Printing inventions 04/09

20090107350 - Printing die clamp: A printing die clamp is proposed for clamping a printing die 1 wrapped around an outer periphery of a printing cylinder 2 of a printing press against the outer periphery of the printing cylinder 2 by engaging one end of the printing die 1 with the printing cylinder 2 through... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090107351 - Endless printing belt: p

20090107352 - Printing machine system: A printing system includes a first printing machine that is provided in the form of a newspaper printing machine and which comprises at least two first printing units that are provided in the form of printing towers and with a number of printing machines arranged one above the other for... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090107353 - Printing forme magazine with receiving arrangment for receiving a plurality of printing formes to be mounted on a forme cylinder of a printing press: At least two blankets which are removed from the same cylinder of a printing machine one after the other, are stored in a storage device. The blankets are drawn off the cylinder in a longitudinal direction and are stored in the device at an angle of inclination of not more... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090107354 - Display device and method for printing material processing machines and printing press having a display device: A display device and a display method are provided for printing material processing machines having components disposed relative to a printing material. The display device and method are configured in such a way that changes in a relative position of the components of the machine are displayed on the display... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090101027 - Screen printing device: A printing installation for printing on curved surfaces, includes a squeegee, a printing screen maintained in a screen frame, and a drive for moving the squeegee. The screen frame, on at least one side thereof, is flexible in at least some sections thereof. The screen printing device is used, for... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090101028 - Doctor blade assembly: Doctor blade assembly for rotogravure printing units, having a support structure for a doctor blade, a holding device of the support structure and a moving device for moving the holding device. The holding device includes a mounting suitable to fix either a chambered doctor blade or a non-chambered doctor blade... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090101029 - Method and device to prepare flexoprinting forms: In a system to support a flexoprinting cylinder to permit placement thereon or removal therefrom of a flexoprinting sleeve or a spacer for the flexoprinting sleeve, and which permits rotation of the cylinder for processing of the flexoprinting form, an engagement device is provided with which the flexoprinting cylinder is... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090101031 - Device for controlling a sheet-fed rotary printing machine having a plurality of drive motors and sheet-fed rotary printing machine having the device: A sheet-fed rotary printing machine includes at least two electric drive motors acting on a gearwheel train which mechanically connects a plurality of printing units to one another. A device for controlling the printing machine includes a control loop for each electric drive motor having a higher-frequency control element. At... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090101030 - Letterpress printing machine: The letterpress printing machine includes an impression cylinder (8), at least one inking device (11, 12, 13) with an inking train comprising inking rollers (25, 26, 28) and at least one letterpress forme cylinder (14, 15, 16) inked by said at least one inking device (11, 12, 13). The at... Agent: Clifford W. Browning Krieg De Vault

20090101032 - Hand-held stamp having integrated components: A self-inking hand-held stamp includes a sub-assembly having an ink cartridge supplied in a pre-inked condition, and a separate sub-assembly for retailers at the point of sale or other field personnel to flash with the desired stamp image. Use of a pre-inked and pre-assembled ink cartridge permits that sub-assembly to... Agent: Moore & Hansen, Pllp

20090101033 - Oscillating ink form roller: The present invention is an adjustable oscillating ink form or roller that moves freely back and forth along its axis of rotation to create a more efficient inking of the printing plate of a high-speed web printing press by allowing for a more even distribution of ink onto the printing... Agent: Sanford J. Piltch, Esq.

20090101034 - Creating a uniform imaging surface: An apparatus for creating a uniform imaging surface on a flexographic plate or flexographic sleeve (14) mounted on a drum (16) and comprises a light source; a transparent drum (22); and a lens system (12) for focusing a beam from the light source through the transparent drum onto the flexographic... Agent: David A. Novais, Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20090101035 - Device for feeding printing plates to a plate cylinder of a printing press and sheet-fed rotary printing press having the device: A device for feeding printing plates to a plate cylinder in a printing press includes a pivotable guide element. The pivotable guide element has pivotable guide members which are in contact with an image side of the printing plate when the printing plate is being fed to the plate cylinder.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090101036 - Printing press and method for operating a printing unit of a printing press: A method for operating a printing unit of a printing press includes operating the printing unit in a first operating mode, for example printing operation, and in a second operating mode, for example maintenance operation. In the first operating mode, a printing unit cylinder and a distributor roller are driven... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090101037 - Gap measuring method, imprint method, and imprint apparatus: A gap measuring method for measuring a gap between two members by irradiating the two members with light is constituted by preparing a first member and a second member which are disposed opposite to each other; irradiating the first member and the second member with light from one member side... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090095172 - Pallet paint and stencil apparatus and method: An apparatus and method for sequentially stenciling an image on each of a plurality of pallets uses a conveyor for transporting a first pallet along a frame to a stop location at a stenciling station. Once the first pallet is duly held at the stop location, at least one stencil... Agent: Roth,blair,roberts, Strasfeld & Lodge

20090095174 - Controlled pressure silk screening device: This invention relates to a manually operated silk screen device that allows multi-colored graphics to be produced whose color is consistent and properly aligned on articles such as garments. The consistency in color is achieved by controlling the pressure and angle of the silk screen squeegee by a pneumatic or... Agent: Marc E. Hankin, Esq.

20090095176 - Method and apparatus for pcb finishing processes: An apparatus for printing PCBs includes both solder mask ink and notation ink printing subsystems within the same unit. Notation ink and solder mask ink may be applied by a single apparatus or by separate apparatuses, such as an ink jet printer, and may be dried by a single drying... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090095173 - Silk screen sample apparatus with integrated heat press device: This invention relates to a combination silk screen and heat press apparatus, which is configured such that silk screening and heat pressing operations may be performed on an article, such as a garment, using the same apparatus without the need to remove or reposition the article.... Agent: Marc E. Hankin, Esq.

20090095175 - Silk screen sample press with quartz flash cure unit: One embodiment of this invention discloses a silk screening device which includes an integrated quartz flash unit. The invention improves upon prior art systems and relates to a system whereby both a silk screen squeegee unit and a quartz flash unit are slidably mounted on a common set of rails,... Agent: Marc E. Hankin, Esq.

20090095177 - Kit for creating artistic work on lawn: Components of a kit for creating an artistic work on a lawn include: a container of aerosol paint; a plurality of stakes for anchoring a lawn stencil to a lawn; and a sheet of flexible material in which is defined one or more openings used to apply one or more... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20090095178 - Sheet-fed or web-fed printing machine: The sheet-fed or web-fed printing machine comprises a main unit (1), at least one mobile carriage (2) adapted to be coupled to the main unit for cooperation therewith during printing operations and to be moved away from the main unit during maintenance operations, a control unit for controlling displacement of... Agent: Clifford W. Browning Krieg Devault

20090095179 - Method for cleaning printing plates: An inking unit in a printing machine having an ink dispensing system comprising an inking roller and a form cylinder carrying at least one printing form. The inking roller transfers printing ink arriving thereon to at least one printing form positioned on the form cylinder. The printing ink is transferable... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090095180 - Rubber sleeve: A rubber sleeve for a printing press and a method for producing a rubber sleeve is disclosed. The rubber sleeve has a rigid support sleeve and a blanket that is wrapped around the support sleeve as well as is firmly connected to the support sleeve. The blanket has at least... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

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... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090095182 - Cleaning unit and printer: An apparatus for efficiently cleaning a platen roller of a printer. A cleaning unit is attached to a main unit in place of a removal unit for an intermediate transfer sheet. A cam is turned by means of turning an arm UP/DOWN lever, and the arm is turned from an... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090095183 - Printing plates with permanent resin laminated interleaf: In a lithographic printing plate and method of manufacture, an interleaf is permanently integrated to the bottom surface of the plate substrate. A thin, flexible, water and solvent insoluble film is adhered to and covers the bottom surface of the coated and cured sheet before the sheet is cut into... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20090095184 - Negative working, heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor: A heat-sensitive negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer and a coating provided thereon, the coating including an image-recording layer which includes hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles wherein the hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles include a polyester and have... Agent: Agfa C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090095185 - Web-fed printing press: A web-fed printing press is disclosed. The press includes at least one printing-plate-based printing unit for statically printing a printing substrate web with a static printing image and at least one processing device, in particular a printing-plate-less printing device for dynamically printing at least one printing substrate web surface of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090090257 - Combined stencil and digital printing system: A carousel and station-based printing system for textiles comprises one or more stations with a digital printing apparatus and optionally other stations with a stencil printing apparatus. The system allows for high speed printing of images having details of high resolution, rich colors, or variability, optionally also comprising a wetting... Agent: Kevin O'neill

20090090258 - Cylinder throw-on/off apparatus and cylinder throw-on/off method for printing press: In a cylinder throw-on/off apparatus for a printing press, a cylinder throw-on/off motor is driven while the notch of a blanket cylinder opposes the notch of a plate cylinder to throw on/off the blanket cylinder with respect to the plate cylinder, and driven while the notch of the blanket cylinder... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090090259 - Segmented gravure print cylinder system: A print station has print cylinder with axially spaced segments for printing different coating materials on a substrate at a single print station. The coating material is stored in adjacent wells separated by walls within a trough. The walls may be notched to receive the shaft of the print cylinder... Agent: Levine & Mandelbaum

20090090260 - Former arrangement: A former arrangement for a rotary printing press is disclosed. The former arrangement includes a former arrangement module with a base element which is mountable on a stationary element of the rotary printing press. A former is connected to the base element. A first web lead device provides for guidance,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090090261 - Inking unit of a rotary press, comprising a film roller: An inking unit of a rotary printing press includes a film roller. The film roller has a structured outer surface that has a Shore D hardness ranging between 80 and 90 and a stochastic surface. The stochastic surface is incorporated into the outer surface of the film roller by peening.... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090090262 - Method for forming an image in stone: An application for a method of imbedding an image in a stone substrate includes printing an image onto a print image using a computer printer and placing the print image face down on the surface of the stone substrate. A moist towel is placed over the print image and a... Agent: Larson And Larson

20090084278 - Process for making metalized micro-embossed films: The present invention provides a process for manufacturing a metalized micro-embossed plastic film using a shim made from a flexographic plate. A digital image is transferred to the flexographic plate and the flexographic plate is processed to create a shim having a raised image corresponding to the digital image. A... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090084279 - Relief printing plate and printed matter: A relief printing plate has a convex part, wherein a top surface of the convex part, which touches a substrate, comprises a resin layer having an affinity for an ink liquid including an organic light emitting material and the convex part or a convex part forming layer including the convex... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090084280 - Device for mounting a printing plate on a plate cylinder of a printing press, printing unit having the device and printing press having the printing unit: A device for clamping and tensioning an edge of a printing plate on a plate cylinder of a printing press includes a single actuating shaft for releasing clamping and tensioning forces. The actuating shaft has a control cam for releasing the tensioning forces and a control roller for releasing the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090084281 - Method for reducing register errors on a web of material moving through the printing nip of a multi-color web-fed rotary printing press and corresponding devices: Register errors on a web of material which is moving through the printing nip of a multicolor web-fed rotary printing press are reduced. This is accomplished by providing a portion of the web of material, what is located between the web lateral edges of the web and areas in the... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.