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Printing August inventions list 08/11

20110203466 - Device for recording and transferring a contour: The invention relates to a device for recording and transferring the contours of a wound or opening in tissue of a human being comprising a transparent polymer sheet having a first and a second surface, wherein the first surface faces the wound or opening and the second surface comprises a... Agent: Coloplast A/s

20110203467 - Printer: Provided is a printer in which attachment and detachment manipulation of a platen roller can easily be performed, in which the platen roller can be retained with high reliability at a time of attachment, and in which downsizing of the entire printer is achieved due to use of the platen... Agent:

20110203468 - Printing roll and method of producing the same: In order to propose a dry process technique of producing a printing roll having safe and beauty concave portions for printing image area without discharging environmental contaminating substance and a new technique for improving quality of printed matters, this invention is to provide a printing roll with DLC film layer... Agent: Tocalo Co., Ltd.

20110203469 - Conversion of printing plate cylinders for increased printing length: Devices for converting a printing plate cylinder from a first configuration that provides a first printable length to a second configuration that provides a second printable length greater than the first printable length... Agent:

20110203470 - Image forming apparatus and processing apparatus: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus to form an image on a paper, comprising: a main body section including a housing to house an apparatus to perform processing for the paper, and a control circuit to control the apparatus housed in the housing; and a peripheral apparatus provided separately from... Agent:

20110203471 - Printer component mounting and alignment system: A printing system includes a frame. A first printer component is mounted to the frame. A second printer component is compliantly mounted to the frame such that the second printer component is free to move in a plane. A first alignment mechanism is kinematically coupled to the first printer component... Agent:

20110203472 - Feedforward control of downstream register errors for electronic roll-to-roll printing system: An ultra-precision register control method in a continuous roll-to-roll printing process for manufacturing electronic devices via a feedforward register control logic, which compensates for and eliminates additional register errors attributable to variations in the speed of upstream printing cylinders. When used in combination with a conventional feedback register control logic,... Agent:

20110203473 - Method and apparatus for creating a graphic image on a reflective metal surface: A method for creating a graphic image on a reflective metal surface. A digital representation of the graphic image in a negative form is created on a computer and stored in memory. The negative image is then sent to an inkjet printer, where ultraviolet light curable ink representative of the... Agent:

20110197775 - Electronic component mounting system and electronic component mounting method: Provided is an electronic component mounting line (1) which is formed so that a screen printing portion having a plurality of individual printing mechanisms capable of executing setup change works individually is connected to an upstream side of a component mounting portion having a plurality of board delivery mechanisms, and... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110197776 - Printing unit of a printing press, comprising at least two frame parts, the position of which relative to one another can be changed: A printing unit of a printing press is comprised of at least two frame parts, the position of at least one of which, relative to the other, can be changed. Cooperating ones of these frame parts are placed against each other along a common joining surface, in a first operational... Agent:

20110197777 - Variable print lithographic printing press: A fountain solution applicator for a printing press, a printing press having at least one fountain solution applicator and a method for applying an image to a substrate are provided. With the applicator, a variable image can be formed whereby the image can be frequently changed. The number of printings... Agent:

20110197778 - Method for providing printing formes at installation positions on one of a plurality of forme cylinders disposed in a printing machine press and for disposing of used printing formes from the printing press: Printing plates are prepared at installation positions on one of a plurality of plate cylinders disposed in a printing machine. A plurality of flat printing plates, which are provided for a printing process to be carried out by the printing machine itself, and which printing plates are themselves bendable, at... Agent:

20110192295 - Screen printer and printing method: Both end sides of a suction stage in the film delivery direction are formed in a circular arc shape, and auxiliary stages are provided near the end portions to suck and hold a film, the auxiliary stages are allowed to be moved lower than a surface of the suction stage... Agent: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.

20110192296 - Screen printer: Provided is a screen printer including a main body in which an operation region and at least one introduction and extraction portion are formed, wherein the operation region includes an installation position of a stencil mask therein, and, through the at least one introduction and extraction portion, the stencil mask... Agent: Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd.

20110192297 - Printing system having a raised image printing cylinder: A printing arrangement having a rotatable printing cylinder and raised image and non-raised non-image portions on the circumference of the printing cylinder. The arrangement has an array of smooth rollers for applying an ink onto the image on the printing cylinder and not applying ink onto the non-image portion. A... Agent:

20110192298 - Drive control method and drive control apparatus for printing press: According to a drive control method and apparatus, an offset printing section and an intaglio printing section are connected together by a gear train. Separately from an offset printing section prime motor for driving an entire sheet-fed printing press, an intaglio printing section auxiliary motor is provided in the intaglio... Agent: Komori Corporation

20110192299 - Handheld stamp with integrated abrasive feature: A handheld stamper with an abrasive element. The handheld stamper includes an actuator mounted to a base, a stamping die coupled to one of the actuator or the base, and an abrasive element affixed to a surface of the handheld stamper. The handheld stamper is used to protect sensitive information,... Agent:

20110192300 - Imprint method and imprint apparatus: According to one embodiment, an imprint method is disclosed. The method can include forming a liquid droplet of a transfer material with a volume greater than a predetermined reference volume by dropping the transfer material onto a major surface of a processing substrate. The method can include reducing the volume... Agent:

20110192301 - Screen printer and method for cleaning screen printer: It is an objective to provide a screen printer capable of properly cleaning a three dimensional mask member intended for a cavity substrate and a method for cleaning the screen printer. A mask member 33 includes, as separate areas, a cavity portion correspondence mask area MRC in which a mask... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110192302 - Templates having high contrast alignment marks: Described are systems and methods for formation of templates having alignment marks with high contrast material. High contrast material may be positioned within recesses of alignment marks.... Agent: Molecular Imprints, Inc.

20110192303 - Detection of misregistered printing plate: A method for determining if a printing plate is registered. A support surface supports the printing plate. An electric signal travels along a path through the printing plate. A plurality of registration members includes a set of two or more registration members, each adapted to receive the electrical signal when... Agent:

20110192304 - Printing plate registration: An apparatus for registering a printing plate includes a support surface. A first registration member provides an electrical signal to the printing plate when contact is established between the first registration member and a first edge of the printing plate. Each registration member in a set of two or more... Agent:

20110192305 - Ink control method for printing presses having short inking units: A method for closed-loop or open-loop control of ink feed in lithographic offset printing presses having at least one inking unit, a control unit and an operating element for adjusting the ink feed across a predetermined ink feed control range, includes subdividing the predetermined control range into partial ranges in... Agent: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag

20110185925 - Digital gravure printing with a pixilated photoconductor: A printing sub-system including same including a pixilated photoconductive member (such as a photobelt) is disclosed. Electrically isolated cells hold surface application material above the photoconductor. The surface application material is first charged. Charge on the surface application material in an individual cell may then be discharged by exposure of... Agent: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated

20110185927 - Printing/coating method and apparatus: A printing/coating method includes the steps of transferring highly reactive ink/varnish which cures with a low light energy onto a transfer object, and irradiating the transfer object, onto which the highly reactive ink/varnish is transferred, with light in the wavelength range, in which no ozone is generated, to cure the... Agent:

20110185926 - Vibrator assembly for an inking unit or a dampening unit of a printing press: An offset printing press is provided including a plate cylinder and a fluid dispersing unit dispersing fluid to the plate cylinder. The fluid dispersing unit includes a vibrator roll, a shaft supporting the vibrator roll and a motor including a coil and a magnet. The coil is disposed about the... Agent: Gross International Americas, Inc.

20110185928 - Method for printing a substrate using an anilox roll, an anilox roll for a printing method and a printing apparatus: The invention relates to an anilox roll for a printing apparatus. The anilox roll comprises a cylinder having a surface. The surface comprises a fluid distribution structure for receiving, distributing and transferring a fluid such as an ink. The fluid distribution structure comprises a channel formed in the surface having... Agent:

20110185929 - Ink metering device of a printing press: An ink metering device for a printing press, providing improved handling of an ink fountain foil and reduced set-up times, includes an ink fountain for ink, an ink fountain roller rotating about an axis and dipping into the ink fountain, a plurality of zonal metering elements having blade edges at... Agent: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft

20110185931 - Apparatus for front/top lay vertical adjustment and sheet-fed rotary printing press having the apparatus: An apparatus for the vertical adjustment of combined front/top lays in a sheet processing machine includes a front/top lay carrier shaft carrying the front/top lays jointly in such a way that it can be pivoted with respect to a front/top lay drive shaft, or thrust joints disposed in carriers or... Agent: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft

20110185930 - Transport table and method for the use thereof: A transport table, comprising a transport web; an unwinding roller for unwinding the transport web therefrom; a first return element; a second return element; a winding roller for winding thereon the unwound transport web; a first frame with which the first and the second return element are connected; and a... Agent: Otb Solar B.v.

20110185932 - Printing apparatus and printing method: The present invention provides a printing apparatus and a printing method capable of washing a printing plate with a high degree of cleanliness. The present invention is a printing apparatus and a printing method, wherein: the printing apparatus comprises a print roll, a coater that is placed below the print... Agent: Hitachi, Ltd.

20110185933 - Image alignment adjusting apparatus: According to one embodiment, an image alignment adjusting apparatus includes: an endless traveling belt; a pattern sensor configured to detect an adjustment pattern including plural colors imaged on the traveling belt; and a correcting unit configured to use, in initial adjustment, for image alignment adjustment, an initial adjustment value obtained... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20110185934 - Method for forming conductive patterns using microwave: The present invention relates to a method for forming conductive patterns. In the method, a substrate is provided, and a pattern is formed on the substrate using a conductive pattern-forming composition and a printing method. The substrate with the pattern formed is positioned between two microwave-permeable panels and the pattern... Agent: