digital program in dot form to the article carried by a holder, with individual dots going together to at least form a partial... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6508174 | Electrostatic printing aid The invention relates to an electrostatic printing aid to assist with the transfer of printing ink that contains flammable solvents during printing with a high-voltage generator for generating an electrostatic high voltage and with a voltage device to tra... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6408754 | Flexographic printing apparatus A flexographic printing apparatus for printing a moving web is provided with a rotatable ink roller, a roller support that rotatably supports the ink roller, an ink source associated with the ink roller which provides ink for the ink roller, a rotatable p... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6314879 | Flexographic printing apparatus A flexographic printing apparatus for printing a moving web is provided with a rotatable ink roller, a roller support that rotatably supports the ink roller, an ink source associated with the ink roller which provides ink for the ink roller, a rotatable p... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6284352 | Ferrofluidic electric paper A low cost, reusable electric paper that uses ferrofluidic colored fluids and an external magnetic writing instrument. The paper can be formed from laminated rolls of polymeric media that are roller die cut, inked, aligned, bonded and cut to an appropriat... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6284339 | Electret film composition adapted for printing on computer printers and the like A printing composition that is adapted for printing on computer printers and the like. The printing composition includes a backing sheet and a printing sheet. The printing sheet includes an electret which is reversibly bound to the backing sheet. In one e... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6209456 | Web- and sheet-fed printing unit using various ink types, particularly water-based inks A printing unit of a rotary printing press for using various ink types, particularly water-based inks, is provided. The printing unit includes an inking mechanism, a print cylinder, and a blanket cylinder. The inking mechanism and the cylinders are mounte... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6158346 | Electronic printing of non-planar macro and micro devices A prototyping method and apparatus incorporating the invention enables rapid fabrication of heterogeneous parts with non-planar and/or layer-by-layer printing. An electronically addressable array of micro-electrodes is employed as a "printing" panel, A pr... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6153074 | Recording material for electro-coagulation printing and method for printing thereon A recording material having a compression modulus of elasticity of 650 kgf/cm2 or less in the direction of the thickness thereof and exhibiting a maximum strain of 0.08 or more generated under pressure of 40 kgf/cm2 in the thickness ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6086738 | Record sheet used in electro-coagulation printing method The present invention provides a record sheet used in an electro-coagulation printing method for forming characters and images on a cylinder as an electrode with an ink which coagulates with electric charge and for transferring the characters and images t... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5989685 | Electreet film composition adapted for printing on inkjet printers A printing sheet that is adapted for printing in an inkjet printer or the like. The sheet has a plurality of pits in the top surface. The pits accept the ink and hold the ink in place. The bottom surface of the sheet has a permanent electrostatic charge. ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5889544 | Electrographic printer with multiple transfer electrodes Electrographic printing apparatus for forming a toner image on a recording medium, includes: a magnetic brush having a rotatable magnetic core and a stationary outer shell; a developer supply for supplying a magnetic developer powder including toner to th... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5829355 | Process and apparatus for electrostatic substance transfer A process and an apparatus for electrostatic substance transfer are proposed. A substance (4, 4') is taken from a substance container (9) by a substance transfer roller (1) and transferred onto a printing form cylinder (2). In order to improve the substan... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5762772 | Method and apparatus for image formation The transmittance of ionic dye molecules through a thin electrically conductive high polymer film is controlled to vary between at least two states of the film as selected from among oxidized, neutral and reduced states, such that the ionic dye molecules ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5706724 | High-voltage contact assembly for a gravure press A gravure printing press assembly composed of an impression roller having a core portion, a support shaft for the core portion which is rotatable with respect to the core portion, and an outer conductive layer disposed about the core portion and a high-vo... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5693206 | Electrocoagulation printing apparatus An electrocoagulation printing apparatus comprises a positive cylindrical electrode having a central longitudinal axis extending horizontally and a passivated surface defining a positive electrode active surface, the positive electrode being formed of an ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5660486 | Image printing apparatus and image printing method An image printing device includes a latent image charge keeping medium including a pyroelectric layer, a thermal head for selectively heating the charge keeping medium according to a signal, and an electrically conductive film disposed to be brought into ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5533453 | Method and apparatus for automatic numbering of forms on a rotary printing press Computer controlled numbering of consecutive business forms is provided for both computer controlled presses and in the form of a retrofit unit for conventional rotary presses. The retrofit unit includes a disk provided with radially oriented metallic str... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5477784 | Apparatus and method for printing on and polarizing polymer electret film A novel apparatus and method for printing on polymer film while electrically polarizing the film or, in the case where the film has been polarized prior to printing, maintaining the film's electrostatic charge. The apparatus is incorporated into a printer... | 12/26/1995 |
