KBA-GIORI S.A. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110259513 | Method and Installation for Applying Foil Material onto Successive Sheets - There is described a method for applying foil material ( | 10-27-2011 |
20110250001 | Inspection System for Inspecting the Quality of Printed Sheets - There is described an inspection system ( | 10-13-2011 |
20110139362 | Method and Installation for Applying Foil Material Onto Successive Sheets - There is described a method for applying foil material onto successive sheets, especially sheets of securities. In a first step, individual sheets are transported in succession along a sheet transport path. In a second step, at least one continuous band of foil material is applied onto the individual sheets along a direction substantially parallel to a direction of displacement of the individual sheets, thereby forming a continuous flow of sheets linked to one another by the said at least one continuous band of foil material. In a third step, the said at least one continuous band of foil material is cut such that the continuous flow of sheets is again separated into individual sheets with portions of foil material remaining on the sheet. The cutting is performed at positions located on the sheets such that said portions of foil material remaining on the sheets do not extend beyond leading and trailing edges of the sheets. There is also described an installation for carrying out the above method. | 06-16-2011 |
20110068509 | Method and System for Manufacturing Intaglio Printing Plates for the Production of Security Papers - There is described a method for manufacturing intaglio printing plates for the production of security papers, wherein a laser beam ( | 03-24-2011 |
20110038701 | Method and System for Processing Bundles of Securities, in Particular Banknote Bundles - There is described a method for processing bundles ( | 02-17-2011 |
20110017393 | Method and Installation for Applying Foil Material Onto Successive Sheets - There is described a method for applying foil material ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110017081 | Printing Machine - The printing machine comprises at least one transfer system for conveying a substrate onto an impression cylinder and at least one screen of cylindrical or flat shape, with a doctor blade, said screen collaborating with the impression cylinder and intended to print the substrate with an ink containing pigments that can be orientated by a magnetic field and an unloading system for carrying the substrate away. The impression cylinder comprises at least one magnetic element on its impression surface, said magnetic element being positioned at a point corresponding to said impression performed by said screen on said substrate. | 01-27-2011 |
20100242753 | Screen Printing Press and Method - There is described a sheet-fed or web-fed screen printing press, especially for the production of banknotes and like securities, comprising an impression cylinder, a first screen printing unit cooperating with the impression cylinder for applying a first ink pattern onto successive sheets or web portions, at least a second screen printing unit cooperating with the impression cylinder for applying a second ink pattern onto the successive sheets or web portions, which second screen printing unit is located downstream of the first screen printing unit with respect to a direction of rotation of the impression cylinder, and an intermediate drying unit located between the first and second screen printing units. The intermediate drying unit is adapted to perform superficial drying of the first ink pattern applied by the first screen printing unit before application of the second ink pattern by the second screen printing unit, which superficial drying involves only the drying of an outer superficial portion of the first ink pattern. Preferably, the second screen printing unit is adapted to apply the second ink pattern in close proximity to the first ink pattern or at least in a partially overlapping manner onto the first ink pattern. | 09-30-2010 |
20100236432 | Process for Producing Security Papers, Intaglio Printing Press for Implementing Said Process, and Security Paper Produced According to Said Process - There is described process for producing security papers, in particular banknotes, comprising the step of sealing the surface of the security papers by applying a protective pattern on the surface of the security paper, which sealing comprising printing the security papers by intaglio printing using an intaglio printing plate with engraved areas such that at least 80% of the whole surface of each security paper is covered with embossed intaglio patterns produced by engraved areas of the intaglio printing plate which are inked or with a combination of embossed intaglio patterns and flat intaglio patterns, which flat intaglio patterns are produced by unengraved areas of the intaglio printing plate which are inked after wiping of the intaglio printing plate, at least a part of the embossed intaglio patterns and/or flat intaglio patterns being printed with a transparent or semi-transparent intaglio ink. The transparent or semi-transparent intaglio ink is applied in engraved areas and/or unengraved areas of the intaglio printing plate so as to seal substantially the whole surface of the security papers with a protective pattern composed of intaglio patterns. Also described are intaglio printing presses for implementing the said process and the resulting security papers. | 09-23-2010 |
20100202024 | Method and System for Controlled Production of Security Documents, Especially Banknotes - There is described a method for controlled production of security documents, especially banknotes, wherein said security documents are subjected to a plurality of successive printing and processing operations ( | 08-12-2010 |
20100195894 | Authentication of Security Documents, in Particular of Banknotes - There is described a method for checking the authenticity of security documents, in particular banknotes, wherein authentic security documents comprise security features printed, applied or otherwise provided on the security documents, which security features comprise characteristic visual features intrinsic to the processes used for producing the security documents. The method comprises the steps of (i) acquiring a sample image of at least one region of interest of the surface of a candidate document to be authenticated, which region of interest encompasses at least part of the security features, (ii) digitally processing the sample image by performing a decomposition of the sample image into at least one scale sub-space containing high resolution details of the sample image and extracting classifying features from the scale sub-space, and (iii) deriving an authenticity rating of the candidate document based on the extracted classifying features. | 08-05-2010 |
20100170408 | Cylinder Body for Orienting Magnetic Flakes Contained in an Ink or Varnish Vehicle Applied on a Sheet-Like or Web-Like Substrate - There is described a cylinder body ( | 07-08-2010 |
20100139511 | Intaglio Printing Press Systems for Recto-Verso Intaglio-Printing of Sheets for the Production of Banknotes and Like Securities - Intaglio printing press systems for recto-verso intaglio printing of sheets, in particular for the production of banknotes and the like securities, wherein first and second intaglio printing presses ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100139463 | Method and System for Producing Notes of Securities - There is described a method and system for producing notes of securities, in particular banknotes, wherein individual printed sheets or successive printed portions of a continuous web are cut into individual notes on a sheet-fed or web-fed processing system, and wherein these individual notes are subsequently processed by a single-note processing system comprising a plurality of single-note processing stations. Individual notes corresponding to independent production cycles or dependent production cycles are produced on the sheet-fed or web-fed processing system, each production cycle being processed on a separate one of the single-note processing stations. Each production cycle is subdivided into a sequence of distinct production sub-cycles corresponding to successive subsets of individual notes ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100089261 | Method and Apparatus for Forming an Ink Pattern Exhibiting a Two-Dimensional Ink Gradient - There is described a method and an inking apparatus ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100024511 | Method and Installation for Applying Foil Material onto Successive Sheets - There is described a method for applying foil material ( | 02-04-2010 |
20090211199 | Banding System and Process for Banding Piled Products - A banding system for piled products with a machine frame, a band feed mechanism disposed on the machine frame for feeding band material from a supply roll, means for forming a loop with said band material around the products to be banded, welding means to close said loop, and cutting means for cutting said band material, said means for forming the loop comprising transporting means for transporting the band material around the product to be banded and vacuum means connected to the transporting means. Said means for forming the loop are movable with respect to machine frame between an operating position where the means for forming the loop are in contact with the band feed mechanism to perform the banding operation and an open position where the means for forming the loop are displaced away from the band feed mechanism to create an opening therebetween allowing a transfer of products to be banded between the band feed mechanism and the means for forming the loop. | 08-27-2009 |
20090183644 | Ink Wiping System For A Printing Machine - The system comprises a wiping tank ( | 07-23-2009 |
20090096156 | Device for Conveying Sheets that Comprises a Sheet Directing Element - The invention relates to a sheet guide element for use in an apparatus for transporting sheets by means of a gripper system having at least two grippers spaced apart from each other and a sheet guide surface defined by the sheet guide element. Here, the sheet guide element is provided with depressions in the sheet guide surface, running parallel to the transport direction, at least in some sections, in order at least partially to accommodate the grippers, so that the sheet guide surface described by the sheet guide element in the transport direction runs, at least in some sections, at the same height as the movement path of the sheet leading edge fixed in the gripper system. | 04-16-2009 |
20090059304 | METHOD OF GENERATING PATTERNS REPRESENTING A HALFTONE IMAGE - A method is described for generating patterns representing a halftone image, said method comprising the generation of a first set of patterns consisting of lines and curves dimensionally modulated so as to produce variations in tones reproducing the halftones of the image using an intaglio rendering technique. The method comprises the generation of a second set of patterns consisting of microstructures separate from the lines and curves of the first set of patterns, said microstructures being dimensionally modulated so as to produce variations in tones reproducing the halftones of the image. According to a first aspect of the invention, the microstructures consist of stochastic microstructures that can be likened to a grain. According to a second aspect of the invention, the microstructures consist of repetitive microstructures reproducing information that can be recognised by an observer, which repetitive microstructures comprise microletters and/or microsymbols. The second set of patterns is interlaced with the first set of patterns in such a way that the microstructures of the second set of patterns occupy the spaces between the lines and curves of the first set of patterns and so that the halftones reproduced by the second set of patterns supplement the halftones reproduced by the first set of patterns. | 03-05-2009 |
20090038490 | METHOD FOR PRINTING SECURITY DOCUMENTS, AND SECURITY DOCUMENT - The invention concerns a method for printing security documents ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090025594 | Inspection System for a Sheet-Fed Recto-Verso Printing Press - There is described a sheet inspection system for a sheet-fed recto-verso printing press of the type comprising two printing cylinders ( | 01-29-2009 |
20090007807 | Inspection System for a Sheet-Fed Recto-Verso Printing Press - There is described a sheet inspection system for a sheet-fed recto-verso printing press of the type comprising two printing cylinders ( | 01-08-2009 |
20080271620 | Printing Machine with Modular Additional Printing Group - There is described a web-fed or sheet-fed printing machine for security papers, in particular banknotes, comprising a machine frame in which is located a main printing group, the printing machine further comprising an additional printing group, independent of the main printing group, placed upstream of the main printing group with respect to a direction of displacement of the web or sheets for performing additional printing of the security papers prior to printing by said main printing group. The additional printing group comprises an inking module containing at least one inking device, and a printing module comprising a cylinder arrangement including a plurality of cylinders, the printing module being interposed between the inking module and the machine frame of the printing machine. The additional printing group is constructed in such a manner that the printing module can be decoupled from the inking module and the machine frame for replacement by another printing module without this requiring removal of said inking module from the printing machine. | 11-06-2008 |