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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353754 | Apparatus and method for marking a J-line A marking unit having a writing device that marks a material web which can be wound up onto a core by a winding device to form a reel, the marking device having a signal generator that is operatively connected to the core of the winding device. Depending on the rota... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7191703 | Web-fed press A web-fed press is provided. The web-fed press includes a reel carrier and a plurality of printing units arranged one after another for printing a printing material with a static printed image. The web-fed press includes a folder superstructure that is arranged afte... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7085001 | Method for applying a material on a photoconductor The present invention is an automated arrangement for applying strip material to a web belt. One purpose of the present invention is to provide a solution to the known problem of securing material to an organic photoconductor (“OPC”) belt material in an automate... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7063472 | Sheet skew correcting apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet skew correcting apparatus, incorporated in a printer or the like to correct a phenomenon of obliquely feeding a sheet called skewing. The apparatus includes a transporting path in which the sheet is transported, a pair of registration rollers, a pair of timi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060161 | Method for restraining deformation of nip roll There is provided a method for restraining deformation of a nip roll, in which polygonal deformation of nip rolls that are in contact with each other is restrained, so that vibration produced by the deformation is decreased. The diameter ratio between the fir... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6926456 | Guiding device for a marking arrangement A device for guiding a continuous strip past a marking unit, which is arranged to non-mechanically provide markings on at least one strip surface, includes a longitudinal channel for receiving the strip. The channel is at least partly defined by guiding elements tha... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923116 | Shunting track in a transport device A shunt track is provided in a transport device for drawing in a length of material through the use of a drawing mechanism which is guided by the track. The shunt track includes a first guide section with one end that is selectively alignable with a second or a thir... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6755129 | Method of printing unique prints or individually assembled printed products on rotary printing machines The image subject to be transferred is applied in preformatted form to at least two printing formes in the form of segment-like image data in a row and column arrangement, in such a way that a first portion of information from each segment of the image subject (info... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6493601 | Real time measurement system for a moving web using a Kalman filter algorithm A Kalman filter algorithm is used for estimation in a feedback control system for a moving web. Matrices of the Kalman filter algorithm are solved with reduced computational complexity. One of the matrices is solved as a diagonal matrix for both state pre... | 12/10/2002 |
| 5979310 | Apparatus and method for printing images An apparatus and method for printing images. An ink jet printhead forms an image on a transfer roller for transfer to a substrate. The substrate can be an envelope and the image can be a postal indicia. Portions of the image can be interleaved during succ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5813326 | Mailing machine utilizing ink jet printer A mailing machine is disclosed in which a digital printing device, preferably of the ink jet type, is mounted for movement between one of two printing positions, in one of which the printing device will print a postage indicia direction on envelopes being... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5765475 | Hybrid printing postage printer An postage printer including a print drum for printing a postage indicia having a fixed portion and a variable portion, the print drum including a first print surface and a second print surface, the postage printer comprising: an ink jet print head for pr... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5467709 | Mailing machine utilizing ink jet printer A mailing machine is disclosed in which a digital printing device, preferably of the ink jet type, is mounted for movement between one of two printing positions, in one of which the printing device will print a postage indicia direction on envelopes being... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5392703 | Tape feeding, cutting and ejecting apparatus for a mailing machine An apparatus is disclosed which is a tape feeding, cutting and ejecting apparatus for a mailing machine which has a feed deck for envelopees and a postage meter for printing postage indicia on successive envelopees as they are fed along the feed deck. The... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5392704 | Mailing machine A mailing machine is disclosed having an elongate feed deck, means for feeding envelopes along the feed deck, and a postage meter mounted in the mailing machine and having a printing mechanism disposed in juxtaposition with the feed deck so as to print po... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5390594 | Tape feeding, cutting and ejecting apparatus for a mailing machine Disclosed is a tape feeding, cutting and ejecting apparatus for a mailing machine which has a feed deck for feeding envelopes therealong and a postage meter for printing postage indicia on successive envelopes as they are fed along the feed deck. The tape... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5178063 | 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... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5021273 | Method and apparatus for making labels A method and apparatus for making booklet type labels having at least one printed inner sheet includes apparatus for printing and assembling three webs which includes the provision of folding stations to enable a single web to be immediately and continuou... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4922085 | Mailing machine tape module and tape drive thereof A tape advancing system for advancing a tape past a printing device in a mailing machine selective draws one of two tapes, from a supply reeled and presents the selected tape for postage indicia printing. The tape system includes, a first motor for select... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4917011 | Process and device for printing a successive row of numbers of bar code 2/5 interleaved A process for printing a successive row of numbers of bar code 2/5 interleaved provides that the narrow bar/wide bar printing ratio is set at 2:1. A code field is divided into narrow bar areas and the latter are in each case assigned alternately to two di... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4911073 | Method and apparatus for single character printing using endless belt printers A method and apparatus for printing a single image at a time in a flexographic printing environment. The present invention utilizes a flexographic plate cylinder which has been modified by forming a groove in its circumference. The groove extends partiall... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4897530 | Meter base drive assembly A meter base drive assembly (4) is a part of a postage meter base (2), to which a postage meter is mounted. The assembly includes envelope drive (62), a tape dispenser (86) and a print head drive (84) mounted to a base frame (12). The drive assembly inclu... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4856429 | Flexographic printing machine, especially for flexographic blank printing A flexographic printing machine, especially for flexographic web printing, has at least one printing unit. Such a printing unit comprises an endless printing band drawn on round a back-up cylinder and a tension roller, an impression cylinder, an engraved ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4852786 | Tape module for a modular mailing machine The tape module for mounting in a mailing machine includes a tape track supported by a support means such that the tape track is supported in a generally cantilevered manner. A tape positioning means selectively positioning the support means in a first po... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4825761 | Control system for printing machines, especially numbering machines A printing machine which has a printing cylinder (1) having automatically incremented numbering barrels (2) includes drive means (40-45) which normally maintain the printing cylinder in speed and phase synchronization with a train of documents on a web (1... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4652330 | Label selector for franking machines A franking machine has a control lever (7) which is operable between a first position and a second position to cause a slogan to be printed or not to be printed respectively. When said franking machine is being fed with labels, the label selector selects ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4522121 | Chassis for a franking or postage metering machine Chassis for postage metering machines having a printing-cylinder shaft supported by ball bearings, including a base plate, a U-shaped frame carried by the base plate and formed with two similarly shaped legs having holes formed therein for accommodating t... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4419930 | Hand labelling apparatus The present invention relates to a hand labelling apparatus with the aid of which pressure-sensitive labels adhering to a carrier tape can be imprinted, dispensed and applied to articles. For this purpose the apparatus comprises in the front region of its... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4409892 | Hand labelling apparatus A hand labeller having a plurality of rotatable print wheels with selectable print types disposed on the periphery of each print wheel and a selector spindle for positioning selected print types at a printing zone of the print wheels. The selector spindle... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4406222 | Printing mechanism for printing bar codes on pressure-sensitive labels adhering to a carrier tape The present invention relates to a printing mechanism for printing bar codes on pressure-sensitive labels adhering to a carrier tape. The printing mechanism includes a print wheel on which a plurality of type rings rotatable about a common axis relatively... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4389934 | Hand labelling apparatus In a hand labelling apparatus for printing and dispensing labels from a label strip including a carrier tape where the labels are adhered to the tape, a tape feed mechanism for stepwise feeding the label strip in a forward direction to a peel edge at whic... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4356765 | Strip reel and printing apparatus A combination strip reel and printing apparatus and method for printing a headband strip includes a frame with a reel holder and strip tension maintaining dancer tubes positioned in the strip feed path on each side of a printing mechanism. The printing me... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4328749 | Information recording method and apparatus, and a half-product obtained thereby A method for recording a variant information and a steady information onto a recording medium, wherein the variant information and an identification information for designating the steady information which is to be recorded later are first recorded, and t... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4262591 | Office label printer and dispenser An inexpensive apparatus is provided for printing and dispensing a series of special individualized pressure sensitive labels. The dispenser apparatus includes replaceable storage, such as a cassette or a small floppy disc for storing a series of related ... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4140055 | Automatic device for the value-setting of printing wheels in a franking machine A device for setting the prepayment values of printing wheels in a machine or franking mail envelopes and wrappers comprises in the case of each printing wheel a mechanical planet-wheel transmission system in which an eccentrically mounted pinion is in mes... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4092920 | Document imprinter A document imprinter, especially for labels, tickets, tags, and the like, having an elastomeric platen with an outermost thin sleeve which is harder than the underlying platen material thereby resulting in sharper printing. The sleeve is preferably of a m... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4092020 | Shademarker A fabric shademarker of the type which is mounted on a fabric spreading machine and which prints identifying indicia such as numerals on the reverse side of the fabric as it is spread, layer by layer, on a spreading table and which is characterized by the... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4084501 | Printing machine for printing groups of symbols This disclosure deals with a machine for printing indicia on a moving web. The web may consist of a long relatively narrow carrier strip having rows of tax stamps or decals formed thereon, and the machine prints indicia in the form of code symbols on each... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4027141 | Apparatus for encoding a magnetic label An apparatus for encoding a magnetic recording medium in the form of discrete labels such as may be removably adhered to a carrier web includes a mechanism for transporting the medium past a magnetic record and playback head. As the tape passes the playba... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3960080 | Combination rotary paper cutter and logo printer A combined printer and cutter for simultaneously cutting and printing on a record media such as a paper tape for a customer receipt, including a stationary knife blade and a rotary knife blade which, upon rotation, severs the tape therebetween. Rocker arm... | 06/01/1976 |
