Printing inventions 12/06

20060288887 - Optical sensor apparatus and method for sensing ink errors in optical disk manufacturing: An apparatus, system and method for detecting ink errors in optical disk printing are provided. The apparatus, system and method include a sensor mount structure and a plurality of optical sensors mounted on the mount structure and in registration with a print table. A controller selectively activates the optical sensors... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20060288888 - Printing machine: The invention concerns a printing machine for the imprint of individual items, notably CDs or DVDs, by means of at least one print station, utilizing one or more printing processes, whereby the individual items traverse at least one print station on a transport path in transport carriers and whereby by... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke, L.L.P.

20060288889 - Mimeographic printing method and device, and ink vessel: In a stencil printing system, an ink container which is filled with ink of one of a plurality of kinds of colors and provided with an memory in which color information on the ink in the ink container is stored, and a printing drum provided with a memory in which... Agent: Matthew K Ryan Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20060288890 - Printing groups of a printing press: A printing group of a printing press has at least one forme cylinder, and at least one transfer cylinder which is assigned to the forme cylinders and which, in a print-on position, cooperate to form a printing position. The forme cylinder has at least one groove or slit on its... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20060288891 - Method and apparatus for producing newspapers: For the production of different types of newspapers, the material web printed in a digital printing system (2) passes through a further processing system (3), whose most important structural units are a side edge cutting station (4), a longitudinal cutting station (5), a crosscutting station (6), a first collecting station... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060288892 - Method and device for transporting sheets to a sheet processing machine: A method and a device for feeding sheets to a sheet-processing machine, especially a printing press, includes gripping a moving sheet at a sheet edge with grippers and determining a sheet location in a gripper bite. Upon deviation from a nominal or desired location, a correction of the sheet location... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20060288893 - Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus: A sheet feeding device which feeds a sheet by loosening a sheet by loosening sheets by blowing air to the end portions of the sheets, comprising: a sheet tray provided to be capable of lifting up/down supporting the sheets; air blowing means which loosens the sheets by blowing air to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060288894 - Cleaning system for cylinder surfaces of a printing machine: A cleaning system for cylinder surfaces of a printing machine, having a number of automated cleaning devices 1, 1′, 1″ allocated to a one or more cylinders, each having a supply line 4, 4′, 4″ for the supply of detergent 3, as well as a common feed pipe 5 for... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20060288895 - Method for reducing register errors on a web of material moving through the printing nip of a multicolor web-fed rotary press and corresponding devices: The invention relates to a method for reducing register errors on a web of material (04) moving through the printing nip of a multicolor web-fed rotary press, comprising the following steps: providing a portion between an area of the web of material (04) located between the two lateral edges of... Agent: Douglas R. Hanscom Jones, Tullar & Cooper

20060288896 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: In an image forming apparatus (1), on lower surface of a semiconductor support belt (201) for supporting a glass substrate (9), a transfer potential is applied to a position thereon closest to a transfer position and an auxiliary potential which is nearer to a surface potential of a photosensitive material... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060283341 - Sheet processing apparatus: A controller displays a setting screen of printing contents for a paper band used for sealing the preset number of banknotes on a display unit. Various information items to be printed on the paper band are displayed in different colors or information items indicating edge positions when the paper band... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060283342 - Multiple-drum type stencil printer: A stencil printer of the present invention includes at least an upstream and a downstream printing section, as seen in the direction of sheet conveyance, each including a print drum and a press roller for pressing a sheet against the print drum. An intermediate conveyor, positioned between the upstream and... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060283343 - Perfecting press device: A double-side printing system where printing is made on both sides of a printing paper has an image density calculator which calculates the image densities of image data of the front side and image data of the back side, and a printing density reducer which reduces both the printing densities... Agent: Matthew K Ryan Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20060283344 - Method for thermally printing a dye image onto a three dimensional object using flexible heating elements: The present invention relates to a method for thermally printing a pre-selected dye image (45) onto a three dimensional object (16). The method involves placing an image carrier sheet (24) containing a pre-selected dye image (45) over the object (16). A flexible membrane (26) is lowered over the object (16)... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20060278104 - Single drum rotary printing machine: A rotary machine including a substantially vertical rotatable drum having pellet-receiving receptacles in its peripheral sidewall. Gravity causes pellets to collect toward the drum's bottom. As the drum rotates, pellets received in the receptacles are carried upwardly from the bottom. A printing device positioned within the peripheral sidewall prints indicia... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20060278105 - Positioning device for printing device of printing apparatus for paperboards for making paper boxes: A printing apparatus for paperboards includes two movable frame plates, a printing device mounted between the movable frame plates, two side frames each having an opening in an upper portion thereof to allow hoisting of the movable frame plates, and at least one positioning device mounted on each side frame.... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20060278106 - Printing group of a printing press, as well as a printing press: A printing group of a printing press has two forme cylinders, and two transfer cylinders which are assigned to the two forme cylinders and which, in a print-on position, cooperate to form a printing position. The forme cylinders and the transfer cylinders each have at least one groove or slit... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20060278107 - Method, device and container for dosing ink: The method involves providing ink in a container having deformable walls; placing the container in a dosing system comprising a deposit into which a dosage of ink is poured; providing ink in a container with deformable walls that is fitted with means for opening the container, supporting the filled or... Agent: Leonard R. Nitzberg 1413 Buckeye Lane

20060278108 - Method of supplying ink to ink rollers in a printing press: A method of supplying a given amount of ink to ink rollers in a printing press in advance before starting a current printing operation to be subsequently made after a last printing operation, includes adjusting the amount of ink to be supplied to the ink rollers in advance before starting... Agent: Technology & Intellectual Property Strategies (tips) Groups

20060278109 - Process and method of manufacture for affixing lenticular artwork to a cloth surface: The present invention covers apparel items and softgoods having a lenticular image piece and methods for attaching the piece to such items. A lenticular piece is attached to cloth material by a process of RF welding. The piece is produced from a polymer that is rigid yet able to be... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20060278110 - Doctor blade device: A doctor blade device (01) for cleaning a surface has a doctor blade (03) and a tub (09) for receiving the material stripped from the surface by the doctor blade. The doctor blade is movable between a position in which it projects out of an opening (13) of the tub... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20060278111 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing panel products including a printed surface: Provided are a method and apparatus for fabricating a panel product including a board, panel or substrate having at least one surface on which a decorative image and alignment marks corresponding to an image data file are applied. The alignment marks and the image data file are then used to... Agent: Owens Corning

20060278112 - Device for metered administration of a liquid product: A device for metered administration of a liquid product, including a housing, a reservoir for the product, the reservoir being received or formed by the housing, a drive member which executes a drive movement and has at least one engagement flank, an output member which executes an axial output movement... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20060278113 - Laser deposition acceptance judgment method and apparatus for the method: Acceptance/rejection of a deposition condition is judged by detecting an exothermic quantity of a deposition portion 3 by using an infrared beam sensor 2 during laser deposition of a resin material 4 having transmissibility to a laser beam and a resin material 5 having absorptivity to the laser beam L.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060272519 - 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 axle to rotate with said rotatable... Agent: Curtis L. Harrington Suite 250

20060272520 - Power paper detailer: Disclosed is a paper detailer including a housing and a pair of rollers. The housing supports the rollers to be substantially parallel to each other and to be rotatable. At least one of the pair of rollers includes a template. A power source, for example, a battery, is electrically or... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20060272521 - Screen printer: Disclosed is a screen printing apparatus for screen printing the cream solder including a squeegee assembly (30) provided with comb blade members (35) and with solder leakage prohibiting guides (36). The comb blade members partition a cream solder (52) substantially vertically with respect to a contact slide surface between the... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060272522 - Printing press and method for operating a printing press: The invention relates to a printing press and a method for operating a printing press comprising at least one print unit, a drive unit that is assigned to the print unit, a control unit at least for regulating a drive unit, and a print mark measuring device, register measuring device,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060272523 - Direct drive for a printing-press cylinder: This drive is distinguished by the fact that the rotor (6.1) is connected to an end side of the roller bearing (4), and the stator (6.2) is accommodated by a housing (9) which can be fastened to the connecting construction (3) via a bearing housing (5). The advantage of this... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20060272524 - Credit card imprinter: The invention consists of a flatbed (1), attached to a skirt (2), which extends peripherally outside the flatbed to form a unitary structure and an imprinting head (5), moving in a reciprocal motion across the top surface of the flatbed, consisting of a cover (7), a carriage (6), a base... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20060272525 - Method of dispensing metal-backed printing blankets: A method of dispensing a metal-backed printing blanket onto a printing press cylinder in a controlled fashion is provided. A carton containing the rolled printing blanket may be provided, and a lengthwise slit or opening is opened to withdraw a mounting end of the printing blanket. The alignment and tension... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP One Dayton Centre

20060272526 - Flexography ink roller unit: A ink roller unit comprised of multiple ink rollers axially arrange in parallel on a turntable unit; the turntable unit being provided to a dancer; one end of the dancer being pivoted to a lateral shaft and the other end coupled to a drive unit; the dancer as driven swinging... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20060272527 - Printing groups of a printing machine: A printing group of a printing machine includes a printing cylinder and an associated inking system which includes first, second and third ink distributing cylinders, in addition to a plurality of inking cylinders and rollers. Ink can be fed by the first distributing cylinder, along a first, front inking path,... Agent: Douglas R Hanscom Jones Tullar & Cooper

20060272528 - Oscillation amount adjusting device for oscillating roller: An oscillation amount adjusting device for an oscillating roller has a sleeve detent plate for restraining the rotation of a sleeve. An operator manually loosens a sleeve locking bolt to render the sleeve rotatable relative to a rotating shaft supporting the sleeve. The rotation of the sleeve is restrained by... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060272529 - Laser ablating of printing plates and/or printing rollers to decrease taper and tir: Apparatus for reducing variations in total indicated run-out and taper in a printing roller, includes a detector which detects variations in total indicated run-out and taper in a surface of the printing roller, and a laser which ablates the surface of the printing roller. A control device controls the laser... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20060272530 - Printing blanket with convex outer print surface: A tubular printing blanket having an axial center has a carrier sleeve layer having a uniform thickness, a compressible layer, a reinforcing layer over the compressible layer, and a print layer disposed over the reinforcing layer. At least one of the reinforcing layer and the compressible layers has a non-uniform... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20060272531 - Plate handling apparatus: A plate handling apparatus includes a loader, first and second air cylinders, and first and second detection units. The loader is supported to be movable substantially parallel to a paper convey direction and swingable in directions to come close to and be spaced apart from an outer surface of a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060272533 - Method for manufacturing an identification plate: A method of manufacture of an identification plate: comprises advancing a transparent sheet material having a opaque material in contact with one major surface thereof to a printing station, printing indicia in reverse on the other major surface of the sheet material, and securing the printed sheet material to a... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20060272532 - Process for marking object surfaces: The invention relates to a process for the marking of an object surface, wherein there is arranged in contact with, or a distance away from the object surface a carrier element, featuring on its side facing the object surface at least one metal coating embedded in other layers, whereby the... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20060272534 - Systems and methods for printing surface relief structures: The present invention provides a system for printing surface relief structures onto a substrate, wherein the system comprises an anilox roller carrying a high refractive index material, a surface relief tool, a flexographic tool including raised features for picking up the high refractive index material from the anilox roller and... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20060272535 - Process for producing member having pattern, pattern transfer apparatus, and mold: A pattern transfer apparatus is constituted by a first mold holding portion for holding a first mold for forming a pattern inside a peripheral area of a member and a second mold holding portion for holding a second mold for forming a pattern in the peripheral area of the member.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto