Patents by Inventor Hidekatsu Baba

Hidekatsu Baba has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Printing press with a temperature control unit for a plate cylinder
    Patent number: 6912957
    Abstract: A printing press is provided with a temperature control unit for controlling the temperature of a surface of a printing plate mounted on a plate cylinder by feeding air onto the plate cylinder. A plate-replacement space is provided in a certain region around the plate cylinder for replacement of a printing plate mounted on the plate cylinder with a new one introduced from the outside of the printing press. The temperature control unit is designed to be selectively shifted between a temperature control mode and a space opening mode, in which the temperature control mode enables air to be fed through the plate-replacement space onto the plate cylinder, and the space opening mode makes the plate-replacement space open to the outside of the printing press so that the replacement of a printing plate can be done.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Ryobi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Aoyama, Hidekatsu Baba
  • Printing press with a temperature control unit for a plate cylinder
    Publication number: 20040139875
    Abstract: A printing press is provided with a temperature control unit for controlling the temperature of a surface of a printing plate mounted on a plate cylinder by feeding air onto the plate cylinder. A plate-replacement space is provided in a certain region around the plate cylinder for replacement of a printing plate mounted on the plate cylinder with a new one introduced from the outside of the printing press. The temperature control unit is designed to be selectively shifted between a temperature control mode and a space opening mode, in which the temperature control mode enables air to be fed through the plate-replacement space onto the plate cylinder, and the space opening mode makes the plate-replacement space open to the outside of the printing press so that the replacement of a printing plate can be done.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Hideo Aoyama, Hidekatsu Baba