Patents Examined by Judy Nguyen
  • Deliver drum and perfecting printing press having the delivery drum
    Patent number: 8931406
    Abstract: A delivery drum includes at least one supporting shell for supporting a printed sheet and for producing a vacuum region between the supporting shell and the printed sheet. The supporting shell extends over the entire width of the printed sheet. A circumferential length, which is at least one quarter of the sheet length of the printed sheet, is disposed between the sheet start of the printed sheet and the start of the vacuum region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Detloff, Michael Gieser, Peter Thoma
  • Cliché, method of manufacturing cliché, and pattern formed by roll printing method
    Patent number: 8925456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cliché, a manufacturing method of a cliché, and a pattern formed by a roll printing method to prevent deteriorations due to sagging and a disconnection of an end portion or a rounded angular portion, the cliché having a surface formed with a groove, wherein the end portion of the groove has a narrower width than the width of the center portion of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Jun Lee, Jae-Hyuk Chang, Hyun-Seok Kim, Sung Hee Lee, Gug-Rae Jo, Sin Kwon
  • Ink storing unit for a hand-operated stamp
    Patent number: 8925454
    Abstract: An ink-storage unit for a hand stamp includes a retainer in which a storage body is arranged, and a frame in which a printing plate is arranged. The frame sits in a provisional mounting position on the retainer, in which position the storage body and the printing plate are held at a distance from each other, and the frame can be moved into a final mounting position on the retainer, in which position the storage body and the printing plate lie against each other, wherein the storage body is fixed in the retainer by at least one engaging part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Colop Stempelerzeugung Skopek Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ernst Faber
  • Image-forming device
    Patent number: 8918046
    Abstract: An image-forming device includes a casing, a conveying path, a pair of registration rollers, and a process cartridge. The conveying path is disposed in the casing to convey a recording sheet. The pair of registration rollers is disposed on the conveying path to regulate a leading edge of the recording sheet conveyed along the conveying path. The process cartridge is detachably mounted on the casing, and includes a developer accommodating unit, a photosensitive member, and an upstream guide part. The photosensitive member is disposed on the conveying path. The upstream guide part is disposed upstream of the pair of registration rollers on the conveying path to guide the recording sheet toward the pair of registration rollers in cooperation with the conveying path. The upstream guide part is formed with a concaved part that is concaved in a direction away from the conveying path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoya Yamamoto
  • Apparatus and method for calculating registration error of a rotary die
    Patent number: 8910570
    Abstract: A rotary die apparatus and method for determining a registration error of a pattern applied to a strip of material by a rotary die. The rotary die apparatus may comprise the rotary die and a control system which senses signals from a sensor and a rotary encoder to determine an actual position of the rotary die when a fiducial on the strip of material is sensed. The control system may calculate the registration error by comparing the actual position with a registration target corresponding to a pattern length. The pattern length may correspond to the number of encoder pulses output per revolution of the rotary die divided by the number of patterns spaced apart around the circumference of the rotary die. An encoder count used to determine the actual position of the rotary die may reset each time it reaches the pattern length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Preco, Inc.
    Inventor: Brandon Smith
  • Methods of producing and distributing printed product
    Patent number: 8899151
    Abstract: A method of producing and distributing printed product applies aqueous solution to a print medium to define non-image and image areas of the print medium, and contacts the non-image area and the image area with ink. Ink is transferred substantially only to the image area of the print medium to produce the printed product. The printed product is distributed to an end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventors: Theodore F. Cyman, Jr., Anthony B. DeJoseph, Kevin J. Hook, Hank Haan, Anthony V. Moscato
  • Multi-function device architecture
    Patent number: 8903300
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a multi-function device including a housing, a printing assembly disposed within the housing, the printing assembly being configured to print a document, and a copying assembly comprising a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor and an illumination source disposed within the housing, the copying assembly further including a substantially flat transparent surface disposed in an optical path of the CMOS image sensor, the substantially flat transparent surface to support an object for image capture by the CMOS image sensor, wherein the illumination source is configured to provide illumination during image capture. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark D. Montierth, Douglas G. Keithley, Richard D. Taylor
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8903301
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit; a first conveying path, along which a recording medium accommodated in a paper feeding cassette is conveyed to the image forming unit; and a second conveying path, along which a recording medium inserted into a manual paper feeding port is conveyed to the image forming unit; wherein the manual paper feeding port is formed at a front side of the image forming apparatus on an upper surface of an apparatus main body and wherein an inclined path obliquely extending from the manual paper feeding port to below and toward a rear of the apparatus main body is also formed, wherein the second conveying path is structured so that a recording medium inserted into the manual paper feeding port can fall into the inclined path due to the weight of the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Hattori
  • Printing method on curved surface and curved surface body printed by that method
    Patent number: 8893619
    Abstract: A method for printing on a curved surface and a printed curved surface body using the method. The method includes the steps of: applying printing ink having a viscosity of 5-500 PaS, preferably 5-250 PaS, to a protrusion portion of a relief printing master plate 3 which is a flat plate with the protrusion portion 0.1-50 ?m high, preferably 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shuhou Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouji Muraoka
  • Method of producing a printed sheet output or a printed web of a printing press
    Patent number: 8887633
    Abstract: A method of producing a printed sheet output of a printing press uses an aqueous solution, an ink, and an input sheet. The method applies aqueous solution to the input sheet to form a non-image area and an image area thereon, and contacts the non-image and image areas of the input sheet with ink. Ink is transferred substantially only to the image area to produce the printed sheet output of the printing press. A method of producing a printed web of a printing press is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventors: Theodore F. Cyman, Jr., Anthony B. DeJoseph, Kevin J. Hook, Henk Haan, Anthony V. Moscato
  • Methods for printing a printed output of a press and variable printing
    Patent number: 8887634
    Abstract: A method of printing a printed output of a press comprising ink on a print medium applies ink to a surface, places individually controlled drops of aqueous solution onto the print medium in a drop pattern, and transfers ink from the surface to areas of the print medium that are free of aqueous solution to produce the printed output of the press. A method of variable printing is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventors: Theodore F. Cyman, Jr., Anthony B. DeJoseph, Kevin J. Hook, Henk Haan, Anthony V. Moscato
  • Printer, cut paper discharge mechanism used for printer, and paper jam prevention method
    Patent number: 8882376
    Abstract: A plurality of ribs are provided on a cut paper discharge guide and an upper cover which define a discharge port for discharging a cut paper. The ribs hold a cut paper in width direction. Even if a cut paper having a high degree of curl is supplied when a roll diameter of a roll paper is reduced, it is possible to prevent a paper jam such as falling or clogging of the cut paper. It is desirable that the ribs provided on the cut paper discharge guide and the upper cover are disposed in an alternate pattern along the width direction of the discharge port. This arrangement is particularly effective in a printer having an inclined paper passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Infrontia Corporation
    Inventor: Yukio Yoshioka
  • Printing system, production system and method, and production apparatus
    Patent number: 8881651
    Abstract: A printing system deposits a principal substance on a surface and further deposits a gating agent on selectable portions of a print medium. A portion of the principal substance is transferred from the surface to the print medium after the gating agent is applied thereto. The gating agent substantially determines where the principal substance is deposited onto the print medium. A production system and method are also disclosed, as is a production apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventors: Anthony B. De Joseph, Theodore F. Cymam, Jr., Kevin J. Hook, Anthony V. Moscato, Henderikus A. Haan
  • Method and apparatus for transferring a principal substance
    Patent number: 8869698
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for transferring a principal substance to a substrate involve the use of a gating agent that blocks the substance from or attracts the substance to the substrate. The apparatus and methods may utilize ink jet technology to apply the gating agent directly to the substrate or to an intermediate surface. The substance may be an ink, an electrically conductive material, a magnetic material, a carrier for a therapeutic, diagnostic, or marking substance other than an ink, or a carrier for any other type of substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventors: Anthony B. De Joseph, Theodore F. Cyman, Jr., Kevin J. Hook, Anthony V. Moscato, Henderikus A. Haan
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8867980
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a pair of registration rollers which are moved in the width direction so that a sheet side end position is within a predetermined range in the width direction based on sheet side end position information from a lateral registration detection sensor. In the case that an image-formed sheet is conveyed to a sheet processing portion without being reversed, the pair of registration rollers are moved so that the sheet side end position is within the first range, and in the case that an image-formed sheet is conveyed to the sheet processing portion, the pair of registration rollers are moved so that the sheet side end position is within the second range being different from the first range before reversing and within the first range after reversing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshige Inoue
  • Impression mechanism for a variable cutoff printing unit
    Patent number: 8850975
    Abstract: A variable cutoff printing unit is provided that includes a plate cylinder, a plate cylinder support removably supporting the plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, a blanket cylinder support removably supporting the blanket cylinder, a frame, the plate cylinder support and the blanket cylinder support being coupled to the frame, a sliding element coupled to the blanket cylinder support for moving the blanket cylinder support toward and away from the plate cylinder support, and a stopping device for stopping movement of the sliding element to limit the movement of the blanket cylinder toward and away from the plate cylinder to a defined range. A method of operating a variable cutoff printing unit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Lev Zlatin, Andrew Work Kelsall, Mark Bernard Dumais
  • Systems and methods for high speed variable printing
    Patent number: 8833257
    Abstract: Systems and methods for high-speed variable printing are provided. Ink jet technology and lithographic systems may be combined in such a way to create a fully variable and high-quality print system. At least one area of a plate is reserved for variable information to be printed. The plate may already comprises static information to be printed. Ink is then applied to the at least one area of the plate reserved for the variable information. An aqueous solution is applied to a web to produce a negative image of the variable information, and a positive image of the variable information is transferred in ink to the web. The systems and methods described herein may be used to create high-quality one-to-one marketing applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventors: Theodore F. Cyman, Jr., Anthony B. DeJoseph, Kevin J. Hook, Henk Haan, Anthony V. Moscato
  • Print system, paper printer, and method of controlling print system
    Patent number: 8834049
    Abstract: A print system includes a paper feed device; a print device which has a platen roller and a print head and inserts the fed paper and an ink ribbon at a head position between the platen roller and the print head to perform printing; a disjunction device which relatively moves the platen roller with respect to the print head between a contact position where the platen roller contacts and a separation position where the platen roller is away therefrom; a non-print section acquiring device which acquires non-print section data of a character image in a feed direction of the paper from print data; and a print control device which controls the devices. The print control device relatively moves the platen roller to the separation position during a non-print section of the fed paper passes through the print head, based on the non-print section data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Kurashina
  • Jacket for impression cylinder or transport cylinder of printing press
    Patent number: 8820235
    Abstract: Provided is a jacket to be installed on a surface of one of impression cylinders and transport cylinders. The jacket is produced by the following process. Super hard particles, such as ceramic particles, are scattered on a surface of a sheet-shaped base member. A plating layer is then formed on the surface of the base member in a way that a convex and concave profile formed of the super hard particles is left. In the plating layer, fine particles of low surface energy resin are uniformly dispersed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Komori Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Toyoda, Fusao Yamada
  • Device for supplying radiant energy onto a printing substrate
    Patent number: 8820236
    Abstract: A device for supplying radiant energy onto a printing substrate (14), including at least one radiant energy source (10) whose light (12) impinges on the printing substrate (14) on the path (16) of the printing substrate (14) through a printing press at a position (116) downstream of at least one printing nip (18) in a printing unit. The radiant energy source (10) emits light (12) having a peak-to-valley homogeneity of less than 15% in a direction transverse to the direction of the path (16) of the printing substrate (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Bernard Beier, Uwe Ernst, Heiner Pitz