Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
101407100 | WORK SUPPORTING MEMBERS | 81 |
20080216693 | Credential Production Device Having a Unitary Frame - A credential production device includes a unitary frame formed of plastic, a first processing component and a second processing component. The unitary frame includes a rear wall, a pair of side walls extending from opposing sides of the rear wall, a top wall extending from a top side of the rear wall and coupled to the side walls, a bottom wall extending from a bottom side of the rear wall and coupled to the side walls, a first device registration member and a second device registration member. The rear wall, the side walls, the top wall and the bottom wall define an interior cavity and an opening to the interior cavity. The first processing component includes a first frame registration member that is configured to cooperate with the first device registration member to place the first processing component in a known position relative to the unitary frame and the second device registration member. The second processing component includes a second frame registration member configured to cooperate with the second device registration member to place the second processing component in a known position relative to the unitary frame, the first device registration member and the first processing component. | 09-11-2008 |
20080302261 | Device and Method For Removing the Jacket From Cliche Rollers in Printing Machines - Device for the substitution of a cliché-jacket from a cliché cylinder in a printing machine or the like wherein said cylinder ( | 12-11-2008 |
20090000501 | MODULAR PRINTER ASSEMBLY WITH A LOADING MECHANISM - Provided is a modular printer assembly which includes a housing having upper and lower covers, a first side wall and a second, opposed side wall, as well as a loading mechanism which includes a drive assembly with a traversing mechanism engaged with the drive assembly, and a pair of endless belts and roller assemblies operatively engaged with the traversing mechanism, so that actuation of the drive assembly displaces the traversing mechanism to push, or pull, the belt and roller mechanisms farther apart, or closer together, respectively. The printer assembly also includes a print engine having two opposed arcuate printheads each with a radius of curvature which approximates a radius of inlet rollers with each roller at least partially received in said curvature of each respective printhead, the print engine configured to print ink followed by a fixative onto the media operatively fed between the printhead. | 01-01-2009 |
20090188404 | HAT PALLET FOR DIGITAL IMAGE PRINTING - A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a bill attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a bill support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The bill support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the bill of the hat is supported by the bill support. | 07-30-2009 |
20100005987 | Reversible printing table - A printing table for supporting a substrate opposite a print-head. The printing table comprises a plurality of substrate supports which are selectively presentable towards the print head. | 01-14-2010 |
20100011979 | DEVICE FOR INSCRIBING IDENTIFICATION PLATES - The invention relates to a method for inscribing identification plates ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100083857 | Printing Press - A printing press includes a roller having a first antifriction bearing and a second antifriction bearing. The first antifriction bearing has rolling bodies, a first ring and a second ring. One of the two rings forms an outer ring and the other of the two rings forms an inner ring. Roller sockets are configured as quick action changing devices for receiving the anti-friction bearings during insertion of the roller into the printing press. The first antifriction bearing is configured as an axial floating bearing with a considerable axial movement play of the rolling bodies between the latter and one of the rings. The second antifriction bearing is configured as an axial locating bearing without such a considerable axial movement play. A centering device centers one of the rings relative to the other. | 04-08-2010 |
20100089267 | PIVOTING PRINT UNITS - An apparatus and method print onto a portion of a medium with one or more print units in a printing orientation and pivot the one or more print units about one or more axes non-parallel to the portion from the printing orientation to a servicing orientation. | 04-15-2010 |
20100116161 | HIGH RESOLUTION FLEXURAL STAGE FOR IN-PLANE POSITION AND OUT-OF-PLANE PITCH/ROLL ALIGNMENT - An adjustment structure used in conjunction with an imprinting structure is provided. The adjustment structure includes a sample mount for mounting a sample. An actuator mechanism is coupled to the sample mount, the actuator mechanism producing actuated forces on a X-Y plane to produce movements on a sample mount. A plurality of bladed flexures are positioned on the sample mount. The bladed flexures controls the movements of the sample mount produced by the actuator mechanism so as to allow adjustments in angular alignment about the pitch-roll (θ | 05-13-2010 |
20100186613 | Printers - A printer assembly ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100212523 | PRINTED ITEM CONTACT MEMBER AND MEMBER FOR PRINTING APPARATUS - A printed item contact member | 08-26-2010 |
20100236435 | Drum-changeable device for a printer - A drum-changeable device for a printer comprises a plurality of drums and a switch device. The drums are disposed under the work surface of a printer. Each drum has a plurality of protrusions covered by the same kind of material and the protrusions of different drum are covered by different kinds of material for moving forward printing articles of different kinds of material. The switch device is connected with the drums for moving a suitable drum toward the work surface of the printer according to the kinds of material of the printing articles. | 09-23-2010 |
20100242762 | MARKING OR LABELING MACHINE AND METHOD - This machine for marking or labeling circularly symmetrical workpieces comprises a marking or labeling member, means for moving the member and a workpiece relative to each other in a first direction, and a cradle suitable for holding a workpiece while it is being marked or while a label is being applied to it. Said cradle is provided with means for driving the workpiece in rotation around the axis of revolution thereof. A drive carriage makes it possible to drive the cradle in translation in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. Means make it possible to drive the carriage in translation in a third direction that is perpendicular to the first and second directions. Other means make it possible to drive the cradle relative to the carriage in rotation about a first axis that is parallel to the first direction. | 09-30-2010 |
20100294152 | DIGITAL PRINTING MACHINE AND PLATEN ASSEMBLY FOR PRINTING ON MULTIPLE GARMENT PORTIONS - A digital printing machine and a platen assembly therefore for printing on multiple garment portions, the platen assembly comprising a base member configured for operation with a printing machine, and multiple garment support members that are attached to the base member. Each support member comprises a first portion attached to the base member and a second substantially horizontal portion extending outwardly from the base member. The garment support members are configured to support multiple garment portions, permitting printing on the multiple garment portions in a single printing operation. | 11-25-2010 |
20100313776 | POWERED CHUCK-BEARING GROUP FOR A PRINTING MACHINE - A motorized chuck-bearing group for a printing machine, powered by a brushless motor, comprises a casing housing a stator coil and a rotor, controlled both in velocity and activation times by a control circuit comprising an encoder device, in which a shaft supports permanent magnets in a peripheral arrangement, the shaft being coupled, internally of the casing, to the encoder device and extending outside the casing such as to support a chuck which rotates an object to be printed. | 12-16-2010 |
20110041716 | WORKPIECE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A workpiece processing system and method, the workpiece processing system comprising at least one workpiece processing module ( | 02-24-2011 |
20110174177 | SHEET CHUCK, AND MICROCONTACT PRINTING PROCESS USING THE SAME - The objects of the invention are to provide a sheet chuck that enables a flexible sheet substrate to come in uniform contact with a stamp, and a microcontact printing process of using that sheet chuck to form a high-precision pattern. The sheet chuck of the invention comprises a base having a sheet substrate carrying surface defined by an upper surface thereof, a suck-in/suck-out port positioned on the carrying surface, and a holder positioned on the carrying surface in such a way as to surround the suck-in/suck-out port, and the suck-in/suck-out port is an area capable of sucking in or sucking out gas. | 07-21-2011 |
20110185930 | TRANSPORT TABLE AND METHOD FOR THE USE THEREOF - A transport table, comprising a transport web; an unwinding roller for unwinding the transport web therefrom; a first return element; a second return element; a winding roller for winding thereon the unwound transport web; a first frame with which the first and the second return element are connected; and a second frame with which the unwinding roller and the winding roller are rotatably connected, wherein the unwinding roller, the winding roller and the return elements together are designed for stretching the transport web such that between the first and the second return element a surface of the transport web is available as transport surface, and wherein the second frame is movable along a path substantially parallel to said transport surface with respect to the first frame. The invention also discloses a method for the use of the transport table. | 08-04-2011 |
20110185931 | APPARATUS FOR FRONT/TOP LAY VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT AND SHEET-FED ROTARY PRINTING PRESS HAVING THE APPARATUS - An apparatus for the vertical adjustment of combined front/top lays in a sheet processing machine includes a front/top lay carrier shaft carrying the front/top lays jointly in such a way that it can be pivoted with respect to a front/top lay drive shaft, or thrust joints disposed in carriers or coupling links for the front/top lays in such a way that they effect a lengthening of the carriers or coupling links in order to adjust the front/top lays. A sheet-fed rotary printing press having the apparatus, is also provided. | 08-04-2011 |
20110252991 | Printable automatic Paper Belt-Rolling reader (PB Reader) - The PB Reader solves the problem that the e-reader presents: the e-reader has a non-paper screen and printed documents need assembly, binding, and page turning via hands. | 10-20-2011 |
20110297024 | PRINTED MATERIAL HOLDING DEVICE AND PRINTER WITH THE PRINTED MATERIAL HOLDING DEVICE - A printed material holding device includes a printed material tray for receiving printed material, an adjustable mechanism located above the printed material tray, a binding mechanism, and a transmission mechanism attached to the binding mechanism. The transmission mechanism includes a driving device, a first gear wheel driven by the driving device, a second gear wheel driven by the first gear wheel, and a belt. The driving device meshes with the first gear wheel, and the belt encircles the first gear wheel and the second gear wheel. | 12-08-2011 |
20110297025 | PRINTED MATERIAL HOLDING DEVICE AND PRINTER WITH THE PRINTED MATERIAL HOLDING DEVICE - A printed material holding device includes a printed material tray for receiving printed media, an adjustable mechanism and a transmission mechanism. The adjustable mechanism includes a driving device, a first gear assembly, a second gear assembly, a rotatable member, and a moving member engaged with the rotatable member. The moving member includes a roller engaged with the second gear assembly. The transmission mechanism includes a mounting plate and a stopper piece disposed on an edge of the mounting box. The first gear assembly meshes with the driving device and is engaged with the rotatable member, and the second gear assembly is engaged with the first gear assembly and secured to the moving member. | 12-08-2011 |
20120037024 | HAT PALLET FOR DIGITAL IMAGE PRINTING - A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a bill attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a bill support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The bill support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the bill of the hat is supported by the bill support. | 02-16-2012 |
20120291646 | PRINTER - A printer includes a main body, a guiding plate secured within the main body, a cover rotatably connected to the main body and including at least one resisting block, and a shielding assembly arranged between the cover and the guiding plate. The printer includes a shielding plate rotatably connected to the main body and at least one elastic element secured to the shielding plate. The shielding plate is in an upright state when no external force is exerted on the shielding plate. When the cover is rotated to cover the main body, the resisting block resists the elastic element, causing the shielding plate to rotate from the upright state to a horizontal state, and causing a portion of the shielding plate to contact the guiding plate. | 11-22-2012 |
20130104762 | PRINT-TARGET FABRIC SUPPORTING DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR PRINTING ON FABRIC | 05-02-2013 |
20130104763 | Lifting substrate with air cushion while printing | 05-02-2013 |
20130213251 | PRINTER PALLET FOR FLAT PRINTING OF MULTIPLE TARGET IMAGE AREAS ON 3-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - Pallets for flat-printing multiple areas of a 3-dimensional object, especially in a single print job as received by the printing system, and methods for printing the same. | 08-22-2013 |
20130298790 | Printing system - Print system, having two substrate roll supports for mounting substrate rolls, a drive assembly arranged to rotate substrate rolls, and a transmission arranged to transmit a torque from the drive assembly to the substrate roll supports so that during use the torque acting on each substrate roll is approximately equal. | 11-14-2013 |
20130319274 | INTERIOR SUPPORT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERIOR SUPPORT TO A TARGET OBJECT BEING PRINTED UPON - A support assembly includes a lid, a plug body, and a conduit. The lid engages a target object having an exterior surface on which an image is to be printed. The plug body is disposed in an interior volume of the target object when the lid is engaged with the target object. The plug body engages an interior surface of the target object to form a sealed chamber inside the target object. The conduit extends through the lid to an orifice disposed between the lid and the plug body. The conduit delivers a pressurizing fluid into the sealed chamber in order to increase a pressure inside the sealed chamber in the target object. The pressure inside the sealed chamber provides a resistive force that prevents the exterior surface of the target object from changing shape when the image is printed on the exterior surface of the target object. | 12-05-2013 |
20140026772 | SHEET GUIDING DEVICE AND SHEET BRAKE, DIECUTTER AND PRINTING PRESS HAVING THE DEVICE - A device for guiding sheets in a sheet-fed rotary printing press or diecutter includes a sheet-guiding plate with openings and a cover plate disposed parallel thereto and being displaceable by an applied operating pressure. A flexible intermediate layer disposed between the sheet-guiding plate and the cover plate has passages with a cross section which is variable by the operating pressure. A sheet brake, a diecutter and a printing press having the sheet guiding device are also provided. | 01-30-2014 |
20140190362 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING MATERIAL WEBS - The invention describes a machine for printing material webs ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140251171 | DEVICE FOR POSITIONING PLATEN ROLLER - A device for positioning a platen roller is provided, the device including a body, a first clip, a second clip, a first rotating arm, a second rotating arm, a first linkage, a second linkage and a first elastic element. The first clip and the second clip are disposed movably on the body; the first and the second rotating arm are disposed rotatably on the body; the first linkage couples the first rotating arm and the first clip; the second linkage couples the second rotating arm and the second clip; the first elastic element connects the first clip and the second clip, wherein when the first clip and the second clip move toward a first moving direction and a second moving direction respectively, the first elastic element provides elasticity so that the first clip and the second clip restore. | 09-11-2014 |
20140283701 | COVER FOR A PRINTER PLATEN - A printing system comprises a printing carriage and a platen comprising vacuum holes. The platen may receive a sheet of print media. The printing system may also include a cover that rests on top of the platen and covers the vacuum holes in the platen. The cover comprises a plurality of ridges that protrude upward toward the sheet of print media being printed. The ridges define a recessed area to receive ink that passes through the print media. | 09-25-2014 |
20140311368 | HIGH-RIGIDITY ADAPTER SLEEVES FOR PRINTING SLEEVES - An adapter sleeve has an external layer for supporting a printing cylinder carrying data and/or images to be printed. The adapter sleeve has an internal layer defining a bore enabling the sleeve to be mounted onto a rotary mandrel of a printing machine. Each opposite extreme end of the adapter sleeve includes a rigid, load-bearing, radial spacer member disposed between the layers to provide rigidity and indeformability during the use of the sleeve with time. The inner surface of each of the extreme end radial spacer members is defined by rigid and non-deformable material of very low coefficients of dynamic and static friction. | 10-23-2014 |
20140338551 | PRINTED MATERIAL FIXING PIECE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND PRINTING METHOD - The present application relates to an apparatus for fixing a printed matter including a plurality of engraved portions which may fix a plurality of printed matters, and at least one vacuum hole or vacuum passage provided at a lower portion of the engraved portion, a printing device including the apparatus for fixing a printed matter, and a printing method using the apparatus for fixing a printed matter. | 11-20-2014 |
20150007738 | SYSTEM INCLUDING A PRINTING PRESS AND A FOIL TRANSFER DEVICE - A system includes a printing press, a transfer device for transferring foil to a printing material in the printing press, and a storage section for temporarily storing winding cores and foil reels. The temporary storage section is formed by a rail system that extends through and beyond the transfer device. | 01-08-2015 |
20150047523 | MODULE FOR SUPPLYING A STRIP TO BE STAMPED - A feed module for supplying stamping foil for a stamping printing machine, comprising a support for at least one reel of foil to be stamped, and a drive for each such stamping foil. The support and the drive are set in a workspace which is arranged in an upper portion of the module, and the lower portion of the module has a free space which is laterally accessible from the outside and which communicates upwardly with the workspace at a top of the free space. | 02-19-2015 |
20150059607 | DEVICE FOR PRINT FINISHING - A device for print finishing, in particular a folder, is disclosed. The device includes an actuator, where the actuator can be transferred with the help of at least one electric lifting magnet from a first position into a second position and/or from the second position into the first position in a sequence that is controllable in time as required. The actuator can be fixed in the first position and/or in the second position via at least one separate holding organ. | 03-05-2015 |
20150068420 | IN-LINE MAGNETIC COATING INTEGRATED WITH A PRINTING PROCESS - A unitary method of making a printed magnetic assembly is disclosed, the printed magnetic assembly comprising at least one magnetic layer and at least one printable substrate layer in the form of a sheet or roll, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a molten magnetic hot melt composition comprising about 70 wt-% to about 95 wt-% of at least one magnetic material and about 5 wt-% to about 30 wt-% of at least one thermoplastic binder; b) directly extruding the magnetic composition at an elevated temperature when it is pliable onto the printable substrate layer with a single screw or double screw extruder to form at least one discrete thin magnetic layer on the printable substrate to form a layered sheet or roll; d) feeding the roll or sheet through a printing press at a speed of about 60 feet/minute to about 1000 feet/minute; e) printing on the printable substrate layer using at least one method selected from the group consisting flexo, gravure, digital and screen printing; and f) permanently magnetizing the magnetic layer, and articles made thereby. | 03-12-2015 |
20150321463 | FLEXIBLE PLATEN COVER AND A HEAT PRESS HAVING A FLEXIBLE PLATEN COVER - The present teachings provide for a cover for a platen of a heat press. The cover can include a cover body, a first fastener member and a second fastener member. The cover body can be formed of a flexible material. The first fastener member can be affixed to a first edge of the cover body and can be adapted to removably couple the first edge of the cover body to the platen of the heat press. The second fastener member can be affixed to a second edge of the flexible material that is opposite the first edge. The second fastener member can be adapted to removably couple the second edge of the flexible material to the platen of the heat press. | 11-12-2015 |
20150352833 | PRINTING UNIT FOR PRINTING PLATE ELEMENTS FROM PRINTING PLATES AND CONVERTING MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A PRINTING UNIT - A printing unit for making prints from printing plates on plate elements conveyed by a transport system having at least one plate cylinder mounted rotatably and suitable for carrying initially at least one earlier printing plate and then at least one later printing plate, the printing unit includes a primary support suitable for supporting the later printing plate, in a standby configuration, during printing using the earlier printing plate and during the unwinding of the earlier printing plate, and in an engaged configuration, during the winding of the later printing plate onto the plate cylinder, a portion of the later printing plate being attached to the plate cylinder, and a secondary support suitable for supporting the earlier printing plate unwound from the plate cylinder, in which the primary support includes a primary fastening member for fastening the later printing plate in the standby configuration, and a primary fastening mechanism for fastening the later printing plate in the engaged configuration. | 12-10-2015 |
20160096358 | PRINT SHEET BRAKE - A device for braking and positioning a print sheet in a processing machine, wherein, along a feeding direction for the print sheet, at least one mechanism exerts a braking force onto the print sheet, to position the print sheet in connection with an operation of a downstream-arranged processing station. The device includes at least a first mechanism operative to release pneumatic, braking-force triggering pulses that act upon the print sheet. At least a second mechanism is operative to generate at last one frictional force that acts upon the print sheet, wherein with aid of at least one of the first mechanism and the second mechanism, intermittent, uniform or oscillating braking forces are generated that act upon the print sheet. A control unit controls the braking forces based on at least one of changeable control profiles resulting from queried operating parameters and stored control profiles. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096359 | TRANSVERSE SHEET WITHDRAWAL BRAKE - A method for operating a device that applies a force to a print sheet during a folding operation, wherein the print sheet is in a specified starting position prior to the folding operation. Braking-force triggering pulses are directed toward the print sheet to counter the acceleration of the print sheet in the starting phase of the folding operation and/or to counter fluttering movements that occur during the intake of the print sheet. The pulses exert an intermittent, uniform or oscillating force onto at least a section of the print sheet. The pulses are controlled by a control unit which operates based on control profiles resulting from queried operating parameters and/or based on stored control profiles. | 04-07-2016 |
20160159076 | Shoe Customization System Having Interchangeable Platens - Heat press platens for a shoe customization/decoration system and a method of using the same are disclosed. The platens may be quickly interchanged to allow the same equipment to be used to dye shoes of different sizes. The platens individually accommodate a pair of assembled shoes and are shaped to: reduce print sizes, maintain symmetry and flatness of the shoe, and accommodate a range of shoe sizes. The size and shape of the platens enable one shoe to be fitted on one side of a platen and another shoe to be fitted on the opposite side. The platens position the shoes so that they are mirror images of each other. This positioning allows a single print, including mirror images of the same design, to be applied to two shoes at the same time. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159078 | PRINTING PLATE HOLDING APPARATUS - A printing plate holding apparatus is provided which during a high speed printing operation reduces vibrations and noises caused in a groove for having a grip leading end and a grip trailing end of a printing plate inserted therein, which can fasten the printing plate with greater certainty, and which is suitable for the printing plate to be held securely on such as a sleeve cylinder whose weight reduction is demanded. | 06-09-2016 |
20160200126 | Craftwork Tools and Kits | 07-14-2016 |
20160202191 | DEVICE FOR PRINT IMAGE OBSERVATION | 07-14-2016 |
20160375679 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING PRINTED PRODUCTS - The present invention pertains to a device for producing printed products comprising an arrangement of cooperating rollers that are arranged parallel to one another, wherein at least the gap width between the rollers of one roller pair is adjustable. For this purpose, one roller of the pair is pivotably mounted by means of a pivot arm, wherein a driver arranged on the pivot arm displaces a linearly movable reference element by means of a sliding block guide such that the position of this reference element corresponds to the adjusted gap width. The sliding block guide is preferably realized in such a way that the gap width and the position of the reference element are proportionally correlated. | 12-29-2016 |
20170232772 | CRAFTWORK TOOLS AND KITS | 08-17-2017 |
101408000 | Grippers | 22 |
20080229951 | Device for the Transport of Sheets by Means of a Chain-driven Gripper Bar - In a device for the transport of sheets in a sheet-processing machine, preferably a printing press, provision is made to transport the sheets on chain-guided gripper bars. The gripper bars are fixed respectively to two chain links arranged indirectly beside each other. The forces acting on the gripper bars are more evenly distributed. | 09-25-2008 |
20080245250 | Gripper device in sheet-fed rotary printing press, and method of manufacturing the same - In a sheet-fed rotary printing press, a gripper device includes a gripper pad, a gripper, a plurality of projections, and a non-attaching layer. The gripper pad includes a first gripping surface. The gripper includes a second gripping surface and cooperates with the gripper pad to grip a sheet. The plurality of projections are formed at least on one of the first gripping surface and the second gripping surface. The non-attaching layer is formed at least on a region among the projections. A method of manufacturing the gripper device is also disclosed. | 10-09-2008 |
20080282918 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLAMPING PRINTING PLATES ON A PLATE CYLINDER - An apparatus and method for clamping printing plates on a plate cylinder is disclosed. A clamping element is integrated into a lockup slot of a plate cylinder with an actuating element. The clamping element is transferred by the actuating element between a first position, where the clamping element clamps the leading end and/or the trailing end of the printing plate, and a second position, where the clamping element releases the leading end and/or the trailing end of the printing plate. The clamping element can be adjusted exclusively in the radial direction of the plate cylinder and the actuating element exclusively in the axial direction of the plate cylinder such that, depending upon the relative axial position of the actuating element with respect to the clamping element, the clamping element is displaced either radially outwardly for clamping the printing plate or is displaced radially inwardly for releasing the printing plate. | 11-20-2008 |
20090183646 | PRINTING PRESS - A printing press includes an assembly and a cam mechanism for moving at least one part of the assembly. A cam of the cam mechanism has a curvature course with points, in particular bends or jumps, which are not constantly differentiable within a movement region of the cam. The cam mechanism can include an actuator for the temporal displacement of jolts which are induced by the points that are not constantly differentiable to the at least one part of the assembly. An adaptation of the movement which is produced to the operating state of the printing press is possible, with the result that a considerable reduction can be achieved in vibrations for all printing speeds. | 07-23-2009 |
20090320707 | GRIPPING DEVICE, PLATE MEMBER, AND GRIPPING METHOD - A gripping device that grips a plate member provided with a long plate body, a first recess formed along a shorter length of the plate body, and a second recess formed at a position spaced apart from the first recess along a longer length of the plate body, the gripping device including: a first movable member entering the first recess; a second movable member entering the second recess; and opposing members opposed to the first and second movable members along the shorter length of the plate body and serving to grip the plate member in cooperation with the first and second movable members, wherein the gripping device grips the plate member by causing the second movable member to press against at least two positions of the second recess as well as the first movable member to press against a bottom of the first recess. | 12-31-2009 |
20100031837 | IMAGE TRANSFER MECHANISM - A mechanism includes, an impression member having an impression surface and impression media covering a portion of the impression surface. In one embodiment, the impression media includes one or more apertures. In one embodiment, the impression media is held by an impression media holding mechanism. | 02-11-2010 |
20110048262 | INTEGRAL SHEET HOLD-DOWN DEVICE FOR UV LED CURING LAMP - A device such as a row of wheels, a row of pressurized air blasts, or guide fingers is attached directly to a UV LED lamp that is mounted into a sheet-fed printing press for curing UV inks and coatings. The device will enable the UV LED lamp to be placed closer to the sheet than previously possible by preventing the trailing edge of the sheet from dragging across the UV LED lamp as the sheet passes by the lamp. | 03-03-2011 |
20110247513 | Printer and table structure for supporting and supplying groups of products in such a printer - A printer ( | 10-13-2011 |
20120111213 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DECORATED SOLID PARTS FROM A TRANSFER FILM AND A FIXTURE FOR FACILITATING THE PROCESS - A process for adhering a decorative pattern to a flat or multi-dimensional solid involves a heat transfer powder that is sprayed or brushed onto the surface to which the image is to be applied. A design in sublimate ink is placed on a transfer film. The ink particles convert directly to gas without passing through a liquid state. The gas converts directly to a solid upon cooling filling in the gaps or pores in the heat transfer polymer. A rigid fixture is provided which has a top, front and sides onto to which solid to be decorated are snugly fit by the fixture. A solid cap which may have a soft felt-type material on the inside, which is designed to push the film in tight and level contact with the solid surface to which the design is to be imprinted may be used. | 05-10-2012 |
20130263751 | REUSABLE PRINTING CARRIER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING AND OPERATING THE ASSEMBLY - A device for retaining a print medium during printing according to various exemplary embodiments can include a print medium protector pocket having a front sheet, a back sheet, and an opening. The pocket may be adapted to receive therein through the opening a print medium. A plurality of retaining mechanisms may be cut into the back sheet for releasably attaching the print medium and holding the print medium relative to the back sheet during a printing operation. In various embodiments, a device for retaining a print medium during printing can include a reusable carrier assembly and an adhesive retaining mechanism. The adhesive retaining mechanism is temporarily attached to the carrier assembly to temporarily retain the print medium at any position on the carrier assembly during the printing operation. | 10-10-2013 |
101409000 | Cylinders | 12 |
20080276815 | Transfer Drum Between Printing Units of a Sheet-fed Printing Press - A transfer drum between printing units in a sheet-fed printing press includes gripper systems which can be switched to a desired mode of operation by simple measures and ensure stable and reliable transport of a sheet between printing units when in a respective operating position. A drum body has journals for supporting the drum body in side walls and two gripper systems provided on the drum body. The gripper systems are radially extendable into an operating position depending on a selected mode of operation for printing on only one side or for printing on both sides of the sheet. The gripper systems are disposed diametrically opposite each other relative to an axis of rotation of the drum body and are attached to a support disposed in the drum body to move in radial direction. | 11-13-2008 |
20080282919 | Clamping Device - A printing cylinder, including: a cylinder body defining at least one tensing channel for tensing with at least one printing block; a tensing jaw arranged in the tensing channel; and a tensing counter jaw which is arranged next to the tensing jaw in the tensing channel and is tiltable about a rotational axis relative to the tensing jaw and the cylinder body, and comprises a tilting area on an outer circumferential area; wherein the tensing jaw and the tensing counter jaw define at least a portion of a gap, into which one end of the at least one printing block can be inserted; and wherein the tensing counter jaw is supported during a tilting movement via its tilting area on a supporting area formed in the tensing channel. | 11-20-2008 |
20090095181 | Transfer Drum Between Printing Units of a Sheet-Fed Printing Press - A transfer drum for conveying a sheet in a printing press improves the accuracy of a sheet transfer. The transfer drum includes a drum body which is supported for rotation in a frame and a gripper system on the drum body for holding an edge of the sheet. The gripper system is formed of a row of spaced-apart gripper fingers jointly pivotable about an axis which is parallel to the axis of rotation of the drum body. A device for actuating the gripper fingers during a revolution of the drum body includes an actuating element which is displaceable in the direction of the axis and on which at least two drive elements of cam joints are formed. Each of the drive elements is in operative connection with a group of the gripper fingers. | 04-16-2009 |
20100095861 | PRINTING PRESS FOR PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES OF SHEETS - A printing press for printing on both sides of sheets is developed with low expenditure on costs and material, makes it possible to print on both sides of sheets in one pass and which has a small overall size. The printing press for printing on both sides of sheets, has at least one printing unit, in which in each case at least one form cylinder and at least one sheet-guiding impression cylinder are provided. A feeder feeds sheets individually one after another to the printing unit. A delivery guides the sheets away from the printing unit, and grippers convey the sheets individually one after another along a path which runs back and forth, the paths crossing one another. | 04-22-2010 |
20100199870 | Method And A System For Reducing Torque Disturbances - A printing device for printing on a printable media. The printing device comprises a rotating component ( | 08-12-2010 |
20100313777 | TRANSPORT CYLINDER GRIPPER PAD HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - A transport cylinder gripper pad height adjustment device includes a first notch formed in the outer peripheral portion of a transport cylinder in the cylinder axial direction, a gripper pad which is equipped in the first notch and grips a sheet in cooperation with a gripper, a gripper pad bar which has a bottom surface inclined with respect to the cylinder axial direction, has the gripper pad fixed on it, is supported to restrict in movement in the cylinder axial direction and to be movable in the cylinder radial direction, a first adjusting bar which has an inclined upper surface in contact with the bottom surface of the gripper pad bar, and is supported to be movable in the cylinder axial direction in the first notch, a biasing member which biases the bottom surface of the gripper pad bar against the upper surface of the first adjusting bar in the direction to bring them into press contact with each other, a drive shaft which is supported to be movable in the cylinder axial direction at the center of rotation of the transport cylinder, a driving unit which moves the drive shaft in the cylinder axial direction, and a first connecting portion which is interposed between the drive shaft and the first adjusting bar, and moves the first adjusting bar in the cylinder axial direction as the drive shaft moves. | 12-16-2010 |
20130180421 | CLAMP MECHANISM AND RELATED PRINTER - A clamp mechanism for fixing a printing medium is disclosed in the present invention. The clamp mechanism includes a base, a drum pivotably disposed on the base, a frame disposed on the drum, a clamping component movably disposed on the frame for clamping an end of the printing medium with the drum, and a resilient component disposed between the frame and the clamping component for pressing the clamping component on a surface of the drum so as to clamp the end of the printing medium. | 07-18-2013 |
20130220155 | SINGLE DRIVE SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT GRIPPER SHAFTS - An independently driven symmetric cam individually opens and closes two different gripper shafts attached to an impression surface to grip and release leading edges of two different media sheets. Also disclosed is a single drive system for controlling multiple independent gripper shafts includes an impression cylinder, at least two gripper shafts on the impression surface of the impression cylinder to hold at least two media sheets to the impression surface, a dynamic cam to independently actuate each of the at least two gripper shafts, and a single drive motor to mechanically rotate the dynamic cam with respect to the impression surface. | 08-29-2013 |
20150101501 | BEADED PARTIALLY COATED ANTI-MARKING JACKETS - A removable flexible jacket for use in a printing press having a transfer cylinder for transferring a freshly printed substrate comprises a sheet of woven fabric, a beaded film sheet coupled to the sheet of woven fabric, and an image disposed between the sheet of woven fabric and the beaded film sheet. The image is visible through the beaded film sheet, and wherein the image divides at least a portion of a surface of the beaded film sheet into a plurality of zones. | 04-16-2015 |
20160001547 | Printing Assembly - A printing assembly incorporating a clamping annulus having axial and oppositely axial ends, the clamping annulus's axial and oppositely axial ends having outside diameters, the axial end's outside diameter having an excess dimension defining a guide sleeve receiving space; a tiered clamping sleeve received within the clamping annulus, the tiered clamping sleeve having chamfered axial and oppositely axial ends; axial and oppositely axial jaw faces fitted for sloped engagements with the tiered clamping sleeve's ends; axial and oppositely axial jaws operatively connected to the axial and oppositely axial jaw faces, the axial jaw including an oppositely axially extending guide sleeve; an axle extending through the tiered clamping sleeve; and a screw mounted to the axle, the screw being adapted for pressing the axial and oppositely axial jaw faces against the tiered clamping sleeve's ends, and for radially outwardly wedging the ends toward the clamping annulus's tiered circumferential end. | 01-07-2016 |
101410000 | Shiftable | 2 |
20090139420 | Gripper for Conveying a Sheet Through a Printing Technology Machine - A gripper for conveying a sheet through a printing machine makes it possible to increase speed. The gripper includes gripper fingers with finger tips disposed at a rotary articulation or joint. | 06-04-2009 |
20110048263 | SHEET TRANSFER SYSTEM AND DUPLEX PRINTER USING SAME - A sheet transfer system includes a register roller working for transfer of a one-side printed print sheet and a non-printed print sheet, a pair of first guide plates working to guide the one-side printed print sheet to the register, and a pair of second guide plates working to guide the non-printed print sheet to the register. The first guide plates make an opening angle θ | 03-03-2011 |
101474000 | Work held on flat surface | 9 |
20080289527 | Device and Method for Correcting Lateral Position of a Printing Substrate - A device for correcting the lateral position of a printing substrate, preferably a sheet of paper, held by a gripper bar and conveyed in a transporting direction has a linear drive that includes a first primary part and a first secondary part configured as a first carriage and associated with the first primary part, and a second secondary part configured as a second carriage. The first carriage and the second carriage are arranged on the same side of the printing substrate in the lateral direction and—to correct the position of the printing substrate in the lateral direction—are movable relative to each other in the direction of transport. Such a device may be used for transporting printing substrates and for correcting the register position of printing substrates in machines for processing printing substrates, preferably printing presses or machines for the further processing of printed products. The relative movement of the two carriages with respect to each other initiates a lateral movement of the gripper bar without influencing the advancement of the printing substrate. | 11-27-2008 |
20080295721 | Printing apparatus, holding device, printing method and program - A printing apparatus for performing printing on printing base materials comprises a holding device for holding a plurality of printing base materials at the same time and an image forming part for forming an image on a plurality of printing base materials held by said holding device. The holding device comprises a base on which a plurality of printing base materials are placed at the same time and an arrangement reference part for positioning a plurality of printing base materials placed on the base in a direction orthogonal to a transfer direction of the printing base materials. The arrangement reference part has a plurality of reference members which come into contact with different ones out of the printing base materials. | 12-04-2008 |
20100064921 | LIMITING PLATE SHIFTING WITHIN A PLATE PALLET - An apparatus for limiting the movement of plates within a plate stack ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100206194 | Printer Pallet Assembly for Use in Printing Multiple Articles of Manufacture - A pallet assembly for use in simultaneously printing multiple articles of manufacture. The assembly includes a pallet having a support surface, a carrier mountable onto the pallet and conforming with the pallet surface features (e.g., individual article of manufacture platforms) such that individual articles of manufacture may be place on the support surface(s) of the pallet yet the carrier substantially covers the remaining areas of the top surface of the pallet to protect the pallet from unintentional application of ink by the printer. The carrier also includes supports which allow a carrier loaded with articles of manufacture to be lifted off of the pallet and carried away for further processing. The assembly may also include a positioner which is mountable over the carrier on the pallet. The positioner operates as a jig for aligning each of the articles of manufacture in proper position on the support surface of the pallet. | 08-19-2010 |
20110239883 | PRINTING TABLE ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a printing-table arrangement in which a printing table is formed in such a way that a substrate that is to be printed on can be supplied by means of a supply device, the substrate can be adjusted in position relatively with respect to a printing copy, the printing copy and the substrate can be moved relatively towards each other in the mutually adjusted position, a printing medium can be brought onto the substrate with the aid of the printing roller, the printing copy and the substrate that has been printed on can be moved relatively away from each other again, if necessary the substrate that has been printed on can be tested, and the substrate that has been printed on can be discharged again, in which in particular in a common frame ( | 10-06-2011 |
20120024176 | PRINTER PALLET FOR FLAT PRINTING OF MULTIPLE TARGET IMAGE AREAS ON 3-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - Pallets for flat-printing multiple areas of a 3-dimensional object, especially in a single print job as received by the printing system, and methods for printing the same. | 02-02-2012 |
20120042799 | RECORDING DEVICE AND WORKPIECE-ADVANCING/RETRACTING METHOD FOR RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a workpiece stage that holds by suction a recording region of an elongated workpiece fed in a first feed direction, a recording unit that carries out recording in the recording region, a workpiece-holding unit arranged on a downstream side of the workpiece stage in the feed direction, and immovably holds or releases a part of the workpiece, an advancing/retracting unit that causes the workpiece stage and the workpiece-holding unit to travel relatively apart in an extension direction of the workpiece, and a control unit that controls the individual configurations. The control unit performs a recording operation, a holding operation for immovably holding part of the workpiece, and an advancing/retracting operation for retracting from the workpiece stage the recording region where recording has been completed and advancing onto the workpiece stage the recording region where recording has yet to occur. | 02-23-2012 |
20130228088 | VACUUM RELIEF - A surface has a vacuum and a vacuum relief. | 09-05-2013 |
20130340640 | FRAME UNIT, MEDIUM HOLDING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A medium holding device that includes a frame unit for holding a medium on a tray after the medium is set on the tray, and that includes a base frame capable of being fitted onto the outer side of the tray on which the medium has been set and a moving member which is provided in the base frame and is movable in an inside-outside direction of the base frame. | 12-26-2013 |
101475000 | Work in rolling contact with printing plate | 1 |
20110265674 | PRINT ARRANGEMENT - Print arrangement, comprising a first roll, a transport surface, a nip between the first roll and the transport surface through which, at least during printing, a substrate is threaded, a drive system arranged to change a width of the nip, and a lateral stretch member arranged to engage a side of the substrate. The first roll comprises a two coaxially aligned roll segments of similar diameters for rolling over the substrate, with a distance in between. | 11-03-2011 |