Printing inventions 02/09

20090050001 - Device for the treatment of packaging foils: The invention relates to a device for the treatment of packaging foils, comprising a first embossing unit having at least one embossing roll provided with embossing structures (7) that are arranged in a basic grid for satinizing and/or with embossing structures which deviate from the basic grid for the application... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090050002 - Liquid supply apparatus: A liquid supply apparatus which can supply a liquid from a liquid supply cylinder to a sheet, held on an impression cylinder, satisfactorily at a low cost even at a high speed is provided. The liquid supply apparatus comprises: an impression cylinder (40) supported rotatably and having a notch portion... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090050003 - Automated cutting system for customized field stencils: The Automated Cutting System for Customized Field Stencils (“ACSCFS”) is a device designed to implement an automated field stencil creation process. The ACSCFS is comprised of a computer system and an automated cutting table, wherein said automated cutting table is further comprised of a cutting surface, an automated means for... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20090050004 - Method for operating a rotary printing press: A method for operating a rotary printing press is disclosed. The printing press having multiple printing units for printing at least one substrate web, a folder superstructure downstream from the printing units, having at least one former for lengthwise folding of the/each substrate web and/or partial webs of the/each substrate... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090050005 - Webbing a substrate web into a web-fed rotary printing press: An apparatus and method for webbing a substrate web into a web-fed rotary printing press is disclosed. A webbing apron has a first connecting section, which can be connected to a longitudinal end of the substrate web, and has a second connecting section, which can be connected to a webbing... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090050007 - Intaglio plate and method for fabricating the same: There is provided an intaglio plate 1 excellent in surface strength, in which a pattern of grooves can be formed with a high dimensional accuracy, and further, a scrape hardly occurs, by laminating a binder layer 4 on a surface of a glass base board 2 having grooves 3 therein,... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090050006 - Transfer plate for a transfer cylinder of a printing press: A transfer plate, particularly a blanket plate, for a transfer cylinder, with a plate-like support, where a blanket being used for ink transfer is applied to a first side of the plate-like support, and where a film is applied to a second side of the plate-like support that is opposite... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090050008 - Printing press: A printing press capable of expediting the drying of ink printed on a sheet and facilitating maintenance is provided. The printing press is characterized by including: an impression cylinder for transferring ink onto printing paper (P) during transport of the printing paper (P) there through; an transfer cylinder for transporting... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090050009 - Line art transfer freehand colouring: In a line art transfer free hand colouring printing technique, a design outline is first generated on a transfer substrate using a glutinous ink and is then applied to a surface, for example the front of a T-shirt. A user then applies colouring and/or texturing in and/or around the design... Agent: Franz Bonsang C/o Equinox Protection

20090044711 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing wallpaper with erasable front match marks: An application for an apparatus for manufacturing wallpaper with erasable match marks on a front surface includes an input roller for accepting a continuous sheet of wallpaper, an ink tray for holding erasable ink and a match mark print cylinder in fluid communication with the ink tray for accepting the... Agent: Larson And Larson

20090044712 - Printing press with on-edge web tension control: A web printing press is provided including printing units and a vacuum cantilever lead roll having a vertical rotational axis. Methods are also provided.... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090044713 - Gravure printing-form sleeve and production thereof: To develop a novel gravure printing form, which is simple to produce and is highly suitable with respect to a variation of formats, the invention discloses the use of a steel carrier sleeve in the form of a master sleeve. The initial form of said sleeve is a rectangular plate... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090044714 - Printing method of image and photo-printing system and digital camera adapted for the same: A method of printing an image and a photo printing system and a digital camera adapted for the printing method are provided. The method of printing an image is a printing method for outputting through a photo printer an image stored in an image storage device. The method includes: setting... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090038489 - Method of screen printing with semi-continuous replenishment: A method of screen printing on a substrate comprises providing a screen including a first portion with an emulsion and a second portion formed without an emulsion. An ink solution is supplied on the screen. The ink solution comprises a solid and a liquid. The ink solution includes an enzyme... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090038490 - Method for printing security documents, and security document: The invention concerns a method for printing security documents (1) comprising in particular a lacquering step which consists in depositing a protective layer on the surface of the security documents, as well as a typographic printing step which consists in printing at least one typographic element (4) on said security... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20090038491 - Drive devices and method for driving a processing machine: A processing machine for webs includes second units which are driven independently of each other by drives. Signals for a lead axle position of a virtual lead axle are supplied to at least one signal line that connects the drives for these several units. The drives are each provided with... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090038492 - Micro-stamping method for photoelectric process: This invention discloses a micro-stamping method for photoelectric process. First of all, in this invention, the micro-stamping method provides a stamp, an ink, an inkpad and a substrate, wherein the stamp or the inkpad having specific protruding bodies and the ink is one element of the group consisting of red... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090038493 - Printing in a medium: A method for transferring a pattern from an elastic stamp to a substrate in the presence of a third medium is described. A proximity contact is achieved between the stamp and the substrate. A layer of the third medium between the stamp and the substrate is controlled to a predetermined... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20090038494 - Device and methods for raising and/or lowering a printing form: A printing form is either raised or is lowered by the use of a pressure device which includes a roller. The roller is arranged on a cross-beam in such a way that the roller can selectively be placed on, or taken off the forme cylinder, or a forme that is... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090038495 - Platen assembly: A platen assembly for a printer comprised of a platen roller assembly and a housing assembly that is structured to rotatably support the platen roller assembly. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a platen roller assembly comprising a platen roller defining first and second ends; a locking pin... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090031903 - Reconfigurable mailing machine for printing and opening mailpieces: A mailing machine for processing mailpiece envelopes, wherein a print station thereof is reconfigurable to process envelopes in two operating modes. The reconfigurable print station includes a displacement device having an integrated cutting mechanism to perform both printing and cutting operations. The displacement device includes a displacement surface for urging... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20090031904 - Device for automatic indexing of a golf ball: The present invention is directed to a magnetic indexing device that can be connected to a conveyor, the device firmly holding a golf ball in a particular orientation for the purposes of printing of indicia and logo on the ball when device and ball move along the conveyor. The device... Agent: Acushnet Company

20090031905 - Rotary screen printing using mandrels: A printing press, comprising: two mandrels positioned with axes aligned and in parallel; a plurality of wheel elements, with a different one of the wheel elements disposed around each end of each of the mandrels, wherein at least one of the wheel elements on one of the mandrels is a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090031906 - Printing press system: A printing press system includes a first machine line of a printing press, which is embodied as a newspaper printing press, and is provided with at least one first printing unit having printing group cylinders of a first maximum effective printing width. A second printing press, which is equipped with... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090031907 - Printing machine system: A printing system is provided with a first printing machine that includes at least one printing unit and a first folding funnel which is located at an exit of the printing unit. A second printing machine, with a second printing unit and a drier, together with a folding funnel at... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090031908 - Printing machine system: A printing machine system includes a first printing machine which is configured as a newspaper printing machine and which has at least two first printing units that are structured as printing towers, each with a plurality of superimposed printing groups that are usable for multicolor printing. The first printing machine... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090031909 - Elongate stamp device: An elongate stamp device (1) having a pin-shaped base member (2) with two opposing ends (2′, 2″), a stamp wheel (3) being arranged on the one end (2′) of the base member (2) in a rotatably mounted manner on a rotational axis (10), wherein an end cap (4, 4′) fastenable... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090031910 - Mechanical device for removably fixing a sleeve to a support shaft of a printing machine: A device for removably fixing a sleeve (5) to a cylindrical support shaft (3) of a printing machine. The inventive device is characterised in that: the inner face (5b) of the sleeve (5) includes at least one cylindrical stiffened area (24); and the support shaft/sleeve assembly is equipped with (i)... Agent: Young & Thompson