Printing inventions 10/09

20090241786 - Device for performing the wetting operation for offset printing: Device for performing the wetting operation for offset printing, comprising a main receptacle (1) which contains a wetting solution; an outlet pipe (2) with a pump (3) which pushes the solution towards an outlet nozzle (4) to project it inside a recipient (5) housed in the main receptacle; a feed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090241787 - Printing press, folder, and methods of operation: Systems and methods for allowing existing rotary printing press units to produce smaller pages at a faster rate of speed without having to replace the press unit. Specifically, the systems and methods relate to retrofitting an existing press unit to produce three pages of material in each full rotation instead... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20090241788 - Device for coating a peripheral surface of a sleeve body: A coating device for coating a peripheral surface of a sleeve body with a coating formulation includes a vertical support column for supporting a sleeve body in a vertical position coaxial with a coating axis, a carriage slideable along the vertical support column, and an annular coating stage attached to... Agent: Agfa C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090241789 - Rubber rollers with rough surface: A rubber-coated ink transfer roll having a hardness range of from 20 to 80 Shore A and a mean depth of roughness Rz of from 30 to 80 μm and a maximum depth of roughness Rmax of from 40 to 120 μm, a free specific volume V1 from 0.001 to... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090241790 - Printing press, folder, and methods of operation: Systems and methods for allowing existing rotary printing press units to produce smaller pages at a faster rate of speed without having to replace the press unit. Specifically, the systems and methods relate to retrofitting an existing press unit to produce three pages of material in each full rotation instead... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20090241792 - Method and apparatus for feeding printing plates to a plate cylinder of a processing machine: In an apparatus for feeding printing plates to a plate cylinder of a printing press, the printing plate is prealigned on stops outside the plate cylinder with a lateral offset and with an oblique skew. Then the printing plate is fed, in the thusly aligned position to the register pins... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090241791 - Plate transport speed control system: An apparatus for preventing printing plate deformation (29) in a plate processor device comprising a plate transport means (19) comprising a motor (15) and plurality of rollers (11, 12, 13, 14). A one way coupler (21) connects the motor (15) and the plurality of rollers (11, 12, 13, 14). Identifying... Agent: Amelia A. Buharin Patent Legal Staff

20090241793 - Printing press, folder, and methods of operation: Systems and methods for allowing existing rotary printing press units to produce smaller pages at a faster rate of speed without having to replace the press unit. Specifically, the systems and methods relate to retrofitting an existing press unit to produce three pages of material in each full rotation instead... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.