| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 101348000 | Roller | 84 |
| 20080257184 | Ductor for a Printing Press - A ductor for a printing press having a rounded ductor profile ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080289523 | Anilox Printing Unit and Printing Press Having an Anilox Printing Unit - An anilox printing unit includes, as inking unit rolls, an ink applicator roll and an engraved roll mounted in rapid change roll sockets, for removing the engraved roll from the roll sockets and inserting another engraved roll into the roll sockets by an operator. The engraved roll is hollow and a temperature control fluid flows therethrough. The engraved roll and the ink applicator roll each have bearer rings. A device which presses the bearer rings of one inking unit roll against the bearer rings of the other inking unit roll has springs for compensating for diameter differences as a result of manufacturing tolerances between the bearer rings of the engraved roll and the bearer rings of the other engraved roll and for compensating for thermally induced diameter changes of the bearer rings of the engraved roll. A printing press having an anilox printing unit is also provided. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080295717 | Smooth roller with low line load and methods - An ink form roller in a printing press is provided including a core, a first layer surrounding part of the core, and a second layer surrounding part of the first layer, the second layer having a durometer hardness greater than the first layer. In addition, an ink form roller in a printing press is provided including a core, and a layer surrounding the core, the layer having a hardness between about 25 Shore A durometer and about 40 Shore A durometer, the layer having an outer surface, the outer surface having a surface roughness of about 30 micro-inches or less. Methods are also provided. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20110072992 | SYSTEM FOR GRIPPING A CYLINDER CONDUCTING INK IN A PRINTING PRESS - The invention describes a device for gripping and transporting at least one ink-attracting cylinder of a printing machine, the device including support elements that can enter into contact with the pins of the cylinder in order to be able to raise the cylinder. | 03-31-2011 |
| 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 channel walls. This channel is arranged for distributing the fluid over the fluid distribution structure. The channel comprises channel parts, wherein the courses of connected channel parts are at an angle with respect to each other for preventing a linear distribution of the fluids to be received in a course direction of the channel, allowing a meandering distribution of the fluid to be received in the channel. Side walls of the channel are arranged for allowing a meandering flow of the fluid throughout the fluid distribution surface. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110308409 | BEARING ASSEMBLY AND CORRESPONDING INKING OR WETTING UNIT - A bearing assembly for an axially mobile cylinder in a printing press is provided. The bearing assembly includes an endpiece adapted so as to be mounted on a frame of the press and defining a central axis and a bearing arrangement for bearing a cylinder on the endpiece in rotation about the central axis and in translation along the central axis. The bearing arrangement includes a first bearing which is a radial bearing, notably an exclusively radial roller or needle bearing, and a second bearing which is either an axial/radial combined bearing or an only axial bearing. The second bearing is adapted so as to be fixed or attached with respect to the cylinder and connected to the endpiece via an axial spring with elasticity along the central axis. The second bearing is axially mobile with respect to the endpiece. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120186470 | PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD USING ENERGY-CURABLE INKS FOR A FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTER - The printing device using energy-curable inks is applicable to a flexographic printer comprising a printing deck ( | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130098256 | DECORATOR INKER STATION TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A modular decorator ink temperature control system for use with a blanket wheel, the blanket wheel having inker station configured with an inker station panel and at least one roller operatively mounted thereto. The modular decorator ink temperature control system includes a thermal transfer fluid conduit having an entry end distal to the blanket wheel and an exit end proximate to the blanket wheel with the thermal transfer fluid conduit in contact with the at least one roller and configured to convey at least one thermal transfer fluid therethrough. The modular decorator ink temperature control system also includes at least one control manifold device mounted on the inker station panel in operative communication with the thermal transfer fluid conduit. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130186290 | JOINT FEEDFORWARD & FEEDBACK CONTROL OF A KEYED INKING UNIT - A method and system to control ink keys for a printing machine is provided. The ink keys are adjustable to control ink feed to individual zones located across the width of an ink roller. Feedforward and feedback control loops adjust the ink supply dynamically based on a pixel count of the image content. The pixel count looks ahead in the video stream to allow time for the adjustment at the inker keys to propagate through the ink train to affect ink output onto the imaging drum. Feedback of the achieved ink density on control patches on the imaging drum is also used to command the inker key motors. Feedback is also used to update the inker propagation delay and dynamic model used to determine how much the inker keys need to be adjusted based on the pixel count stream. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20140251169 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE DISTANCES BETWEEN CYLINDERS OF AN INKING UNIT AND PRINTING MACHINE - A method for adjusting the distances between cylinders of an inking unit limiting at least two cylinder gaps and in which the distances are adjusted based on measurements, which are gathered from the surface of at least one of the cylinders of the inking unit. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140261033 | GASKET FOR A DOCTOR BLADE CHAMBER - For sealing between a doctor blade chamber ( | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150290927 | INKING UNIT OF A PRINTING UNIT, PRINTING UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PRINTING UNIT - Inking units of a printing unit having at least one first inking unit roll and having a second inking unit roll which can be pivoted between the first inking unit roll and a third inking unit roll, at a distance from the first inking unit roll. A pivot drive for pivoting the second inking unit roll is provided with a drive assembly which is mechanically independent from the rotation of cylinders of the printing unit and also from inking unit rolls provided in the inking unit. A screwing down force for at least one of the first and third inking unit rolls can be set by one of predefining and changing a set point value relating to the drive force of the drive assembly remotely by the actuation of an adjusting assembly. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150375497 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN ADVANCED INKER UNIT SURFACE CONDITIONING SYSTEM IN A VARIABLE DATA DIGITAL LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING DEVICE - A system and method are provided for providing an improved inker unit surface cleaning and conditioning system, including in a single anilox chamber blade system, for improving image quality, including eliminating ghosting, in a proposed variable data digital lithographic image forming architecture. Techniques are provided to remove acquired oil from an inking member. A particularly-configured containment encloses a cleaner (disturber) roller to emulsify the acquired oil on the inking roller. The cleaner roller is preferably configured with a pliable surface including a silicon roller surface over a porous base. The silicon roller (1) absorbs dampening solution oil; and (2) agitates ink that may be still held in certain cells/cavities of the inking member or roller. In embodiments, a vacuum pressure is applied to the inside of the hollow cleaner roller to better remove the residual ink and dampening solution from the inking roller. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160159081 | IMAGING DEVICE HAVING FLUID CONTAINER - An imaging device can include an imaging drum to support a carrier fluid. A roller can remove a portion of the carrier fluid from the imaging drum. A fluid container can collect the carrier fluid from the roller. A fluid remover on the container can be used to remove the carrier fluid from the roller. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20180022084 | Customizable Apparatus and Method for Transporting and Depositing Fluids | 01-25-2018 |
| 101349100 | Rotary machine | 53 |
| 20100199867 | DISCHARGING OF PRINTING INK - A sheet-fed printing press having an inking unit with ink applicator rolls for supplying ink to a plate cylinder and a damping unit having a damping solution applicator roll for supplying damping solution to the plate cylinder. The ink applicator rolls and damping solution rolls each are movable between thrown on and off positions relative to the plate cylinder. A control device is provided for predetermining a number of de-inking sheets that can be imprinted with an ink image while the ink applicator rolls and damping solution applicator rolls are in a thrown off position without ink being supplied from the inking unit. The control device is carried out as a function of prepress data or inline measured data. The printing press may also include a lacquering unit which is operable in thrown on or off positions during passage of said predetermined number of de-inking sheets. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100319560 | COLOR DECK OF A PRINTING MACHINE - A color deck of a printing machine is usable to ink a printing cylinder. A roller nip is formed by at least one friction cylinder that is driven by a drive motor for rotary movement. A freewheel clutch is situated between the first friction cylinder and the drive motor for that first friction cylinder. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100326300 | Ink roller for a hand-held labelling device - An ink roller ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110041715 | FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING INKS - A flexographic printing composition which comprises a carrier-swellable particle composition, such as a microgel particle composition, has improved printing performance and printing resolution, especially where the flexographic printing composition is an aqueous printing composition and the carrier is water. The composition is particularly beneficial for flexographic printing of such an aqueous printing ink onto low-energy surface substrates or impermeable substrates, in which the ink has improved adhesion, even in the absence of corona discharge treatment. The use of surfactant in an amount of at least 0.5% by weight of the ink composition enhances printed density and/or reduces mottling in solid printed areas. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110048260 | ROLLER BODY HAVING A ROLLER COATING FOR IMPROVED INK-WATER-EMULSION FORMATION IN PRINTING UNITS OF WET OFFSET MACHINES AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURING THEREOF - There is provided a roller body made of steel, aluminium or carbon fibre reinforced plastic material, which, in printing units of wet offset machines, are in direct contact to the dampening form roller and which serve the formation of a stable ink-water-emulsion. There is further provided a method for producing such roller bodies. In conformity with the invention the roller body is provided with a porous coating of highly wear-resistant oxide ceramics or of wear-resistant hard metal, wherein pores that are open towards the circumferential surface of the roller body, are formed in the layer matrix of the coating preferably by applying the porous coating by a thermal spray process or an other coating process, and by subsequently grinding the coating to size to thereby open pores in the layer matrix. The surfaces produced in this manner preferably have a stable roughness of | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110155005 | INKING UNIT OF A PRINTING MACHINE - The invention describes an inking system of a printing press comprising an impression cylinder for guiding the printing substrate, and at least one ink-transfer roller comprising a cylinder mandrel, on which at least one cylinder sleeve is concentrically displaceable, and bearing blocks, in which the ends of the ink-transfer roller are mounted and which are displaceable independently of each other in the radial direction of the impression cylinder. The ink-transfer roller can be set against the impression cylinder or any other ink-transfer roller, a bearing block being detachable from one end of the ink-transfer roller and displaceable relative to the ink-transfer roller so that the at least one cylinder sleeve can be removed by way of this end. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110209639 | Rotary Press - According to the invention, a rotary printing machine with a printing cylinder and an ink delivery system for supplying the printing cylinder with ink with an ink chamber, which can be connected with an ink source, wherein the ink chamber has an ink discharge opening in the form of a slit, which extends mainly parallel to the printing cylinder axis and is aligned with the printing cylinder such that ink can be discharged into it. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110283906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING CONTINUOUS INK IMAGES - A wheel assembly for applying ink to a target surface employs a wheel member, first and second adhesive sheets, and at least one inking member. Each adhesive sheet defines an inner adhesive surface and an outer adhesive surface. The inner adhesive surface of the first adhesive sheet secures the first adhesive sheet to the wheel member. In a first mode, the at least one inking member is detachably secured relative to the wheel member by an exposed outer adhesive surface of the second adhesive sheet. In a second mode, the at least one inking member is detachably secured relative to the wheel member by an exposed outer adhesive surface of the first adhesive sheet. The at least one inking member is brought into contact with the target surface to transfer ink on the at least one inking member to the target surface. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20150336379 | RE-INKING ROLLER FOR MICROCONTACT PRINTING IN A ROLL-TO-ROLL PROCESS - A system, including a moving web of material unwound from a support and a stamp mounted on a roller, wherein the stamp includes a base surface and a continuous, regular array of pattern elements having a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape and extending above the base surface, and wherein the stamping elements each have a substantially planar stamping surface. An inking roller with an inking surface at least periodicially contacts the stamping surface of the stamping elements. The inking surface is impregnated with an ink composition including an organosulfur compound having a thiol functional group selected to bind to a major surface of the web material to form a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) thereon according to the array of pattern elements on the stamping surface. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160114571 | INKING UNIT OF A PRINTING MACHINE - An inking system of a printing press includes an impression cylinder for guiding a printing substrate, and at least one ink-transfer roller. The ink-transfer roller includes a cylinder mandrel, on which at least one cylinder sleeve is concentrically displaceable, and bearing blocks, in which ends of the ink-transfer roller are mounted and which are independently displaceable in the radial direction of the impression cylinder. The ink-transfer roller can be set against the impression cylinder or any other ink-transfer roller, with a bearing block being detachable from one end of the ink-transfer roller and displaceable relative to the ink-transfer roller so that the cylinder sleeve can be removed via this one end. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160152022 | RESIN DISPENSER FOR NANO-IMPRINT | 06-02-2016 |
| 101350100 | Having fountain to supply ink to roller | 31 |
| 20080202368 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING PRESS - An ink supplying unit supplies a water-based ink having a predetermined water content set in advance. An ink form roller receives the water-based ink from the ink supplying unit. A plate cylinder is in contact with the ink form roller, and receives the water-based ink from the ink form roller. A water-content decreasing unit decreases the water content of the water-based ink on the ink form roller. | 08-28-2008 |
| 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 from a respective printing form to print sheets moved between the form cylinder and an impression cylinder. The inking roller is also adjustable relative to the form cylinder. An engagement and/or disengagement of the inking roller relative to the form cylinder and/or an engagement and/or disengagement of a print blanket cylinder or form cylinder relative to the impression cylinder is performable such that print sheets become can be imprinted with a residual ink image by residual ink remaining on the plate cylinder or print blanket cylinder in a printing ON setting with the ink supply disengaged. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100326301 | Variable Ink Metering and Delivery System for Flexographic Printing - A method for flexographic printing includes applying a control value to an ink pumping and control system responsive to the control value, where the control value sets an operating mode of the ink pumping and control system. Ink is pumped according to the set operating mode through a rotary coupling into a rotating diffusion cylinder, where the diffusion cylinder has an inner channel, an outer surface and a plurality of passages. Ink is first metered through the plurality of passages so as to contact a permeable membrane covering the diffusion cylinder and secondarily metered by passing through the permeable membrane onto a printing plate or printing sleeve which is impressed onto a printing medium to produce a printed output, where the printed output is sensed to provide a modified control value that is then applied to the ink pumping system. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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 for an image can be varied for each item printed or for any desired number of printing cycles. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120285341 | Variable Ink Metering and Delivery System for Flexographic Printing - Flexographic printing using a processor to apply a control value to an ink pumping and control system responsive to the control value, where the control value sets an operating mode of the ink pumping and control system, where the ink pumping and control system includes a stepper motor coupled to a peristaltic pump. Ink is pumped through the rotary coupling into a rotating diffusion cylinder and metered through a plurality of passages so as to contact a permeable membrane covering the diffusion cylinder. A dual blade assembly cleans the permeable membrane and ink passing through the permeable membrane is metered onto a printing plate or printing sleeve. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120291642 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR DIRECT INKING TO A DIGITAL OFFSET PLATE - A digital offset inking system includes an ink chamber that contains ink, and deposits ink onto an inking member. Excess deposited ink is removed from the surface of the inking member. The inking member transfers the ink directly to a conformable surface of an imaging member. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130269556 | DOCTOR-TYPE INK FOUNTAIN HAVING A REAR WALL IN A PRINTING PRESS AND PRINTING PRESS HAVING A DOCTOR-TYPE INK FOUNTAIN - A doctor-type ink fountain includes a rear wall and a row of flow profiles provided along the rear wall. The flow profiles are obliquely aligned at an acute angle relative to an axis of rotation of a screen roller interacting with the doctor-type ink fountain. A printing press having the doctor-type ink fountain is also provided. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20150075398 | INKING DEVICE OF NUMBERING AND IMPRINTING MACHINE - An inking device of a numbering and imprinting machine includes: a numbering unit provided on an outer peripheral portion of a numbering cylinder and configured to print a code onto a transported sheet; a partition member configured to partition the inside of the ink fountain such that inks are stored divided by their colors inside the ink fountain; an ink fountain roller configured to draw out the inks stored in the divided manner inside the ink fountain, such that the inks appear side by side in the roller axial direction; select rollers onto which the inks fed from the ink fountain roller are transferred, respectively; oscillating rollers onto which the inks fed from the select rollers are transferred, respectively; and form rollers configured to rotate such that convex portions thereof, onto which the inks fed from the oscillating rollers are transferred, come into contact with the numbering unit. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150321466 | DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING A FLUID TO BE DEPOSITED, PROVIDED IN MACHINES FOR DEPOSITING A FLUID ON A SUBSTRATE VIA A SUPPLY CYLINDER - The invention relates to a device for supplying a fluid to be deposited, provided in a machine for depositing a fluid on a substrate via a supply cylinder, of the type that comprises a supply circuit with a pump for supplying ink to a first rotating roller of the flexographic printer, characterised in that said pump is a reversible-volumetric-type pump that pumps a constant volume of fluid in each cycle. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20180022083 | Doctor Beam | 01-25-2018 |
| 101350200 | Selective feed path of ink to roller | 2 |
| 20100083856 | Belted inker for a printing press - A printing unit is provided. The printing unit includes an ink feed system, a plate cylinder and an inker having multiple rollers and a belt wrapped around the rollers. The belt accepts ink from the ink feed system and transfers the ink to the plate cylinder. A method of printing and an inker are also provided. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100126366 | Porous roll with axial zones and method of proving printing liquid to a cylinder in a printing press - A roll for distributing printing liquid in a printing press is provided. The roll includes a roll core having at least a first and a second axial zone, a first liquid feed for feeding liquid to the first axial zone, a second liquid feed for feeding the liquid to the second axial zone independent of the first axial zone and a porous shell covering the first and second axial zones. A printing press, a method for providing printing liquid through a porous shell of a printing liquid supply roll to a cylinder of a printing press, an inking apparatus and a method for providing ink to an anilox roll are also provided. | 05-27-2010 |
| 101350300 | Vibrating | 2 |
| 20090293747 | Method of Operating a Printing Machine and Printing Machine for Carrying out the Method - A method for operating a printing machine in a print operating mode and another operating mode, for example a maintenance mode. In the print operating mode, bringing a vibrating roller periodically into contact with a first roller of an inking unit, driving the first roller rotationally by a first motor, driving a second roller of the inking unit rotationally by a second motor, transmitting no torque from the first motor to the second roller through a clutch therebetween, and activating the first motor by a control device causing the first roller to rotate at a rotational speed in a constant ratio to a rotational speed of the second roller. In the other operating mode, driving the first and second rollers rotationally by the first motor and transmitting torque from the first motor to the second roller through the clutch. A printing machine for carrying out the method Is also provided. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20130174753 | INKER ASSEMBLY FOR CYLINDRICAL CAN DECORATORS - A cylindrical can decorator inker assembly having a non-oscillating first transfer roll, a non-oscillating second transfer roll and a non-oscillating third transfer roll, and further having axially oscillating distributor and ghost chaser rolls to prevent ghosting on the decorated cans. The inker assembly preferably has an improved oscillator drive assembly, oscillating roll structure, transfer roll structure and inker assembly mount. | 07-11-2013 |
| 101350500 | Having excess ink return; i.e., recovery | 2 |
| 20090071357 | PRINTING UNIT OF A WEB-FED ROTARY PRINTING PRESS - A printing unit of a web-fed rotary printing press with several printing couples is disclosed. Each printing couple features a transfer cylinder, a plate cylinder, an inking couple and preferably a dampening unit, where the transfer cylinder, the plate cylinder, and rollers of the inking couple and if applicable of the dampening unit of each printing couple, are coupled on the drive side via gears and jointly positioned on side walls of the printing unit. Independently driven ink fountain rollers of the inking couples together with an ink fountain as well as a film roller of the inking couples are positioned on separate side walls in such a way that, in the region of each printing couple, the ink fountain roller, the ink fountain as well as the film roller of the respective inking couple are displaceable relative to the cylinders and rollers of the printing couples. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20140026771 | Capillary drainage method and apparatus - Apparatus for draining liquid droplets from a surface is described. The apparatus comprises an array of oleophilic channels substantially interspersed with oleophobic material, wherein a width of an oleophilic channel is arranged to move liquid associated with said droplets along the oleophilic channel by capillary action and wherein a distance between two successive oleophilic channels is less than a critical droplet diameter, the critical droplet diameter corresponding to a droplet that will separate from the surface. The oleophilic channels act to preferentially attract condensed oil and the oleophobic material acts to repel condensed oil such that formation of droplets is restricted by the oleophilic channel. By selecting an appropriate channel width, the size of droplets is prevented from exceeding a critical size, at which the droplets can no longer be held by surface tension to the condensing surface and drip away from the condensing surface. | 01-30-2014 |
| 101350600 | Having plural doctor means | 15 |
| 20080295718 | INK APPLICATOR FOR PRINTING ROLLER - A printing roller has an outer surface and is rotatable in a rotational sense about a roller axis. A liquid applicator has an upstream blade having an edge engageable with the roller surface and a downstream blade having an edge engageable with the roller surface downstream in the sense from the upstream-blade edge. The blades form a compartment fillable with a liquid to be applied to the roller outer surface. The upstream blade is shifted on rotation of the roller between an engaged position with the respective edge engaging the surface and a disengaged position with the respective edge spaced radially from the surface. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090056573 | INK-SUPPLY CARTRIDGE FOR PRINTER ROLLER - A printer has a press frame and a roll rotatable in the frame about an axis and having a radially outwardly directed roll surface. An ink cartridge has a housing having a pair of support plates juxtaposed with and angularly spaced along the roll surface. Doctor blades supported on the support plates have outer edges resiliently engageable with the surface. One of the doctor blades is shiftable on the housing between an open position and a closed position with the outer edges engaging each other. Interengageable formations on the housing and on the press frame are movable between a use position retaining the housing on the press frame with the outer edges engaging the surface and a removal position. An actuating element is shiftable to move the one doctor blade from the open position to the closed position and shift the formations from the use position into the removal position. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090056574 | CLOSABLE INK CARTRIDGE FOR PRINTER ROLL - A printer having a roll with a radial outer roll surface has an ink cartridge having a housing itself having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls bridging the side walls and defining therewith a downwardly open mouth juxtaposed with the roll surface. One of the side walls is shiftable between an outer position defining a relatively large volume and an inner position. Doctor blades supported on the housing have outer edges resiliently engageable at the mouth with the surface. One of the doctor blades is shiftable between an open position with its outer edge spaced from the other doctor blade and a closed position. A mechanism connected to the one wall and to the one doctor blade shifts the one doctor blade between the open position and the closed position and simultaneously shifts the one wall from the inner position to the outer position. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090193990 | Seal for an Ink Chamber with Improved Blade/Seal Area - A seal adapted to seal an end of a fluid chamber which supplies fluid to a roll, includes at least one supporting wall and an upper concave surface on the at least one supporting wall and adapted to engage an outer surface of the roll. First and second, sloping, upper supporting surfaces are formed at opposite ends of the upper concave surface for receiving an end of a doctor/sealing blade thereon. Four flexible, resilient upstanding wings are provided along side edges of the first and second upper supporting surfaces for providing a sealing engagement with the doctor/sealing blades, even when the doctor/sealing blades bow outwardly away from the first and second upper supporting surfaces. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20110061550 | DOCTOR BLADE CHAMBER - A method for mounting and dismounting a doctor blade chamber in a support holder on a printing unit as well as an apparatus in which the doctor blade chamber is placed in the support holder in a mounting position and subsequently is brought in contact with a roller, preferably, an anilox roller, in a position of operation. The method and the apparatus advantageously have the doctor blade chamber disposed with the opening upwards in the support holder, preferably in a horizontal position or in a position at such a small angle that ink does not run out of the doctor blade chamber, and is brought into a position under the roller, after which the doctor blade chamber is brought into contact with the roller and pivoted about an axis coinciding with the rotary axis of the roller, into the position of operation. | 03-17-2011 |
| 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 an adjustable distance from a circumferential surface of the roller, and at least one foil between the blade edges and the circumferential surface. The foil is fixed to the ink fountain and angled on one end along a straight line parallel to the axis. The ink fountain is to be thrown on and thrown off the roller between an operating position and a foil exchange position. The foil has a bend or curve so that when the ink fountain is thrown on, a foil end facing the roller is located substantially tangential with the circumferential surface before reaching an operating position. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110219971 | DOCTOR BLADE - A doctor blade for wiping printing ink off a surface of a printing plate, comprising a flat and elongated main body having a working edge region configured in a longitudinal direction, the working edge region being covered with a first coating on the basis of a nickel-phosphorus alloy applied by electroless deposition, and hard material particles being dispersed in the first coating, characterized in that the first coating is covered with a second coating on the basis of galvanically deposited nickel. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110226144 | DIAMOND-COATED DOCTOR BLADE - A doctor blade for wiping printing ink off a surface of a printing plate and/or for use as a paper doctor knife, has a flat and elongated main body including a working edge region configured in a longitudinal direction, wherein at least the working edge region is covered with a first coating on the basis of a nickel-phosphorus alloy. The doctor blade is characterized in that monocrystalline and/or polycrystalline diamond particles are dispersed in the first coating, wherein a particle sizes of the diamond particles measure at least 5 nm and less than 50 nm. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110247512 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DOCTOR BLADES - A method for producing doctor blades from metal, in particular from steel, the doctor blades to be produced having a reduced material thickness in a region of a working edge. The material thickness is essentially constant in the region of reduced material thickness. By a planing operation being used upon a basic body with an essentially constant material thickness, the region of reduced material thickness is generated. By the region of reduced material thickness being generated by means of a planing operation, an efficient and cost-effective method for the production of doctor blades is achieved. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120180677 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PAD PRINTING WITH REMOVABLE PRE-FILLED INK CUP - A doctor assembly for a pad printing system includes a body and a doctor blade. The body has an outer surface and an opposite inner surface that defines a passageway through the body. The inner surface engages a removable pre-filled ink cup to secure the ink cup to the body. The inner surface directs ink from the ink cup through the passageway toward an ink-receiving surface of a cliché device. The doctor blade is coupled with the body and engages the cliché device. The doctor blade wipes the ink along the cliché device as the body laterally moves relative to the cliché device. The doctor blade is coupled with the body such that the doctor blade is laterally spaced apart from the inner surface of the body. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120210891 | PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE OF A CHAMBERED DOCTOR BLADE SYSTEM - A pressure adjustment device of a chambered doctor blade system of a printing press includes at least one chambered doctor blade, at least one ink chamber having at least one supply line connected to an ink reservoir and having at least one drain line or overflow opening that at least partially forms a return flow path of the medium from the at least one ink chamber to the at least one ink reservoir. At least one pressure release valve is arranged in the one of the drain line or overflow opening. Another pressure release valve is also arranged in the at least one supply line. One of the pressure release valves is configured as a passive pressure release valve. The at least one pressure release valve arranged in the at least one supply line has a line connection to at least one bypass line. That bypass line is arranged to at least partially form a return flow path of the medium from the supply line to the ink reservoir. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20130047876 | DOCTOR BLADE APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a doctor blade apparatus, including a printing cylinder; a pre-wipe removing a portion of ink applied to a surface of the printing cylinder, while being spaced apart from the surface of the printing cylinder; and a blade removing the ink applied to the surface of the printing cylinder, while being in contact with the surface of the printing cylinder, whereby a life span of the blade can be remarkably improved and work suspension due to replacing the blade can be minimized. Furthermore, abrasion of the printing cylinder generating friction with the blade can be minimized, such that the entire lifespan of printing equipment can be improved. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130087058 | POROUS ROLL WITH AXIAL ZONES AND METHOD OF PROVIDING PRINTING LIQUID TO A CYLINDER IN A PRINTING PRESS - An inking apparatus for a printing press is provided. The inking apparatus includes an anilox roll and at least one ink pump. The anilox roll includes an interior region, a porous layer surrounding the interior region and an outer surface of engraved cells surrounding the porous layer. The at least one ink pump is adapted to pump ink into the interior region and through the porous layer to the outer surface of engraved cells. A printing press and a method for providing ink to an anilox roll are also provided. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20150107471 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AN OPERATING PARAMETER OF INK FOR A PRINTING PROCESS OF A ROTARY PRINTING PRESS AS WELL AS METHOD THEREFORE - The invention relates to a device for setting at least one operating parameter of ink for a printing process of a rotary printing press, comprising an inking system which has a doctor blade device with a doctor blade chamber containing the ink for the printing process, and an ink reservoir from which ink can be supplied to the doctor blade chamber, and further comprising a supply system which allows ink to be supplied inside the inking system. According to the invention, the supply system is designed such that the supply system can be switched to a setting mode or to a production mode, the operating parameter being automatically set in the setting mode and no ink being supplied to the doctor blade chamber, and the supply system supplying ink to the doctor blade chamber in the production mode. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150128820 | SYSTEM FOR APPLYING A PRINTING LIQUID OR PRINTING ADJUVANT TO A GRAVURE ROLLER - The system for applying a printing liquid or a printing auxiliary liquid to a rotogravure roller comprises a vat (B) containing an adhesive, lacquer or varnish (L) constituting the printing liquid or printing auxiliary liquid, a closed-chamber doctor blade device (D) communicating with the inside of the vat (B) by means of conduits (C | 05-14-2015 |
| 101351700 | Covered | 5 |
| 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 the carriage and moveable therewith for containing the coating formulation and for coating a layer of the coating formulation onto the peripheral surface of the sleeve body during a sliding movement of the carriage along the vertical support column. The coating device includes an irradiation stage that is arranged to be moveable with the annular coating stage and to provide radiation to at least partially cure the layer of coating formulation onto the peripheral surface so as to prevent flow off of the coating formulation. | 10-01-2009 |
| 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 ( | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100192790 | Printing Cylinder or Printing Sleeve with Insert - A printing cylinder or printing sleeve including an internal structure that is at least partially open and the internal structure defines a hollow space. A substantially liquid-tight cylindrical outer layer surrounds the internal structure and a coupling device couples a plate to the printing cylinder or printing sleeve. The coupling device is at least partially positioned in, on, or under the outer layer. An insert is supported by the internal structure and is arranged at least partially around or under the coupling device. The insert is constructed to impart strength to the coupling device. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100199868 | PRINTING CYLINDER OR PRINTING SLEEVE, CUP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRINTING CYLINDER OR PRINTING SLEEVE - A printing cylinder for a printing machine or printing sleeve for forming a printing cylinder that includes a plurality of cups for forming a supporting inner structure of the printing cylinder or printing sleeve. Each cup includes a central disc, a radially outer edge, and a first conical surface part. The first conical surface part of one cup at least partially bears against an adjacent cup in order to form a connection between the one cup and the adjacent cup. The radially outer edges of the plurality of cups together define a substantially cylindrical surface. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110155006 | INTERLOCKING PRINTING SLEEVES - A printing sleeve mandrel assembly for use in a rotary printing press is disclosed. The printing sleeve mandrel assembly includes a mandrel having an outer circumference and a plurality of printing sleeves each operable to be removeably disposed along the outer circumference of the mandrel. Each of the plurality of printing sleeves includes a first end and a second end wherein at least one of the first end and the second end includes an engagement mechanism, each engagement mechanism for removeably coupling with the engagement mechanism of an adjacent printing sleeve so that each of the plurality of printing sleeves are operable to rotate in conjunction with the other printing sleeves. | 06-30-2011 |
| 101351800 | Having means to spray ink on roller | 1 |
| 20150367627 | Apparatus and Method for Thermal Transfer Printing - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for thermal transfer printing include, in at least one aspect, a printing apparatus includes: a band capable of holding hot melt ink thereon; rollers configured and arranged to hold and transport the band with respect to a substrate; a printhead configured and arranged to thermally transfer a portion of the ink from the band to the substrate to print on the substrate; and a heating device configured and arranged to heat the band to cause ink on the band to re-melt, flow and replace at least some of the portion of the ink transferred to the substrate previously before arriving at the printhead again for a next print. | 12-24-2015 |
| 101352060 | Vibrating | 1 |
| 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. | 10-29-2009 |
| 101352110 | Specific surface | 4 |
| 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. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090235834 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING CONTINUOUS INK IMAGES - A wheel assembly for applying ink to a target surface comprises a wheel member defining a support portion, at least one adhesive sheet, and at least one inking member. The at least one adhesive sheet is detachably attached to the support portion of the wheel member. The at least one adhesive sheet defines an outer adhesive surface. The at least one inking member is detachably attached to the outer adhesive surface of the at least one adhesive sheet. When the at least one inking member detachably attached to the adhesive surface is brought into contact with the target surface, ink on the at least one inking member is transferred to the target surface. | 09-24-2009 |
| 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 R | 10-01-2009 |
| 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 roll, a copper plating layer which is formed on a surface of the hollow roll and has a large number of gravure cells, and a diamond-like carbon coating layer covering the surface of the copper plating layer, in which each of the gravure cells coated with the diamond-like carbon coating layer has a depth of 5 μm or more and less than 10 μm. | 10-29-2009 |
| 101363000 | Fountain | 16 |
| 20080229949 | Liquid transfer apparatus - A liquid transfer apparatus includes a supply cylinder and viscosity reducing agent supply unit. The supply cylinder comes into contact with a transfer target body and supplies a transfer liquid to the transfer target body. The viscosity reducing agent supply unit supplies a viscosity reducing agent which reduces a viscosity of the transfer liquid to the supply cylinder after the apparatus emergently stops and before the supply cylinder starts transfer. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090000499 | Device and Method for Chambered Doctor Blade - Apparatus for applying a liquid medium such as a printing medium to a rotatable cylinder is disclosed including a chambered doctor blade with an elongated frame, a pair of doctor blades in wiping engagement with the surface of the rotatable cylinder, a seal disposed axially with respect to the cylinder including first and second seals, with the elongated frame, the doctor blades, the seal and the surface of the cylinder forming an elongated chamber containing the liquid medium, and at least one drainage channel including an inlet in the space between the two seals for diverting leaking medium from the space. Also disclosed is such apparatus which includes at least one spray nozzle within the elongated chamber for cleaning the chamber, the nozzle being movable between a number of outlet directions. A method for sealing the chambered doctor blade is also disclosed. | 01-01-2009 |
| 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 axis, spaced transversely from and extending longitudinally along the transfer roll. A rotatable shaft extending along the axis in the mixing chamber carries a partition subdividing the mixing chamber into two axially adjacent and axially spaced mixing compartments open radially into the inking chamber. At least two inlet conduits open onto each of the compartments, and a pump feeds respective inks to the inlet conduits and therethrough into the mixing compartments. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100282102 | LABEL PRINTING CYLINDER AND PROCESS - A printing cylinder for printing at least two different designs on a continuous roll of a substrate. The printing cylinder has at least one printing plate secured to the surface of the cylinder, and each printing plate prints a different design. The substrate comprises vinyl, PVP, cellophane, wood pulp, or paper. The printing cylinder typically has at least two printing plates, that occupy the same arc or different arcs of the circumference of the printing cylinder. Also disclosed is a printing station comprising the printing cylinder, and a process for printing at least two different designs on a continuous roll of a substrate using the printing cylinder. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20120067234 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SPRAY OUTLINE FROM A SPRAY ASSEMBLY AT A PRINTING PRESS - An arrangement for controlling a spray distribution of a pulse width modulated spray dampener at a printing press comprises a spray beam ( | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120103214 | Heated Inking Roller for a Variable Data Lithography System - An inking subsystem for a variable data digital lithography system comprises a first ink roller disposed to receive ink on a surface thereof, the ink being provided from an ink reservoir such that it may be provided by the first ink roller to a reimageable surface of said variable data digital lithography system, and a heating apparatus disposed proximate the first ink roller to provide heating of the first ink roller preferentially at the point of application of the ink by the first ink roller to the reimageable surface. Various methods and apparatus for heating the first ink roller are disclosed. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20130186291 | IMAGE DATA BASED TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF A KEYLESS INKER - A method and systems to control the temperature of a Keyless inker for variable data lithography printing. Inker heating elements are adjustable to control ink feed to individual zones located across the width of an ink roller. Feedforward and feedback control loops adjust the ink supply dynamically based on a pixel count of the image content. The pixel count looks ahead in the video stream to allow time for the adjustment at the inker heating elements to propagate through the inker unit to affect ink output onto the imaging drum surface. Feedback of the achieved ink density on control patches on the imaging drum is also used to command the inker heating elements. Feedback is also used to update the inker propagation delay and dynamic model used to determine how much the inker keys need to be adjusted based on the pixel count stream. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130192483 | APPARATUS FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PROCESS WITH WET ON WET CAPABILITY - The present disclosure is related to an apparatus for a flexographic printing process with wet on wet capability based on controlled polymer or polymer segment precipitation that leads to gel formation of ink compounds by controlling the solubility parameter of the ink system. Insoluble segments in the ink form a reversible gel that is broken to a liquid by heat and/or shear forces during the application process, allowing application of a liquid ink. After application, the ink reverts to its gel state with such strength as to allow overprinting in the wet on wet flexographic printing process. The disclosure is also related to a flexographic printing apparatus comprising a feeding system for providing a flexographic ink, wherein the ink in a liquid state has a viscosity ranging from about 100 cps to about 4,000 cps, and the ink in a gel state has a measurable hardness. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130305941 | INK SUPPLY METHOD AND INK SUPPLY APPARATUS - An ink supply method in an ink supply apparatus including an ink fountain, a plurality of ink fountain keys, an ink fountain roller, an ink ductor roller, and an ink roller group. An ink film thickness distribution corresponding to an image on a printing plate is formed in the ink roller group. The ink roller group is divided into a plurality of roller subgroups. After or before division, a throw-on operation is performed for at least one of the plurality of roller subgroups, and a plate cylinder on which the printing plate to be used for printing of the next job is mounted. Ink in at least one of the plurality of roller subgroups is supplied to the printing plate mounted on the plate cylinder by rotating the plate cylinder and at least one of the plurality of roller subgroups. An ink supply apparatus is also disclosed. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140130689 | INK SUPPLY METHOD AND INK SUPPLY APPARATUS - In an ink supply method in an ink supply apparatus including an ink fountain storing, a plurality of ink fountain keys, an ink fountain roller, an ink ductor roller, and an ink roller group, the throw-off operation of an ink form roller positioned at the end of the ink roller group is performed after the end of a print job using a preceding printing plate. The ink feed operation of the ink ductor roller is stopped after the end of the print job using the preceding printing plate. The ink roller group is divided into a plurality of roller subgroups after the end of the print job using the preceding printing plate. The ink in some roller subgroups out of the divided roller subgroups is scraped and removed by an ink scraping member. An ink supply apparatus is also disclosed. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140208967 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PARAMETER OF AN INKING UNIT - A method for controlling at least one control parameter from a number of parameters of an inking unit of a printing press is disclosed. Based on at least the control parameter, a value of an ink density on a substrate to be printed by the printing press is calculated by an inking unit model and the calculated value is used as input quantity for controlling instead of an actual value. Here, the calculated value is exclusively calculated based on a number of parameters of the inking unit at least at times. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140230672 | APPARATUS FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING OF A WEB OF PACKAGING MATERIAL - The disclosure relates to an apparatus for flexographic printing of a web of packaging material. The apparatus has an anilox roll which is rotary in an ink pan or chamber for picking up and transferring printing ink to an impression cylinder which is rotary adjacent the anilox roll and forms, together with a counter pressure cylinder rotary adjacent the impression cylinder, a nip through which the web is led for receiving printing ink from the impression cylinder. In order to prevent printing ink from drying and adhering to the anilox roll, the apparatus displays a spray- or shower device through which a cleaning fluid for the printing ink is applied on the circumferential surface of the anilox roll. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140261034 | INK FOUNTAIN APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING INK FLOW FOR A FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink fountain apparatus, method of method of adjusting printing characteristics in flexographic printing and a printing press system are disclosed. The apparatus may include a side plate, a roller disposed adjacent a first end of the plate, a back plate disposed adjacent a second opposing end of the side plate and a throttle disposed between the roller and the back plate. The throttle is mounted to the side plate and includes a back surface facing towards the back plate and a front surface facing towards the roller. The front surface includes a curved portion forming a tapering gap between the roller and the front surface of the throttle. A position controller is coupled to the throttle to selectively move the curved portion towards and away from the roller to adjust the volume of ink being transferred to the outer surface of the roller. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150128821 | FOUNTAIN BLADE ASSEMBLY FOR CAN DECORATOR MACHINE INK STATION ASSEMBLY - A fountain blade assembly for an ink station assembly is provided. The ink station assembly includes an anilox roll and an ink fountain. The ink fountain includes a liquid ink supply and the fountain is structured to apply said ink to said anilox roll. The fountain blade assembly includes a mounting assembly, a blade assembly, and an adjustment assembly. The blade includes a plurality of adjustable portions, each blade adjustable portion is structured to move between a first position, wherein each said blade adjustable portion is spaced from said anilox roll outer surface, and a second position, wherein each said blade adjustable portion engages said anilox roll outer surface. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20160052258 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRINTING ON A SUBSTRATE - The invention relates to a method for printing on a substrate ( | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160059544 | INK-FEEDING ROLLER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an ink-feeding roller capable of making the thickness of the supplied ink film to be uniform and thin, and a manufacturing method therefore. For this purpose, the present invention is an ink-feeding roller ( | 03-03-2016 |
