Printing inventions 02/08

20080047444 - Kit for creating artistic work on residential lawn: Components of a kit for creating an artistic work on a lawn include: first and second containers of paint of first and second colors; a plurality of stakes for anchoring lawn stencils to a lawn; and two single sheets of a flexible plastic film in each of which is defined... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080047445 - Exposure device for the production of screen print stencils: An exposure device for the production of screen-print stencils has a holder for the stencil, an exposure system with a light source, and a lens system in an exposure head that is movable. A signal source that yields digital signals is connected with the exposure system. The light source is... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080047446 - Printing plate and corresponding printing assembly:

20080047447 - Clamping device for clamping flexible plates onto an imaging cylinder: An imaging cylinder includes a clamping device embodiment with a pair of independent adjacent clamping elements, and a method embodiment includes placing end edges of a flexible plate between each of the clamping elements of the clamping device and a surface approximately flush with the outer surface of the cylinder.... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20080047448 - Printing device and method: A method for assisting a user to clear a media jam in a printing device, that provides text-based instructions responsively to detecting the media jam; provides video-based instructions responsively to detecting the media jam; and, activates visual indicators corresponding to select parts of the printing device responsively to the detected... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080041247 - Line-pattern formation method and line-pattern formation apparatus: A line-pattern formation apparatus includes: a pattern former with a display defining a pattern and a referential projection indicating a reference position of the pattern; a positioning plate including a line-pattern indicator indicating a plurality of patterns in a lateral condition and a reference-positioning indicator specifying the reference position of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080041248 - Imprint apparatus and imprint method: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus transferring a surface structure of a stamper to material to be patterned by allowing the stamper come in contact with the material to be patterned. The imprint apparatus includes a holding means that holds the material to be patterned and the stamper with... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080041250 - Continuously updatable rotary pad printing apparatus and method: A rotary pad printing system comprises a compressible pad wheel (105), one or more inkjet or other image applicator heads (400), optional treatment stations (500), a shaft encoder (535), a control unit (540), and an image source (565). The image applicator heads apply an image to the wheel and the... Agent: Lloyd Douglas Clark

20080041249 - Image transfer sleeve and offset printing press provided with an image transfer sleeve of this type: An image transfer sleeve (111) is designed to be removable fitted around a mandrel of an offset printing press and comprises a printing cylinder sleeve (110) and an image transfer blanket (100). The image transfer blanket. (100) Extends around the printing cylinder sleeve (110) and is connected to the printing... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080041251 - Printing press: A printing press and a method for operating the printing press is disclosed. The press has at least one printing unit including at least one printing couple with a transfer cylinder, a form cylinder carrying an imageable and de-imageable printing form, an inking couple and a dampening unit. A memory... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080041252 - Direct drive for a cylinder of a converting machine: The invention relates to a direct drive for a cylinder of a converting machine, in particular a printing press or coating machine that converts sheet-type printed materials. The aim of the invention is to develop a direct drive for a cylinder of the afore-mentioned type in such a way that... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080041253 - Spacer-printing apparatus and method of printing a spacer: A spacer-printing apparatus includes a printing roller and a moving part. The printing roller has opposite edges connected by a curved surface and spacers are attached to the curved surface. The moving part is connected with the printing roller and respectively and alternately moves opposite edges up and down. The... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080041254 - Packing sleeve for a printing unit cylinder of an offset printing press: A packing sleeve including an outer lateral surface for a printing unit cylinder of an offset printing press is disclosed, wherein the outer lateral surface has at least one region with an area containing a number of incisions, which increase the elasticity of the packing sleeve in the peripheral direction.... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080041255 - Printing blanket having a non-extensible porous backing: A printing blanket is provided having a porous non-extensible backing which allows moisture to pass out of the blanket during printing operations. The porous non-extensible backing ply may comprise a metal wire mesh, expanded metal, or a metal or polymer sheet having a plurality of apertures formed therein. The printing... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080041256 - Printing blanket including a barrier layer: A printing blanket is provided including a base layer, a print layer, and at least one barrier layer positioned against the print layer which functions to substantially reduce or eliminate the penetration of printing chemicals and other liquids below the print layer of the printing blanket. The barrier layer may... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080041257 - Device and method for treating lithographic printing plate: A device as well as method for treating without developing an imagewise exposed lithographic printing plate is disclosed. The device comprises a structure for providing a treating solution to the exposed plate. The exposed plate comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer having hardened areas and non-hardened areas (for negative... Agent: Gary Ganghui Teng

20080041258 - Method for adjusting the transfer of printing ink: Transfer of printing ink is adjusted using a first roller in an inking unit of a printing machine, which transfers ink to a forme cylinder. A temperature control unit enables an outer surface of the first roller to reach a required temperature and/or to enable an outer surface of the... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20080034989 - Squeegee and device for screen-process printing: A screen printing squeegee doctor blade includes an elastic application element and a maintaining or gripping device. The grip is subdivided into several grip sections which can be displaced in relation to each other over the width of the screen printing doctor blade. The squeegee may be used, for example,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080034990 - Method of transporting and printing of printed material and printing table for a flatbed printing machine: A method of conveying imprint material and a printing table for a flatbed printing machine are described. The method of conveying imprint material, particularly solar cell wafers, in and out of a processing area of a flatbed printing machine includes the steps of moving the imprint material by means of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080034991 - Screen mask, printing device, printing method and manufacturing method of flat display panel: A technique which enables screen printing on a large printed object is provided. A screen frame of a screen mask has a lower surface (third surface), a screen-mesh holding unit which holds a screen mesh, a surface (fourth surface) which is different from the lower surface, and a screen-frame fixing... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080034992 - Intaglio printing press: Provided is an intaglio printing press including: a gravure printing device, which performs gravure printing on one surface of a sheet of paper; dryers, which dry the one surface of the sheet of paper, on which gravure printing is performed by the gravure printing device; an intaglio printing device, which... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080034993 - Method of controlling register when overprinting a plurality of separated colors: A method of controlling register when overprinting a plurality of separated colors, includes adjusting with register adjusting devices the position of image fields produced with the separated colors on a print carrier, so that the image fields are in register with one another. The position of all of the image... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080034994 - Bearerless web printing press: A web offset printing press for printing a web is provided including a bearerless plate cylinder having a plate cylinder gap for receiving a printing plate; a bearerless blanket cylinder having a blanket cylinder gap for receiving a blanket; a first reference ring located on a plate cylinder axial end;... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080034995 - Web-fed printing machine having a turning bar: A web-fed rotary printing machine has at least one printing unit and at least one Turning bar that is usable to redirect a travel direction of a web that is to be conveyed. The turning bar has an effective length, for redirecting the web. A projection of this Effective length... Agent: Douglas R. Hanscom Jones, Tullar & Cooper

20080034996 - Print system, method for controlling printer, and computer readable medium: A print system includes: a first printing device; a second printing device; a host machine; and a storage device, wherein the first printing device and the second printing device, which receive a print command from the host machine, continuously transport a continuous sheet even after printing operation complying with a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080034997 - Sealing assembly for an ink chamber which includes self-lubricating anilox roll seal with improved blade/seal area: A sealing assembly for an ink chamber associated with an anilox roll, includes a doctor blade having a doctoring edge, with each end having a notch at the doctoring edge, and first and second seals adapted to seal ends of the ink chamber. Each seal includes a peripheral supporting wall,... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20080034998 - Method of making a printing blanket or sleeve including cast polyurethane layers: A method of making a printing blanket or printing sleeve which includes one or more cast polyurethane layers is provided. Each cast polyurethane layer may be applied in a single pass to a moving substrate web or a rotating sleeve by slot die coating, electrostatic or non-electrostatic spraying, or knife... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080034999 - Offset lithographic printing press having seamed sleeved printing blanket: An offset lithographic printing press combined with a gapped or seamed cylindrical offset printing blanket having pre-made blanket material mounted on a cylindrical sleeve is disclosed, wherein conventional, manufactured blanket material in flat form is adhered to a cylindrical sleeve to economically produce a cylindrical sleeved blanket. The leading and... Agent: William P. Oberhardt

20080035000 - Matte agent for infrared-sensitive planographic printing plate and use thereof: The present invention provides a photosensitive lithographic printing plate which is excellent in both workability and image forming properties and is also capable of omitting the use of a laminated-paper. The present invention also provides an interleaving sensitive granular matting agent for photosensitive lithographic printing plate, which is used by... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20080035001 - Plate replacing apparatus: A plate replacing apparatus includes a plate-winding support roller that presses a plate on a plate cylinder and a plate pressing unit that rotates around the plate-winding support roller and thereby pressing a trailing end of the plate in an edge portion of the plate pressing unit. The plate pressing... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080035002 - Oil dispenser for simplex and duplex print engine: This is a mechanical oil dispenser for use in applying an oil to the surface (or two surfaces in a duplex mode) of printed media to improve its sheet-handling characteristics. This dispenser system has an oil-containing housing or tank with oil ports at the bottom of the tank. The ports... Agent: Law Offices Of James J. Ralabate

20080035003 - Process for producing printed articles: A process for the production of printed articles which include at least one support on which one or more characters are printed, and at least one layer of coating, removable by abrasion, capable of hiding the printed characters underneath. The process provides the use of transparent ink to print the... Agent: Hess Patent Law Firm, P.C.

20080028953 - Pattern transfer method and imprint device: In order to allow for aligning a relative position between a transferred object and a stamper with high accuracy without providing an alignment pattern in the transferred object, there are provided: a pattern transfer method, including: when adjusting the relative position between the stamper and the transferred object, a step... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080028954 - System and method for texturing a surface: A texture tool comprising a body to which is coupled an upper cap and a lower cap. A ball holder fits in a socket defined by the body and the lower cap. The ball holder includes a plurality of balls which come into contact with a sheet of material to... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080028955 - System for printing passing objects: Objects to be printed are loaded one-by-one onto a conveyor extending through and upstream from a printing station in a longitudinally extending row in groups each having a predetermined number n of longitudinally aligned objects and a longitudinal length equal to n times a predetermined step length and with the... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080028956 - Method and apparatus for applying electronic circuits to curved surfaces: An electric circuit is applied to an object having a curved surface. The curved surface of the object is divided into sections, and the circuit is applied one section at a time. The circuit is formed between layers of dielectric material. The dielectric is applied by a computer-controlled device, which... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20080028957 - Method for carrying out direct and indirect orlov printing and printed image: The invention relates to a method for carrying out direct or indirect Orlov printing. The essence of the invention lies in that applying rollers which are embodied in such a way that it is possible to form areas of multicolored strips on a plate cylinder and which are freely mounted... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080028958 - Imprinting apparatus and method for forming residual film on a substrate: An imprinting apparatus and a method of the same which form a residual film including a uniform thickness all over a substrate. The imprinting apparatus includes a substrate support which supports a substrate which is coated with an imprint resin on an upper surface thereof, an imprint mold arranged on... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080028959 - Variable printing machine: To make it possible to variably print while preventing a printable material from loosening and fluttering and further preventing the material from damaging and contamination by printing. To this end, an impression cylinder 6 in a printing unit 3a-3d disposed between a pair of feed rollers 1, 2 is adapted... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080028960 - Method and device for printing board-shaped work pieces: A method and a device for printing board-shaped work pieces in a printing gap are provided. The printing gap is formed by two printing rollers that are adjustably spaced apart from each other, with the board-shaped work piece being transported on a transporting device to the printing gap and being... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080028961 - Transport device including an actuating tape nip: A transport device for transporting printed products is provided including a first and a second tape for receiving and transporting the printed products, a first and second roller for guiding the tapes, a nip-adjusting device adjusting a nip formed by the first and second tapes at the first and second... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080028962 - Tissue marking system: A single-use tissue marking system for use in marking a tissue sample includes a container and a first number of ink reservoirs at least partially defined by the container. Each reservoir contains ink of a different color. The system also includes a second number of applicators. Each applicator is configured... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080028963 - Coated roller: A roller has a coating comprised of a plastic matrix of plastic material, wherein the plastic material is a resin. The surface of the coating has less than 50 pores per m2, and hard material particles are embedded in the plastic matrix... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20080028964 - Mounting image carrying plate onto a cylinder: An image-carrying plate such as a printing plate, an embossing plate, a die-cutting plate or the like for reproducing the image on a suitable media is mounted on a rotatable cylinder or drum by attaching a removable clamp to each end of the plate and removably attaching the plate clamps... Agent: Marvin Jacobson Jacobson And Johnson

20080028965 - Printing formes of a printing press, and web-fed rotary presses: The invention relates to a printing form (19) to be used in a printing unit of a printing press. Said printing form (19) is embodied as a panoramic printing form (19) and supports side by side printed images of a specific number n (n>1) of printed pages having a specific... Agent: Douglas R. Hanscom Jones, Tullar & Cooper

20080028966 - Method for feeding a printing forme to a forme cylinder of a printing press, method for producing a printing forme and device for laterally aligning and guiding a dressing to be fed to a printing press cylinder: A printing plate is produced having at least one edge which has been cut so that it is parallel to a line of delimitation of the type area of the plate. The printing plate is fed to an impression cylinder of a printing press, in an axial direction of the... Agent: Douglas R Hanscom Jones Tiullar & Cooper

20080028967 - Image forming apparatus: An intermediate transfer unit includes a stand member that is integral with an intermediate-transfer-unit body of the intermediate transfer unit. The stand member stretches below the intermediate-transfer-unit body from a trailing edge to a leading edge of the intermediate-transfer-unit in an attachment direction of the intermediate transfer unit.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080028968 - Processor for imaging media: A thermal processor including an oven and a cooling section. The oven is configured to heat an imaging media to a development temperature. The cooling section is configured to cool the imaging media from the development temperature to a desired exit temperature as imaging media moves along a transport path... Agent: Carestream Health Inc,

20080028969 - Lubricant for an image forming apparatus: An image forming device comprising two components capable of relative movement and a lubricant disposed between such components. The lubricant may include a carrier medium capable of reducing friction between the components including boron nitride.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department