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7587975 Embossed sheet forming apparatus and rotary phase difference control method  
An embossed sheet forming apparatus has phase controlling means ( 33, 34 ) axially shifting a second embossing roller 11 , a front embossed profile detector 74 for detecting an embossed profile...
7584700 Method of controlling register when overprinting a plurality of separated colors  
A method of controlling register when overprinting a plurality of separated colors, includes adjusting with register adjusting devices the position of image fields produced with the separated...
7552678 Registration correction system  
In a method for registration correction for a multicolor rotary printing press in an acceleration phase, having at least one registration correction device with correction parameters for operation...
7533607 Sidelay register for a plate cylinder of a rotary press  
A registration system for a rotary press including circumferential and sidelay registers designed to interface to the press unit using more direct motion translation. In particular, to go from...
7513196 Devices for controlling at least one register in a printing machine  
At least one register and an ink density are controlled in a printing machine having at least one printing unit which includes a forme cylinder, a transfer cylinder, and a counter-pressure...
7448322 Roller closing device with an inner and outer part  
A roller closing device is provided with an inner element and with an outer element. These two elements are arranged at least partially in a coaxial manner. The inner element can be deflected...
7387069 Devices and methods for setting the contact pressure of a displaceably mounted roller  
A device is used to set a contact pressure between a displaceable roller and another roller or for moving the displaceable roller with respect to the other roller. At least one actuator is...
7373880 Variable format offset printing press  
A printing press includes a frame that supports one or more printing units. Each printing unit includes a retractable inker module cantileverly supported by the frame, an ink injection system...
7322289 Printing tower operating unit and operator lifting device  
A printing tower includes at least two printing groups which can each be controlled independently of the other by the entry of data into an operating unit. The operating unit is configured...
7281475 Method of controlling register when overprinting a plurality of separated colors  
A method of controlling register when overprinting a plurality of separated colors, includes adjusting with register adjusting devices the position of image fields produced with the separated...
7228799 Moving member fixing apparatus  
A moving member fixing apparatus includes a stationary gear, rotary gear, press member, and first and second flat inclined surfaces. The rotary gear is movably provided to the stationary gear. The...
7219606 Method and apparatus for measuring, setting and controlling longitudinal and lateral register as well as parallelness of the printing register in a multicolor printing machine  
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring, setting and controlling longitudinal and lateral register as well as parallelness of the printing register in a multicolor...
7207271 Web printing press and method for controlling print-to-cut and/or circumferential register  
A method for controlling a print-to-cut register in a shaftless web printing press having a first print unit having a first plate cylinder and first blanket cylinder for printing a web, at least...
7173356 Independent direct drive for paper processing machines  
The present invention provides an electric drive, including a stator ( 4 ) and a rotor ( 3 ), for a paper processing machine, in particular a printing press having at least two rotary subassemblies...
7150225 Moving member fixing apparatus  
A moving member fixing apparatus includes a stationary cam, moving cam, printing press motor, drive connecting/disconnecting mechanism, fixing/releasing device, and air cylinder. The moving cam is...
7131379 Method of controlling register when overprinting a plurality of separated colors  
A method of controlling register when overprinting a plurality of separated colors, which includes adjusting with register adjusting devices the position of image fields produced with the separated...
7096789 Web printing press and method for controlling print-to-cut and/or circumferential register  
A method for controlling a print-to-cut register in a shaftless web printing press having a first print unit having a first plate cylinder and first blanket cylinder for printing a web, at least...
7089854 Process of making sheet having indicia registered with lines of termination  
An apparatus and process for making sheets having indicia spaced in a machine direction. Between or among the indicia are perforations or chop-off cuts. The spacing, in the machine direction,...
7040226 Printing unit  
A printing unit contains at least one printing group which is comprised of at least two cylinders which cooperate to form a printing nip. At least these two cylinders are interconnected in a...
6945170 Register control method  
A method for register correction in machines for processing webs of material includes providing at least one transport shaft and at least one processing shaft cooperating with the at least one...
6945169 Apparatus for producing printing plates  
Apparatus for producing printing plates in particular a blank sleeve-like printing plate, includes a cylinder carrier for receiving a printing plate, the cylinder carrier being held in cantilever...
6928929 Process for making sheet having indicia registered with lines of termination  
An apparatus and process for making sheets having indicia spaced in a machine direction. Between or among the indicia are perforations or chop-off cuts. The spacing, in the machine direction,...
6928928 Modular printing machine system for printing on sheets  
A modular printing machine system for printing on sheets, including a first printing machine of satellite construction type having a central first impression cylinder and at least four printing...
6921220 Image processing system, data processing apparatus, data processing method, computer program and storage medium  
An image processing system wherein a data processing apparatus and a plurality of image processing apparatuses are connected through a network. The data processing apparatus transmits a print job...
6901854 Drive mechanism of a printing unit  
A drive mechanism is provided for a printing unit. The printing unit has an axially movable forme cylinder and a second cylinder that cooperates with the forme cylinder. The forme cylinder can be...
6892636 Positioning device for functional devices of printing presses  
A positioning device for functional devices of printing presses, having at least one guide unit and one drive for moving and positioning the functional device for throwing-on/throwing-off movements...
6874420 System and method for register mark recognition  
A system, method, and process that determine and automatically correct registration errors between printed objects and mechanically produced objects using advanced image processing techniques is...
6868783 Printing press with multiple-image-carrying cylinder  
A multiple-image-carrying cylinder has a cylinder section having at least part of a first image to be printed, a shell axially movable with respect to the cylinder section, the shell having at...
6862986 Apparatus for setting the lateral register for printing units of rotary presses  
An apparatus for setting the lateral register of a printing unit of a rotary press that prints on a paper web includes a first bearing block configured as a locating bearing arranged on the drive...
6857364 Clutch for drive elements of a printing machine  
A device for locking, with respect to a first power transmission element, a further power transmission element that is lockable in a rotational position thereof, provides for the first and the...
6851368 Rotary printing press having a switchable speed-change gear mechanism with plant gears  
A rotary printing machine includes at least one form cylinder, at least one further cylinder, and a gear transmission via which the form cylinder and the further cylinder are drivable together...
6851362 Printing cylinder with fanout compensation  
A printing cylinder for a web printing press includes an extensible cylindrical sleeve configured for carrying an image to be printed. An extension device is provided for applying a force to the...
6827018 Device and method for driving a printing machine with multiple uncoupled motors  
A device and method for synchronizing at least two printing-unit groups (2, 3) which represent a sheet-fed printing machine (1). Between the two printing-unit groups (2, 3) there is provided a...
6827011 Printers comprising a drive assembly and a coupling  
A printer includes a cylinder pair that consists of a forme cylinder and a transfer cylinder. A satellite or steel cylinder forms a print position as it cooperates with the transfer cylinder of the...
6823792 Multi-motor drive and method for driving a printing press  
A multi-motor drive for a printing press having a plurality of printing unit groups, includes at least one motor provided for each of the printing unit groups, and gear trains via which the...
6820554 Methods and devices for operating a pressure unit  
A printing unit is comprised of at least one counter-pressure cylinder and a transfer cylinder. A printing point is formed between the two cylinders when they are in contact. The counter-pressure...
6810812 Method for regulating the tension of a web  
The tension of a web in a rotary printing press is regulated during passage of the web between at least first and second cylinders of at least one printing group. The two cylinders are driven using...
6810809 Method and device for driving a printing press  
A method for driving a printing press includes driving, in a printing operation, via a gear train by at least a first motor, at least one drum for advancing printing material and a printing-form...
6796233 Plate cylinder with splined shell  
A plate cylinder has a cylinder body having a cylinder body outer surface for a first image to be printed and a first end, and a shell having an inner surface circumferentially disposed about the...
6789477 Flexographic printing machine with alternately manually and automatically adjustable spiral rollers  
A flexographic printing machine having at least one inking unit in which the setting of the printing position of the format cylinder and the anilox roller can be achieved by adjusting the format...
6786147 Three-part plate cylinder with lateral and circumferential adjustments for registration  
A web-fed, multicolor, offset printing press having a plurality of printing units for printing different-color images on a continuous web of paper. Each printing unit includes a three-part plate...
6782814 Method and apparatus for detecting registering errors, and automatic register control apparatus for multi-color rotary presses  
A method for detecting registering errors for multi-color rotary presses in which register marks are printed on a paper web by each printing section, a light source is caused to flash based on a...
6766737 Method for controlling a circumferential register in a web-fed rotary press  
The circumferential register of a web passing through printing units of a web-fed rotary press is accomplished by determining an actual value of the tension in the web. An angular position or an...
6736062 Conveyor system with encoders for position sensing in a printing material processing machine  
A conveyor system ( 10 ) for a sheet of printing material ( 12 ) in a printing material processing machine ( 14 ), including a running member ( 16 ) which can be moved through the machine ( 14 )...
6736060 Printing unit  
A printing unit is comprised of at least three rotating members, such as an impression cylinder, a forme cylinder that cooperates with the impression cylinder in a printing position, and a roller...
6705222 Dual registration control system  
A rotary printing machine is disclosed comprising a conveyor for conveying sheets of material from an upstream cylinder to a downstream conveyor in which the angular positions of both conveyors are...
6684779 Device for adjusting the distance between tools in printing machinery  
A device for adjusting the distance between adjacent rotating tools, the tools arranged in lateral supports on a common base frame of a printing apparatus of which the axes extend in parallel. The...
6681694 Web-fed rotary printing machine  
In order to provide a rotary printing machine for direct printing, in which the printing-assembly cylinders are guided in a stable manner by means of a cost-effective device, the forme cylinder and...
6655278 Apparatus for fine positional adjustment of a plate cylinder for multicolor image registration  
An apparatus for positional adjustment of a plate cylinder in both lateral and circumferential directions thereof for image registration in a multicolor, offset rotary printing press. A lateral...
6647885 Marking system, marking method and marking apparatus  
There is provided a marking apparatus, a marking method, and a marking system that enable the position of a marking target to be accurately shown, and that reliably enable only that portion...