| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 101045000 | SELECTIVE OR PROGRESSIVE | 41 |
| 20110048256 | Method and System for Producing a Cover for a Device - Some described embodiments relate to a method of producing a cover for a device. The method comprises receiving selection input at a computerised interface, the selection input comprising a device selection of the device and a cover selection of a decorative cover to be applied to the device; generating a product order based on the selection input; providing a sheet to a cutting apparatus, wherein a decorative appearance of the sheet corresponds to the cover selection and the sheet comprises a flexible adhesive-backed substrate on which the decorative appearance is printed and a backing layer; and causing the cutting apparatus to cut the substrate based on the product order so that at least one portion of the substrate is separable from a remainder of the substrate and the backing layer to form the decorative cover for adhesive application to the device. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110120324 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING PRINT QUALITY ON MAIL PIECES HAVING LOW REFLECTIVITY - A printing system is provided that dynamically adjusts the method of printing an image based on the lightness or darkness of the medium upon which the image will be printed. The reflectivity of the medium upon which an image is to be printed is determined, and the way in which the image will be printed is adjusted based on the determined reflectivity of the medium. For lighter colored mediums, on which sufficient contrast will be provided, the image can be printed directly onto the medium. For darker colored mediums, on which the ink used to print the image will not provide enough contrast with respect to the medium to produce a reliably readable image, the method of printing the image is modified to ensure that sufficient contrast is always provided to produce a reliably readable image. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110252986 | Apparatus for Box Labeling on a Pallet, Method of Providing the Same, and Method of Marking Boxes - Some embodiments concern an apparatus configured to label one or more boxes supported by a pallet. In various examples, the pallet can have a pallet label. The apparatus can include: (a) a reading mechanism configured to read first information from the pallet label; (b) a computing system configured to determine one or more markings to apply at one or more predetermined locations to the one or more boxes at least partially based on the first information; (c) a marking mechanism configured to apply the one or more markings to the one or more boxes at the one or more predetermined locations; and (d) a first movement mechanism configured to at least partially position the marking mechanism to apply the one or more markings at the one or more predetermined locations. The marking mechanism is configured to mark each of the one or more boxes without removing the one or more boxes from the pallet. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120017784 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A PRINTED DATE - A method of providing a printed date on a product includes providing an avoidance date, providing a current date, and providing an algorithm for calculating a printed date. The algorithm is used to determine the printed date based on the avoidance date and the current date. The printed date is not the same as the avoidance date. The printed date is printed on the product with a printer. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120199022 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A state of a print head is checked by printing a plurality of images in order on a sheet fed from a sheet feeding unit, and reading the printed images. A region that is inappropriate for performing printing on the fed sheet is detected. When the inappropriate region has been detected, printing the images is stopped and the sheet is cut. Of the cut sheets, the sheet at an upstream is sent back to the sheet feeding unit. Subsequently, the sheet is again fed to perform printing and conduct a test. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20130074714 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING AND SPECIFYING PRINT JOBS UTILIZING PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS - A scoring and weighting system and method for providing print device selection on the basis of product characteristics that are specified for a print product is provided. The system determines the properties of one or more printing devices in relation to the product characteristics. The printing devices have one or more print mediums for providing the print product. A score is derived by determining a status respecting the conformity of the one or more print mediums to the product characteristics and evaluating the one or more printing devices' properties. Associating that score with each of the one or more printing device. Also, associating the print product with a print job and utilizing the score to route the print job to one of the one or more printing devices to produce the print product on one of the one or more print mediums. | 03-28-2013 |
| 101047000 | Addressing machines | 6 |
| 20100107908 | DESTINATION DEDICATING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT KIOSK APPARATUS, DESTINATION DEDICATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a destination dedicating apparatus including a destination information reading section and a destination information recording section. The destination information reading section is configured to read destination information from a storage area mounted on a consumable good when the consumable good is first mounted into a printing apparatus. The destination information recording section is configured to record the destination information read above into a storage area provided in the printing apparatus to thereby set the printing apparatus to a dedicated machine for the consumable good having the specific destination information. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100107909 | DESTINATION DEDICATING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT KIOSK APPARATUS, DESTINATION DEDICATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a destination dedicating apparatus including a destination information reading section and a destination information recording section. The destination information reading section is configured to read destination information from a storage area mounted on a consumable good when the consumable good is first mounted into a printing apparatus. The destination information recording section is configured to record the destination information read above into a storage area provided in the printing apparatus to thereby set the printing apparatus to a dedicated machine for the consumable good having the specific destination information. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110100238 | Internet Digital Mail System Inkjet Printer - This invention relates to a printer that can feed, seal, and print an indicia (Postage Stamp) directly on a mailpiece or tapesheet using an inkjet printhead. Printer will be capable of feeding mailpieces either by hand, semi-automatically or a stack of mailpieces automatically; sealing each mailpiece if needed, and printing an indicia directly on the mailpiece using Internet-Based USPS approved software. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110126725 | Postage Label Dispensing System Having A Peeler Plow For Dispensing Application Ready and/or Lined Postage Labels - A postage label dispensing system for dispensing adhesive-backed labels includes a conveyance system for displacing a supply of label material along a feed path wherein the label material includes a face material having an adhesive backing and a liner material detachably bonded to the adhesive backing. The adhesive backing defines a pair of longitudinal adhesive strips and a non-adhesive region disposed therebetween. The liner material has a longitudinal cut disposed adjacent to, and aligned with, the non-adhesive region to define a pair of liner strips. A peeler plow is disposed downstream of a bending means which induces a bend in the label material along an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal cut, i.e., in an area corresponding to the non-adhesive region, which bend produces an opening between the face material and the liner strips. The peeler plow includes a tip portion operative to penetrate the opening between the face material and the liner strips, and an arcuate blade, disposed to each side of the tip portion, operative to peel the liner strips from the adhesive backing of the face material. A processor is operative to control the conveyance system such that the tip portion of the peeler plow penetrates the opening and the liner strips are peeled from the face material to dispense an application ready printed label. Alternatively, the peeler plow may be repositioned, from a first to a second position, such that the label material is conveyed over an upper surface of the peeler plow to dispense a plurality of lined labels. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20120017785 | Simplified Sort Induction Process and Apparatus - A parcel processing system and method, The system includes an automated unloading apparatus, a singulation apparatus, a scan apparatus, and a sorting system. The automated unloading apparatus is configured to unload parcels from a trailer substantially without human intervention. The singulation apparatus is configured to singulate parcels unloaded by the automated unloading apparatus. The scan apparatus is configured to read from the parcels identifying information relating to the parcels. The sorting system is configured to sort the parcels according to the information read from the parcels by the scan apparatus. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20140020576 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus has a contact pressure device for flat articles on a continuously moving transport belt, in particular letters in a franking and/or addressing machine. In order to increase the usable region and/or of the throughput of the printer apparatus, flat articles of different thicknesses are processed with predetermined speed, without slippage, in succession with arbitrarily small gaps between successive articles. An elastic, bellows-shaped, resiliently supported air bag has a low-friction, wear-resistant cover surface that is in non-positive contact with the transport belt. With its associated retention and air supply devices the bellows serves as a mobile contact pressure module. | 01-23-2014 |
| 101066000 | Ticket machines | 1 |
| 20120204743 | Printer for a Gaming Machine - A printer for a gaming machine includes a frame having a rear portion rotatably supporting a roll of paper. A panel is fixed to a front portion of the frame. An opening extends from an inner face through an outer face of panel. A guide is fixed in the opening and made of light-transmitting material. The guide includes an extension extending from a surface thereof A portion of the extension of the guide is located beyond the inner face of the panel. A lighting device is fixed to the panel and includes a lighting unit electrically connected to a main board fixed to the frame. The lighting unit is capable of emitting light beams to an upper face of the guide to lighten the guide. A printer prints out information of a result of playing the gaming machine on the paper. | 08-16-2012 |
| 101072000 | Numbering | 8 |
| 20110146507 | Device and a Method for Providing and Adjusting Carrier Discs and Numbering Units of a Numbering Machine - The invention relates to a device and to a method for providing and adjusting a numbering machine with which value papers or sheets of value papers are printed with an individual piece of information, particularly a serial number. The numbering machine comprises carrier discs and numbering units on said carrier discs, wherein a plurality of numbering units are fixed on a carrier disc and a plurality of said carrier discs are fixed on a shaft, and the shaft is driven by at least one drive element with at least one rotary encoder. According to the invention, a position device provides the target position of the carrier discs and the associated numbering units on the associated carrier discs. Such a position device is preferably a light generating device with a light beam, a mechanical stop collar, or a camera with a monitor with a reticle. A light generating device hereby is preferably a laser or illumination means with focusing lenses that indicate the target position with a light spot on the carrier disc or the numbering unit. | 06-23-2011 |
| 101076000 | Rotary machines | 6 |
| 20100000427 | MOUNTING OF NUMBERING DEVICES ONTO NUMBERING CYLINDERS - There is described a numbering system for carrying out numbering in a printing press comprising a numbering cylinder, a rotatable shaft defining a rotation axis, at least one supporting disc mounted on the rotatable shaft for rotation therewith, the supporting disc comprising a peripheral mounting ring for mounting of at least one numbering device ( | 01-07-2010 |
| 20130139709 | NUMBERING AND IMPRINTING MACHINE - This invention discloses a numbering and imprinting machine including an impression cylinder, a stamp cylinder, a first printing cylinder, a second printing cylinder, and a moving inker which includes a first ink supply device and second ink supply device. A first space is formed between the moving inker, which is set at a retraction position, and the first and second printing cylinders so as to permit entrance of the operator into it. A second space is formed between the stamp cylinder and the first printing cylinder to permit the operator who has entered the first space to access the impression cylinder. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130180419 | NUMBERING AND IMPRINTING MACHINE - This invention discloses a numbering and imprinting machine including a number cylinder, moving inker, first cleaning device, second cleaning device, inker position detector, and control device. The number cylinder includes at least one numbering device. The moving inker includes a number inker which supplies ink onto the number cylinder, and is movable between a printing position at which the number inker comes into contact with the number cylinder, and a retraction position at which the number inker separates from the number cylinder. The first cleaning device cleans the number cylinder. The second cleaning device cleans the number inker. The inker position detector detects the position of the moving inker. When the inker position detector detects that the moving inker is set at the printing position, the control device rotates the number cylinder, drives the number inker and controls cleaning operations by the first cleaning device and the second cleaning device. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130213246 | PRINTING PRESS FOR NUMBERING AND VARNISHING OF SECURITY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING BANKNOTES - There is described a sheet-fed or web-fed printing press for numbering and varnishing of security documents, including banknotes, comprising:—a numbering group ( | 08-22-2013 |
| 20160185102 | PRINTING PRESS FOR NUMBERING AND VARNISHING OF SECURITY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING BANKNOTES - There is described a sheet-fed or web-fed printing press for numbering and varnishing of security documents, including banknotes, comprising: —a numbering group ( | 06-30-2016 |
| 101077000 | Planetary drum series | 1 |
| 20090235832 | NUMBERING DEVICE FOR TYPOGRAPHIC NUMBERING - There is described a numbering device ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 101084000 | Printing members | 1 |
| 101085000 | Drum series | 1 |
| 20140165862 | NUMBERING DEVICE FOR TYPOGRAPHIC NUMBERING - There is described a numbering device ( | 06-19-2014 |
| 101091000 | Rotary machines | 2 |
| 20100126362 | BOTTOM-OF-THE-RANGE FRANKING MACHINE - In a franking machine for printing a postal imprint on a mailpiece, which machine is provided with feed slot for feeding the mailpiece into the machine and with a print head for printing said postal imprint line-by-line while the mailpiece is moving under the print head, synchronization means are also provided for acting so that the command to print said postal imprint is synchronized with manual removal of said mailpiece from the machine by an operator. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110126726 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT PRINTING PLATES TO BE MANUFACTURED FOR A NEW PRODUCTION OF A PRINTING PRESS - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for providing information about printing plates to be manufactured for a new production of a printing press, wherein a use of at least one of said printing plates at the point of use thereof in the printing press is visualized on a display of a display apparatus, wherein several different positions exist at the point of use of the respective printing plate, each of said positions relating to one of several installation positions on a plate cylinder comprising the several installation positions and disposed in the printing press or relating to one of several storage positions of a printing plate magazine of the printing press comprising several storage positions, wherein by means of the display of the display apparatus simultaneously several different points of use in the printing press are displayed, wherein the display displays at which of the positions of a point of use comprising several positions a printing plate is to be provided, wherein the display additionally displays different states and/or properties with respect to at least one printing plate manufactured or to be manufactured and/or a position presently assumed by the respective printing plate on the transport path thereof to the printing press. | 06-02-2011 |
| 101093000 | Bed and platen machines | 7 |
| 101930010 | Methods | 3 |
| 20080229942 | Front cover structure for a label printer - A front cover structure is used in a label printer, including a back board forming a paper roll support device; a front board coupled to the back board and defining a first hole and including a first cross bar, a second cross bar and a third cross bar, of which the second and third cross bars are parallel to and positioned against the first cross bar; a pressing board defining two second holes in two side projections thereof and a third hole, and being coupled to the front board with a first connection bar extending through the first hole and the second holes; and a lock board defining a plurality of fourth holes in opposite edge portions and being coupled to the pressing board with a second connection bar extending through the third hole and the fourth holes. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100005983 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF THE NUMBERING WHEELS OF A NUMBERING DEVICE - There is described a method for controlling the position of numbering wheels ( | 01-14-2010 |
| 20150047519 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF THE NUMBERING WHEELS OF A NUMBERING DEVICE - There is described a method for controlling the position of numbering wheels ( | 02-19-2015 |
| 101930040 | Segmented print character printers (e.g., dots, etc.) | 2 |
| 20140109778 | LINE PRINTER HAMMER BANKS - In one embodiment, a hammer bank for a line printer includes a back plate having a front surface, a back surface and a uniform thickness between the front and back surfaces. At least one hammer is disposed in front of the back plate. The at least one hammer is spring-biased for forward movement and away from the back plate and is releasably retained against such forward movement by a magnetic force acting rearwardly thereon. An elongated pole piece that is associated with the at least one hammer extends forwardly from the front surface of the back plate and is selectively operable to interrupt the magnetic force acting thereon. | 04-24-2014 |
| 101930050 | Wire | 1 |
| 20090249969 | PRINTER HAVING INCREASED SOLUTION VOLUME OF PRINTING AND INCREASED PRINT QUALITY AND SPEED - A printer for digital printing in which ink is deposited in metered amounts on a substrate. The printer includes a wheel rotatable by a shaft of a motor, an idler disposed in a paint reservoir, and a segment of wire disposed around the wheel and the idler. A computer controls movement of the wire by controlling the rotation of the wheel. As the motor rotates the wheel, ink contained within the paint reservoir coats the wire and is drawn by the wire in front of an air stream, which pulls the ink from the wire and carries it toward the substrate. The wire has features to increase a solution volume of the ink on the wire. The ink is applied to the substrate in vector mode to form well defined fine lines an image and a raster mode to form wider lines less well defined than the fine lines. | 10-08-2009 |
| 101930180 | With printing type carried on rotatable member | 1 |
| 20120097056 | TRANSFER PRINTING APPARATUS FOR MASK PATTERN AND MASK PATTERN PREPARATION METHOD - The present invention discloses a mask pattern transferring device and a method of preparing a mask pattern transferring device. The mask pattern transferring device comprises: a magnetization head disposed on a magnetization head carrying device, for magnetizing composite powders each comprising a core of ferromagnetic metal and an outer resin film; a rotary roller formed of a non-ferromagnetic material, for adsorbing the composite powders magnetized by the magnetization head; a demagnetization head disposed at a downstream of the magnetization head in the rotating direction of the rotary roller, for demagnetizing the magnetized composite powders adsorbed by the rotary roller; and a collecting container, the outer edge of which is tangent with one side of the rotary roller, and which is disposed at the downstream of the magnetization head along the periphery of the rotary roller to collect the demagnetized composite powders. | 04-26-2012 |
| 101930470 | With print character carrying member movable to platen | 1 |
| 20090211469 | Double shuttle configuration for digital printers - A printhead positioning system is provided wherein the shuttle assembly is split up in a printing shuttle, having a high accuracy positioning capability and a utility shuttle needing only a low accuracy positioning system. Due to this split-up the mass of components which have to be positioned accurately is greatly reduced and therefore making it easier to position the lighter load accurately and allowing for use of cheaper drive systems while maintaining the high accuracy in printing. | 08-27-2009 |
| 101103000 | Printing members and inkers | 4 |
| 20130092037 | STAMP SYSTEM WITH STAMPING JIG - A stamping system includes a jig having a plurality of first alignment features spaced about the jig, and a stamping block including at least one second alignment feature. The second alignment feature is selectively engageable with individual ones of the plurality of first alignment features and is provided to align the stamping block with respect to the jig such that a uniform pattern of stamps can be formed on a work surface by moving the stamping block from one first alignment feature to another. | 04-18-2013 |
| 101104000 | Tumbler bed and pad inker | 2 |
| 20110048257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF-ADMINISTERING AUTOMATED HAND-MARKINGS - Automated marking devices for self-administering hand markings and methods of use are provided. A device for self-administering hand markings includes a housing, a stamp driving assembly, a stamp assembly, and a planar surface for receiving a patron's hand. The stamp assembly is configured to substantially leave a full stamp impression on the patron's hand, regardless of varying topologies, sizes, and orientations of hands that are placed in the hand marking device. | 03-03-2011 |
| 101105000 | Endless type band | 1 |
| 20090183643 | Structure of roller imprinting apparatus - A roller imprinting apparatus avoiding the drawbacks of deformation of the imprinting apparatus, incomplete imprint and side collapse upon mold stripping is disclosed to include a plurality of transmission rollers respectively spaced from one another at a distance, an imprinting belt extending around the transmission rollers and carrying one or a number of imprint structures and defining a imprinting zone and adapted for imprinting the imprint structures in a substrate, and a curer disposed corresponding to the imprinting zone and adapted for curing the substrate being imprinted with the imprinting belt. | 07-23-2009 |
| 101106000 | Drum series | 1 |
| 20100275795 | Stamp Insert - The invention describes an insert element ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 101109000 | Printing members | 7 |
| 20130025480 | ADJUSTMENT WHEEL ASSEMBLY OF AN ADJUSTABLE STAMP - An adjustment wheel assembly of an adjustable stamp, mounted on an adjustment wheel unit of the adjustable stamp, has a printing type cover combined with a torsion spring and pivotally mounted on the adjustable wheel unit, and a fastener mounted on the adjustment wheel unit. The printing type cover has a tab and a snap part formed on another side of the printing type cover to engage the fastener and disengage the fastener when a pressing part of the fastener is pressed. The torsion spring enables the printing type cover to flip up. The printing type cover is closed and fixed by pressing down the tab formed on an edge portion of the printing type cover. Accordingly, users' fingers can be prevented from being stained upon flipping up and closing the printing type cover. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20180022134 | Craftwork Tools and Kits | 01-25-2018 |
| 101110000 | Drum series | 2 |
| 20080229943 | DRUM - Various embodiments and methods relating to a drum having a polymer layer with channels on a metal cylinder are disclosed. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090255423 | Printing Device For Printing Cylindrical or Spherical Objects - The present invention provides for a printing device for printing the surface of a cylindrical or spherical object, including a drive mechanism, a printing mechanism, and a rolling mechanism, wherein the rolling mechanism includes a first shaft and a second shaft positioned in a spaced-apart relationship for receiving the object to be printed, wherein the drive mechanism rotates at least the first shaft, causing the object to rotate. | 10-15-2009 |
| 101111000 | Endless band | 3 |
| 20080236415 | ROTARY STAMP WITH MASTER STAMP - In a rotary stamp with master stamp incorporating a master stamp | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080236416 | ENDLESS PRINT BELT FOR ROTARY STAMP - An endless print belt for rotary stamp in which a plurality of print sections 5 are disposed with spaced-out parts 51 between each other on the surface of a print belt main body 24 at least the surface of which is formed of porous material, wherein a groove 25 in the width direction is formed at an intermediate position of each spaced-out part 51. Preferably, the spaced-out part 51 is formed such that the surface thereof is in non-porous state or both ends of the groove 25 are formed into a band part 53 for preventing ink from running out. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090107351 | ENDLESS PRINTING BELT - Provided is an endless printing belt which is capable of reducing ink leakage from a back surface, reducing a loss of ink due to volatilization in the case of applying volatile ink, ensuring a smooth feeding action of the printing belt to achieve accurate positioning of a printing portion, and enhancing belt strength so as to suppress deformation of the belt. | 04-30-2009 |
