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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7171894 | Removable marking device for a mold The object of the present invention is to provide a removable marking device for a mold that enables to leave two marks of different meanings accurately with simple operation. A removable marking device for a mold has a control mechanism that allows said indicator a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7025452 | Image forming system An image forming system, including: an image forming apparatus and a post processing device, wherein the image forming apparatus includes; a printer section, a control means, a selecting device to s... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6966257 | Removable marking device for mold A removable marking device for mold consists of a substantially cylindrical outer member, an indicator can be rotated around axis line of outer member, a mark portion that is formed on upper surface of outer member and said indicator, wherein in said indicator, plur... | 11/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6722273 | Sequential numbering machine for injection moulds The numbering machine comprises a series of cams (2) and a series of wheels (3), each cam (2) being connected with a wheel (3), so that the turning of a cam (2) signifies the turning of a wheel (3). The cams (2) have ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6705224 | Stamp apparatus In a stamp apparatus, a paper-sheet object is conveyed in the arrow direction between a presser roller and an impress hub having a predetermined character/symbol string. Since a cam is rotated in the arrow direction by a rotary solenoid, it makes the presser roller ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 5988056 | Printing apparatus and method A printing device wherein top frontal positioning of motor and drive train is avoided so that the size of the top portion can be reduced thereby improving the ability of the operator to view the alignment of a printable article in relation to the printer.... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5761996 | Pivoting time recorder In a pivoting time recorder, an inner frame is erected from a base. A printer assembly interfaces with the inner frame at a pivot. The pivot and printer assembly are suspended over the base, forming a slot for insertion of a document therebetween. The pri... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5644980 | Numbering box Provided in a printing press having a printing-press housing and an impression cylinder are a numbering box having a numbering-box shaft for holding numbering devices, an inking device with an ink form roller, and a switching or control device, including ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5607145 | Method for printing books of bingo paper A method for printing at least one book of bingo paper. Consecutive sheets in a book of bingo paper are printed in the same color. Each sheet is designated by a unique page number and, by utilizing a jogging plate, each page in the book is printed on a di... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5517911 | Printing device A numbering box for a press for printing bank notes has a stack of sensor boards in one-to-one correspondence with a stack of numbering wheels and each of the boards has an edge area at the printing face of the numbering box which carries an LED indicator... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5197382 | Copy sheet proofing system A sheet proofing mechanism for a printing, duplicating and like machine wherein sheets are delivered seriatim by a conveyor in a path over a receiving tray whereat the sheets drop onto a stack of sheets in the tray. Releasable gripping fingers are provide... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5136937 | Printing device A frame plate is movably mounted on a guide shaft erected from a base for movement upward and downward, a space formed between the base and the frame plate being served as the insertion passage for the typing sheet. The frame plate is provided thereon wit... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4934846 | Franking system A method of franking mail items is disclosed in which the franking impression includes a machine readable portion and a visually readable portion. The machine readable portion comprises a data block including at least a postage charge and a pseudo-random ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4843959 | Producing piles of serially-indexed papers from a plurality of unindexed imprints Sheets or a web of bank note imprints are advanced in single file through an indexing station where a unique identifying index is applied to each imprint. The indexed imprints are stacked as a pile of strips, downstream of the indexing station, and the pi... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4739606 | Conveyor means of system for in-line processing of envelopes and the like A system for in-line processing of envelopes and the like includes a first upstanding feed hopper for feeding primary envelopes through a first printing station operative to print predetermined indicia on the primary envelopes after which they are conveye... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4677551 | Apparatus for producing a series of documents from reformatted input data and for checking the order of production A document issuing apparatus wherein images of different forms and images of data to be printed on the forms are produced and stored in a memory. The form images and data images are combined and edited to produce a series of slip images. A printing device... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4633395 | Method for checking sheets of bills during their production Before travelling through the first printing unit (14), the sheets are provided on one edge with an individual, consecutively numbered code, which is stored in a computer. This edge is cut off at a time of subsequent trimming. Before and after each operat... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4480545 | Offset press having two printing units with alternate path delivery cylinders An offset press is provided with two printing units, the first of which is a typical offset unit and the second of which is adapted to effect number printing, relief printing or perforation or the like. The second printing unit is provided with a printing... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4463677 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of freshly printed, numbered security papers cut to format Finished printed sheets of security papers (10) are numbered in a numbering machine (21), to whose numbering units (21b) additional blocks are attached, which at a constant, predetermined distance from the printed number, print a cutting mark associated w... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4444103 | Belt-type printing machine A belt-type printing machine, primarily for printing large numbers of different bingo tickets, includes a pair of endless belts one of which is slightly longer than the other. The belts each carry a series of identically-sized printing plates there being ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4434715 | Printing apparatus including serial printing means A printing apparatus including separate serial printing heads mounted on a rotary chase whereby the heads can be selectively positioned for printing on material as the material is transported through the apparatus. The chase is mounted on a support locate... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4421023 | Printer control systems for electronic postage meter In an electronic postage meter, the setting motors for setting the print wheels in the printing drum are directly controllable externally of the secure portion of the meter. The meter includes a shutter bar arranged to block rotation of the printing drum ... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4415801 | Printer countwheel mechanism A printer countwheel mechanism in a time stamp machine keeps a running count of the number of groups of documents stamped by automatically advancing a countwheel to the next highest number when all documents in the group have been stamped. A document grou... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4359939 | Printing device Herein disclosed is such a printing device to be used with a hand labeler or the like that is enabled to prevent a printing medium, such as labels or tags, from being thinly printed and so that averaged clean prints may be made at all times. The printing ... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4328746 | Weighted modulus numbering apparatus Weighted modulus numbering apparatus is capable of printing composite numbers consisting of serial identification numbers and accompanying check digits which are determined in accordance with a system where the check digits for certain identification numb... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4236446 | Check-digit printing means The invention contemplates a document printer for the automatically indexed sequential account numbering of successive documents, with the added feature of printing alongside each sequential number an automatic indication of the validity or invalidity of ... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4202265 | Controlling the operation of numbering machines A control system is described which assembles digital data representing the operations to be performed by the devices (the printed material consisting of the digits corresponding to the identification numbers which are presented by numbering machines whic... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4072100 | Numbering machine assembly especially adapted for use with printing machinery At least two numbering machines are connected to be operated simultaneously. Each printing disc in each machine is connected to control an electrical signal in dependence on which of each two consecutive printing faces on said disc is in a position to pri... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4068578 | Sequence numbering code marking device A sequence numbering code marking device includes a rotary drum housing, a stroke actuated sequential numbering printing head operated by a pivotally mounted trip lever which is eccentrically mounted on a center post to trip the counter with each revoluti... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4055116 | Counting and printing mechanism with interchangeable unit printer wheel A unit designating printer wheel for a counter-printer device is arranged for convenient interchangeable assembly between the drive wheel and counting printer wheels. The unit printer wheel has a plurality of unit designating characters around the rim the... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4031822 | Printing press A novel printing press for printing a large number of different messages on sequentially fed stock, without requiring the use of a large printing drum, which also eliminates the requirement for collating. A multiplicity of drum segments are provided each ... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4027142 | Automated processing of financial documents Automated processing of bank checks encoded with alphanumeric characters on the face of each check by transporting said checks as a serial constant velocity train through a processor to a sorter while at a first station generating an item control number u... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3998446 | Method of making booklets of tombola or bingo tickets A method of producing booklets of tickets for playing the numbers game known, for example, as bingo involves belt printing a series of differently colored webs. Serially arranged on the belt is a multiplicity of different printing plates, each of which is... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3982453 | Method of assembling numbered documents in order This method and apparatus starts with a lot of distinctively numbered documents consisting of a plurality of stacks of sheets, each sheet bearing multiple reproductions of the document. The documents in corresponding locations of successive sheets in the ... | 09/28/1976 |
