Printing inventions 07/08

20080178752 - Switch-over processing method and apparatus: A switch-over processing method includes the steps of performing a first process on a sheet passing between a first cylinder and a second cylinder with a first mounted body being mounted on a circumferential surface of the second cylinder arranged to oppose the first cylinder, and performing a second process... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080178753 - Platen retaining structure and recording unit: A shaft portion 2a of a platen roller 2 is inserted into a notch 7 of a frame 3. An escaping direction from the notch 7 is regulated by a pawl 8. A thermal head 2 is brought into press contact with the platen roller 2 by a spring member... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20080178754 - Stencil printing apparatus capable of duplex printing: In a stencil printing apparatus capable of duplex printing, in which a front surface printing process for printing a front surface image on one surface of a sheet of paper fed by a sheet feeding unit is performed, the sheet is re-fed to sheet re-feeding means, and then a rear... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080178755 - Ink transfer member position adjusting method and apparatus of rotary stencil printing press: In a rotary stencil printing press including a rotary screen cylinder which supports a screen printing forme and is supported rotatably, and a squeegee which is located within the rotary screen cylinder and, when printing is done, contacts an inner peripheral surface of the screen printing forme to transfer ink... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080178756 - Pattern transcription device and method of fabricating cliche for the same: A pattern transcription apparatus comprises a cliché including a concave portion, a convex portion and a printing stopper, the printing stopper formed on a bottom surface of the concave portion; and a blanket, on which a resist material layer is coated, rotatable on the cliché, wherein a surface energy density... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080173192 - Embossing apparatus: There is described an apparatus for embossing a decorative layer of an embossing film (12) which is of a strip form, on to a small-radiused corner of a surface element, wherein a high cycle speed and high cycle rates are achieved in that the embossing apparatus (10) has a revolver... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080173193 - Method of advertising: A stencil displaying a pre-selected image or message is placed upon an unclean surface. The area within the stencil is washed to create a contrast with the area of the unclean surface outside of the stencil. The contrast between the cleaned area within the stencil and the uncleaned area outside... Agent: Mark P. Stone

20080173194 - Lithographic offset press and method of applying a thin layer of moisture directly to a blanket cylinder: An offset lithography printing press and method wherein dampening structure applies a thin moisture layer directly to a blanket cylinder to facilitate separation between the blanket cylinder and paper or other printable sheet material when passing through a nip between the blanket cylinder and an impression cylinder.... Agent: Thomas R. Lampe Bielen, Lampe & Thoeming

20080173195 - Offset printing press with cutting register adjustment and corresponding method:

20080173196 - Sleeve for printing cylinder, printing machine and method of replacing inner peripheral layer of sleeve for printing cylinder: Provided is a offset web press, particularly a variable cutoff type web press, which can reduce costs of replacement of a sleeve for a printing cylinder, which is deteriorated through printing operation. The sleeve for a printing cylinder, which is cylindrical and which is fitted on the outer periphery of... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080173198 - Apparatus and method for cleaning a webbing-up device in a printing press: An apparatus and method for cleaning a webbing-up device in a printing press is disclosed. A webbing-up device for webbing up a printing substrate web in a printing press, namely in a web-fed printing press, includes a finite conveyor chain, which is made up of several chain segments that are... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080173197 - System for optimizing a regeneration schedule for a contact cleaning roller: A system for optimization of a regeneration schedule for a contact cleaning roller (CCR) used to remove particles from a substrate surface by being rolled along the substrate surface. In rolling along the surface, the CCR leaves a residual static charge. The level of leaving charge is sensed by a... Agent: Robert C. Brown

20080173199 - Apparatus and method for changing a printing plate of a printing press: An apparatus and method for changing a printing plate of a printing unit of a printing press is disclosed. A printing unit of a printing press, in particular a web-fed printing press, has at least one printing couple, where the, or each, printing couple includes a plate cylinder, a transfer... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080173200 - Electronic devices and processes for forming the same: An electronic device includes an array. In one embodiment, a process for forming an electronic device includes the array, which includes electronic components, can include printing one or more layers as a series of segments onto a workpiece. In one embodiment, a process includes printing a layer onto the workpiece... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080168911 - Method of and system for stencil printing and ink container and stencil material roll: To make the stencil printing at a stabilized density from the start of printing in a stencil printing where a plurality of kinds of inks different from each other in volatility and/or viscosity are used. Information representing the volatility and/or viscosity of ink is stored in a storage means of... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080168912 - Method of and system for stencil printing and ink container and stencil material roll: To make the stencil printing at a stabilized density from the start of printing in a stencil printing where a plurality of kinds of inks different from each other in volatility and/or viscosity are used. Information representing the volatility and/or viscosity of ink is stored in a storage means of... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080168913 - Method of and system for stencil printing and ink container and stencil material roll: To make the stencil printing at a stabilized density from the start of printing in a stencil printing where a plurality of kinds of inks different from each other in volatility and/or viscosity are used. Information representing the volatility and/or viscosity of ink is stored in a storage means of... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080168914 - Device with several rollers: The device with a housing and several rollers, circular-cylindrical drums and the like, the axles of which are parallel and which are mounted between two walls, in particular for forming a strip, which can be formed at elevated temperatures, as it passes through on the surface of a rotating drum,... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080168915 - Roller transfer printing apparatus for cold transfer printing: Apparatus for cold transfer printing by means of rollers, comprising: a pair of rollers consisting of a main roller and a pressure roller, the center lines thereof being parallel with each other, the pressure roller being in close contact with the circumferential surface of the main roller, the main roller... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080168916 - Multifunctional tape printer of tape measure: A multifunctional tape printer of tape measure, comprising a main frame (1), a small number (for foot) roller (3) with the perimeter of 3 feet or/and a small number (for meter) roller (5) with the perimeter of 1 meter mounted on said main frame (1), pinch rollers and rubber brush... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20080168917 - Ink valve: A valve assembly includes a digitally controlled piston residing in a cylinder interior of a cylinder, and provides a linear flow rate versus piston position. Ink is pumped into a housing interior containing the cylinder. The ink flows from the housing interior into the cylinder interior through a tapered orifice... Agent: Averill & Varn

20080168918 - Mounting structure for support shaft and image generating apparatus: This image generating apparatus includes a side plate, mounted on a first side surface of a chassis provided with a print portion, integrally including a bearing, a bracket member mounted on the side plate and a support shaft arranged between the side plate and the bracket member for rotatably supporting... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080168919 - Lithographic printing plate material, production method of lithographic printing plate material and printing method: The Object of the invention is to provide a lithographic printing plate material excellent in the on-press developability, running durability, and resistivity to pressure fogging, the production method of the lithographic printing plate material and the printing method using the lithographic printing plate material. The above object can be attained... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080163769 - System and method for patterning both sides of a substrate utilizing imprint lithography: Provided are methods and systems for imprinting a pattern formed on surfaces of an imprint mask onto a double-sided substrate. The method includes deforming the surfaces of the first and second imprint stamps to produce respective first and second deformed surfaces, each having an arc therein. A pressure is applied... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080163770 - Image printing apparatus for small areas: An apparatus for printing designs or images on a small or constrained area of a substrate. The apparatus includes a screen assembly, a print head, and a guide assembly. A squeegee and a flood bar of the print head are positioned at a predetermined angles and an actuator facilitates switching... Agent: Exatec C/o Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080163771 - Devices for adjusting contact pressure exerted on an adjacent rotating body by a roller in a roller strip and/or for arranging the roller on the rotational body and/or for disconnecting the cylinder from the rotating body: Actuators are used to adjust a contact pressure exerted by a roller on an adjacent rotating body in a roller strip, or for arranging the roller on the rotating body or for separating the roller from the adjacent rotating body. The roller has ends that are mounted in a roller... Agent: Douglas R. Hanscom Jones, Tullar & Cooper

20080163772 - Register adjusting apparatus for rotating body: A register adjusting apparatus for a rotating body, which can easily perform register adjustment while enabling motor driving with an inexpensive mechanical configuration, is provided. The register adjusting apparatus comprises: a pair of inner bearings (4, 6) rotatably supporting opposite end portions of a plate cylinder (7), and provided at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080163773 - Inking systems of a printing press and method for operating an inking system: An inking system of a printing press is utilized for inking a printing cylinder. The inking system is configured as a long roller inking system and includes two distributing cylinders that are disposed serially in a roller train. A first one of these distributing cylinders is mounted, in the roller... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20080163774 - Wallpaper printer with cutter and dryer modules: The invention provides for a wallpaper printer having a cabinet built around a frame, the cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper. The printer also includes pilot guides for guiding the blank wallpaper fed from the cartridges via a media path defined in the cabinet... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080163775 - Hold down device for material placed on platen of digital printing machine: A device is provided for holding down textile material (on which images or text are to be printed) on the platen of a digital printing machine. The device includes facing flexible rubber pads or seals mounted on the periphery of the platen. The seals have opposed gripping surfaces which touch... Agent: Leo J. Aubel

20080163776 - Apparatus and method for changing printing plates: An apparatus and method for changing printing plates is disclosed. A printing plate cartridge for a printing press has multiple cases for accommodating printing plates to be removed during a printing plate change and for accommodating printing plates to be installed during a printing plate change. The printing plate cartridge... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080163777 - Security kit and security ink: The present invention relates to a security kit which comprises a security ink and a decoder substrate, the security ink comprising at least one colorant and at least one marker substance, colorant and marker substance having opposite solubilities, and the decoder substrate being able to take up the marker substance,... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080156207 - Stencil printers and the like, optical systems therefor, and methods of printing and inspection: An optical system for use with printers and the like, printers incorporating such optical systems, methods for printing substrates and for inspection thereof are provided. The optical system may include one or more image capturing devices, and an image processing device for processing images captured by the image capturing devices... Agent: Nath & Associates, Pllc

20080156208 - Apparatus and method for printing in a web-fed printing press: An apparatus and method for printing in a web-fed printing press is disclosed. A printing unit has several printing couples, where each printing couple includes a transfer cylinder, an inking system, and a dampening system, if applicable. Each printing couple includes a plate cylinder unit featuring at least two plate... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080156209 - Printing machine comprising a former: A printing machine includes a printing cylinder that is fitted with plates for printing the width of N pages. A web of material is printed and is then cut longitudinally, by an elongate cutting device, into printed webs. The number N of pages is a whole number that is divisible... Agent: Douglas R. Hanscom Jones, Tullar & Cooper

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20080156211 - Mountable note dispenser: A note dispenser attached to an article with a wall for holding a note pad between the dispenser and the article wall. The dispenser has a front wall spaced from the article wall and defines a hole for providing access to notes from the note pad through the front wall.... Agent: Moore & Hansen, Pllp

20080156212 - Hollow cylindrical printing element: A hollow cylindrical printing element, comprising a hollow cylindrical core material (A) and a resin layer (B) or a resin layer (C). The hollow cylindrical core material (A) further comprises a photosensitive resin hardened layer (1) of 0.05 to 50 mm in thickness having a fiber-like, cloth-like, or film-like reinforcement... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080156214 - Device and method for performing a printing plate change on a plate cylinder of a printing press: A device and method for performing a printing plate change on a plate cylinder of a printing press is disclosed. The device includes a rolling element featuring several rollers for pressing at least one printing plate on the plate cylinder during a printing plate change. A strip bearing several alignment... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080156213 - Handling device of a printing press: A handling device of a printing press, in particular for handling printing plates during an automated change of printing plates on a printing unit of a printing press, is disclosed. The handling device has a manipulator arm, where a manipulator head is allocated to one end of the manipulator arm,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080156215 - Printing process for plush fabric: Images printed and transferred to plush fabric and a method for printing and transferring images to plush fabric are described. Through a dye-sublimation process, dye sublimation agents can be permanently embedded into the fibers of plush fabric. The dye-sublimation process allows for precise images, including images of photo quality or... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.