Printing inventions

20090277346 - Embossing apparatus, and method for embossing cards: The invention relates to an embossing apparatus for embossing cards, in particular plastic cards, comprising a feed unit for feeding a card into an embossing region, and an embossing device. The embossing device comprises a displaceable, actuatable embossing die which can be positioned above a position that is to be... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090277347 - Auto aligning pad printer: An auto alignment pad printer for transferring print to an associated object includes a frame, a fixture for supporting the associated object and a cliché operably mounted to the frame. The cliché includes at least one etched region and is adapted to receive ink in the etched region. An ink... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (illinois Tool Works)

20090277348 - Screen printing apparatus and screen printing method: Movable claws 13 are formed in dampers 10 holding a substrate 3 so that the movable claws can be selectively moved to a position where they have projected above the substrate 3, and to a position where they have retreated from above the substrate 3. Thereby, the safety of operation... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090277349 - Rotating cliche pad printer: A rotating cliché pad printer includes a frame, a flat cliché operably mounted to the frame, an ink cup configured to reside on the cliché and a pad applicator. The cliché includes at least one etched region and is adapted to receive ink thereon in the etched region. The ink... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (illinois Tool Works)

20090277350 - Web-fed printing press: A web-fed printing press, wherein the printing couple or each printing couple comprises a form cylinder, a transfer cylinder (10), an inking couple, and preferably a dampening unit, wherein a transfer system is assigned to the transfer cylinder and a printing form system is assigned to the form cylinder, and... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090277351 - Coplanar-joined printing carrier made from at least two partial printing carriers, the partial printing carriers, and the method for their fabrication: A coplanarly joined print carrier composed of at least two laminar partial print carriers. One of the partial print carriers contains a paper layer. The paper layer of one partial print carrier is attenuated in thickness along an edge strip by removing a partial layer. The other partial print carrier... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg Co. L.p.a.

20090277352 - Printing press having a dryer device for varnished sheets: A printing press and a method of drying printed or varnished sheets in a printing press include heating printed and/or varnished sheets, before the sheets enter a dryer, to a temperature higher than the ambient temperature, through the use of a heatable impression cylinder in the last printing and/or varnishing... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090277353 - Test form for determining the state and the setting of the dampening unit system of an offset printing press, and method for setting: A test form for determining the state and the setting of the dampening unit system of an offset printing press and to a method for this setting using the test form. The test form makes it possible to derive an application amount of dampening solution and to represent precisely possible... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090272283 - Devices used for the production of a product: A product of a web-processing machine includes at least one partial product which is combined in a first format. Another partial product is combined in a second format that is different from the first format. When the two partial products are combined in a final product, one of the partial... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090272284 - Assemblies in the printing unit of a rotary press: An assembly in a printing unit of a rotary printing press includes at least one plate cylinder, three ink forme rollers, two vibrator rollers and an ink separator roller. Both of the vibrator rollers are applied directly to the ink separation roller. One of the ink forme rollers is applied... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090272285 - Three-dimensional structures and methods of fabricating the same using a printing plate: Methods of fabricating three-dimensional structures comprise: contacting a printing plate face with a suspension comprising particles to arrange the particles at predefined positions on the printing plate face, the predefined positions comprising a first position laterally adjacent to a second position; positioning the printing plate with the printing plate face... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Europe

20090272286 - Method and apparatus for loading and unloading flexographic plates for computer-to-plate imaging including separate loading and unloading areas: An apparatus for and a method of loading and unloading of plates to and from an imager. The apparatus includes a loading area holding one single or a plurality of plates and an unloading area holding a single plate, the areas arranged vertically. The plate includes ultraviolet curable material. The... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20090272287 - Cutting register control: A web-fed rotary press having a regulating device. The regulating device is a register roller capable of linear movement installed upstream of at least one drive provided as an upstream actuator, i.e., the drive of the folder lead-in rollers or of the draw rollers near the former lead-in rollers and/or... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090266249 - Intaglio plate wiping system: An intaglio plate wiping system includes a wiping member which forms a nip with the intaglio plate in use and onto which excess intaglio ink is transferred during relative movement between the wiping member and the intaglio plate. A heated doctor blade unit is located downstream of the nip and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090266250 - Infinitely variable cut off printing press and method of varying cut off: A variable cutoff printing press is provided including a first plate cylinder with a first plate disposed about the first plate cylinder and having a first image portion. A first blanket cylinder transfers the first image portion to a web at a first location. A second plate having a second... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090266252 - Infinitely variable cut off printing press: A variable cutoff printing press is provided that includes a plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder including a first circumferential section movable with respect to a second circumferential section, and a second blanket cylinder including a third circumferential section movable with respect to a fourth circumferential section. The first, second,... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090266251 - Variable cut off printing press having flexible plate and blanket: A printing press is provided including a plate cylinder having an outer perimeter of a first length. A removable flexible continuous tubular plate having an inner perimeter of a second length is disposed about the plate cylinder. The second length is greater than the first length so that the inner... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090266253 - Roller of a printing machine comprising a device for generating an axial oscillating movement of the rotating roller: A roller of a printing machine includes a device for use in the generation of an axial oscillating movement of the rotating roller. The device includes a drive that is comprised of a pump which pressurizes a working fluid. The pump is arranged inside of the roller.... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090266254 - Gravure printing roll and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed is a novel gravure printing roll which has no toxicity, causes no deterioration of the environment, has a surface-reinforcing coating layer and is excellent in print durability and printing performance. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing of the gravure printing roll. The gravure printing roll includes a hollow... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090266255 - Doctor blade chamber: At least one additional doctor blade (13) can be inserted into the ink chamber doctor blade (1) and can be fixed by means of holding devices (9, 14) inside the ink chamber (2). The holding devices comprise at least one element (14), which is pretensioned by elastic force against at... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090266256 - Doctor blade system: A doctor blade system utilizes a lightweight doctor blade chamber to apply ink to an inking roller. The doctor blade chamber is removably positioned on a support plate which is, in turn, carried by linear guides on pivotable end plates. A rigid box beam is also attached to the end... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090266257 - Printing plate handling device: A printing plate handling device for holding a printing plate (11) adjacent to one edge (12) of the plate, especially adjacent to a bent-over leading edge or a bent-over trailing edge of the printing plate, with a mechanism for holding the printing plate (11) in a flat, frictionally-engaged manner along... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090266258 - Method and system for optimally drying ink on a substrate material: A method and system for optimally drying ink printed on the face of a substrate material. According to the method and system, a variable output dryer is provided having at least one variable output element for producing a plurality of dryer configurations. The method further includes the steps of depositing... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc.

20090260528 - Cleaning device and method for silk-screen printing of plate elements for electronics or the like: A cleaning device for cleaning a silk-screen printing station able to effect a silk-screen print, by means of a print paste, of impressions on silicon or alumina-based plate elements, such as of the type for electronics, or other types of plate for electronics, and comprising a net with incisions coherent... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090260529 - Color-gradient printing system: An inker for applying ink to a transfer roll of a printing machine has an inking chamber extending longitudinally along the transfer roll and having an outlet also extending longitudinally along the transfer roll and open against the transfer roll and a first generally cylindrical mixing chamber centered on an... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090260530 - Method for operating a printing press and printing press implementing the method: A method for operating a printing press having a printing unit and a cleaning apparatus includes, in a first step, starting up the printing unit in order to print therewith, and in a subsequent, second step, displacing the cleaning apparatus into the printing unit running in printing operation and/or out... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090260531 - Aluminum alloy plate for lithographic printing plate, lithographic printing plate support, presensitized plate, method of manufacturing aluminum alloy plate for lithographic printing plate and method of manufacturing lithographic printing plate support: An aluminum alloy plate for a lithographic printing plate capable of obtaining a lithographic printing plate having an excellent resistance to spotting, a method of manufacturing such aluminum alloy plate, a lithographic printing plate support obtained by using such aluminum alloy plate, and a presensitized plate and in particular an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC