Patents by Inventor John Sheridan Richards
John Sheridan Richards 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).
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Patent number: 9956759Abstract: A broadsheet newspaper printing press is provided including an image carrier carrying three images around in broadsheet newspaper format. The image carrier transfers the three images to a web. The broadsheet newspaper printing press also includes a folder for imparting a longitudinal fold to the web and cutting the web into broadsheet newspaper pages. The folder includes a cylinder cross-folding the broadsheet newspaper pages off center. A web offset broadsheet newspaper printing press also is provided. Methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventor: John Sheridan Richards
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Patent number: 8690461Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a printing press including a plurality of print units and, optionally, a folder. Each print unit has one or more cylinders, a motor for driving the cylinders; an encoder for providing a cylinder position signal, a controller coupled to the encoder, the motor, a bus which interconnects each of the controllers and an input port for designating the controller as either master or slave. Any one of the controllers is selectively set as a master controller and the remaining controllers are set as slave controllers. The master controller generates a control signal based on a signal from the input port and outputs the control signal to the motor via the output port and to the slave controllers via the bus. Each of the slave controllers outputs a signal on the respective output port based on the received control signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2009Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventor: John Sheridan Richards
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Patent number: 8683922Abstract: A method of controlling the ink feed to a printed substrate in a lithographic printing press is provided which includes providing, for each of a plurality of ink zones, an ink coverage requirement for a printing unit of the lithographic printing press; color scanning a first ink zone of a plurality of ink zones on a printed substrate as it exits the printing unit of the lithographic printing press; calculating, for each one of the plurality of ink zones, a dynamic flow change based on the static flow change for said each one of the plurality of ink zones and the ink coverage requirement for said each one of the plurality of ink zones; and providing a flow setting for each one of the plurality of ink zones based on the dynamic flow change for said each one of the plurality of ink zones.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventors: Ragy Adly Isaac, John Sheridan Richards
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Publication number: 20130327239Abstract: A method of controlling the ink feed to a printed substrate in a lithographic printing press is provided which includes providing, for each of a plurality of ink zones, an ink coverage requirement for a printing unit of the lithographic printing press; color scanning a first ink zone of a plurality of ink zones on a printed substrate as it exits the printing unit of the lithographic printing press; calculating, for each one of the plurality of ink zones, a dynamic flow change based on the static flow change for said each one of the plurality of ink zones and the ink coverage requirement for said each one of the plurality of ink zones; and providing a flow setting for each one of the plurality of ink zones based on the dynamic flow change for said each one of the plurality of ink zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Goss International Americas IncInventors: Ragy Adly Isaac, John Sheridan Richards
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Patent number: 8544832Abstract: A newspaper is provided. The newspaper includes printed materials. The printed materials have an off-center cross-fold which defines a longer part and a shorter part and an outermost page and an innermost page of the newspaper. The newspaper also includes an adhesive closure for securing the off-center cross-fold. The adhesive closure contacts a short part of the outermost page of the newspaper and a long part of the innermost page of the newspaper. A method for producing a newspaper is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventors: John Sheridan Richards, Heiner Luxem
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Patent number: 8425392Abstract: A broadsheet newspaper printing press has at least one print unit printing at least one web of material and a folder. The folder has a cross-cutter to cut the web of material into broadsheet newspapers, a tucker cylinder having a gripper gripping the broadsheet newspapers at a lead edge and a tucking blade for forming a cross-fold in the broadsheet newspapers, and a jaw cylinder or fold rollers to receive the cross-folded broadsheet newspapers from the tucker cylinder at the cross-fold, the gripper being located with respect to the tucking blade so that the cross-fold is located at between 33% and 45% or 55% and 67% of the height of the newspaper.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventor: John Sheridan Richards
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Publication number: 20130032986Abstract: A printing press is provided. The printing press includes at least one printing unit for printing on a running web, a cutting cylinder for cutting the web into sheets and a folder for folding sheets cut from the web. The folder includes a collect cylinder for accumulating a number of sheets at a collect location, a folding cylinder for folding the accumulated number of sheets received from the collect location to form a folded section, a cam arrangement including a supplementary cam device for controlling the number of sheets collected on the collect cylinder and an actuator for actuating the supplementary cam device. Methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC.Inventor: John Sheridan Richards
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Publication number: 20130029826Abstract: A folder for a printing press is provided. The folder includes a first cutting cylinder for cutting a first web into a plurality of first sheets, a second cutting cylinder for cutting the second web into a plurality of second sheets and for holding a second sheet, a transfer cylinder receiving at least one first sheet and at least one second sheet at a transfer location and a storage cylinder storing at least one of the plurality of second sheets cut from the web, the second cutting cylinder capable of transferring second sheets to the storage cylinder. A printing press and methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC.Inventors: John Sheridan Richards, Jean Claude Pautrat
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Publication number: 20130026694Abstract: A digital printing press is provided. The digital printing press includes at least one digital printing unit printing on a web, at least one cutting cylinder cutting the web into panorama sheets and flysheets and a folder for folding the panorama sheets cut from the web. The folder includes a flysheet cylinder for receiving flysheets printed and cut from the web, a collect cylinder for accumulating at least one panorama sheet and at least one flysheet at a collect location and a folding cylinder for folding panorama sheets received from the collect cylinder into a section. Methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC.Inventors: John Sheridan Richards, Jean Claude Pautrat, Didier Havard
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Publication number: 20120142511Abstract: An apparatus includes a quarterfolder having a folding blade for folding newspapers or other products. A folding location of the quarterfolder being adjustable with respect to the newspapers. The folding location may, for example, be located at between about 10 inches and about 11 inches from an edge of the newspaper so as to create a newspaper having a first side with a height of at between about 10 inches and about 11 inches and a second side with a height of approximately 9 inches or less. The second side, may, for example, have a height of between about 1 inch and about 2 inches, or alternatively, between about 7 inches and about 8 inches, depending on the overall length of the newspaper.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC.Inventors: Jackson Hacker Jones, John Sheridan Richards
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Patent number: 8181575Abstract: A variable cutoff web printing press is provided including a first plate cylinder for printing a first color of first and second images and a second plate cylinder for printing a second color of the first and the second images. The printing press also includes a common blanket cylinder. The first and second plate cylinders contact the common blanket cylinder and transfer the first and second images to the common blanket cylinder. The printing press also includes a first transfer body for receiving the first image from the common blanket cylinder and transferring the first image to a web and a second transfer body for receiving the second image from the common blanket cylinder and transferring the second image to the web. A method of variable cutoff web printing is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventor: John Sheridan Richards
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Patent number: 8122826Abstract: A variable cutoff printing press is provided that includes a plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder including a first circumferential section movable with respect to a second circumferential section, and a second blanket cylinder including a third circumferential section movable with respect to a fourth circumferential section. The first, second, third and fourth circumferential sections contact the plate cylinder during a printing mode and print continuous images having a cutoff length on a web. A method of printing is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventor: John Sheridan Richards
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Publication number: 20110283909Abstract: A variable cutoff web printing press is provided including a first plate cylinder for printing a first color of first and second images and a second plate cylinder for printing a second color of the first and the second images. The printing press also includes a common blanket cylinder. The first and second plate cylinders contact the common blanket cylinder and transfer the first and second images to the common blanket cylinder. The printing press also includes a first transfer body for receiving the first image from the common blanket cylinder and transferring the first image to a web and a second transfer body for receiving the second image from the common blanket cylinder and transferring the second image to the web. A method of variable cutoff web printing is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventor: John Sheridan Richards
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Patent number: 8056475Abstract: A variable cutoff web printing press is provided including a first plate cylinder for printing a first color of first and second images and a second plate cylinder for printing a second color of the first and the second images. The printing press also includes a common blanket cylinder. The first and second plate cylinders contact the common blanket cylinder and transfer the first and second images to the common blanket cylinder. The printing press also includes a first transfer body for receiving the first image from the common blanket cylinder and transferring the first image to a web and a second transfer body for receiving the second image from the common blanket cylinder and transferring the second image to the web. A method of variable cutoff web printing is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventor: John Sheridan Richards
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Publication number: 20110070010Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a printing press including a plurality of print units and, optionally, a folder. Each print unit has one or more cylinders, a motor for driving the cylinders; an encoder for providing a cylinder position signal, a controller coupled to the encoder, the motor, a bus which interconnects each of the controllers and an input port for designating the controller as either master or slave. Any one of the controllers is selectively set as a master controller and the remaining controllers are set as slave controllers. The master controller generates a control signal based on a signal from the input port and outputs the control signal to the motor via the output port and to the slave controllers via the bus. Each of the slave controllers outputs a signal on the respective output port based on the received control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC.Inventor: John Sheridan RICHARDS
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Publication number: 20100107912Abstract: A variable cutoff web printing press is provided including a first plate cylinder for printing a first color of first and second images and a second plate cylinder for printing a second color of the first and the second images. The printing press also includes a common blanket cylinder. The first and second plate cylinders contact the common blanket cylinder and transfer the first and second images to the common blanket cylinder. The printing press also includes a first transfer body for receiving the first image from the common blanket cylinder and transferring the first image to a web and a second transfer body for receiving the second image from the common blanket cylinder and transferring the second image to the web. A method of variable cutoff web printing is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventor: John Sheridan Richards
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Publication number: 20100089266Abstract: A method for making a broadsheet newspaper is provided. The method includes the steps of printing an image on a web, longitudinally folding the web to form a half-fold, cross-cutting the web to form signatures and cross-folding the signatures at a height of 33% or less or 67% or more. A further preferred method for making a broadsheet newspaper is provided. The method includes the steps of printing an image on a web, longitudinally folding the web to form a half-fold, cross-cutting the web to form signatures and cross-folding the signatures at a height 10.5 inches or more from an edge of the newspaper. Broadsheet newspapers are also provided. A printing press is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventor: John Sheridan Richards
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Publication number: 20100066003Abstract: A newspaper is provided. The newspaper includes printed materials. The printed materials have an off-center cross-fold which defines a longer part and a shorter part and an outermost page and an innermost page of the newspaper. The newspaper also includes an adhesive closure for securing the off-center cross-fold. The adhesive closure contacts a short part of the outermost page of the newspaper and a long part of the innermost page of the newspaper. A method for producing a newspaper is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: Goss Inhternational, Inc.Inventors: John Sheridan RICHARDS, Heiner LUXEM
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Publication number: 20100045712Abstract: A printing press is provided. The printing press includes a printing unit printing images on a substrate, a highlight application unit producing highlights on the substrate and a controller directing the highlight application unit to produce the highlights on the substrate. A method for producing a highlighted printed product is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2008Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventor: John Sheridan Richards
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Publication number: 20090282998Abstract: A broadsheet newspaper printing press is provided including an image carrier carrying three images around in broadsheet newspaper format. The image carrier transfers the three images to a web. The broadsheet newspaper printing press also includes a folder for imparting a longitudinal fold to the web and cutting the web into broadsheet newspaper pages. The folder includes a cylinder cross-folding the broadsheet newspaper pages off center. A web offset broadsheet newspaper printing press also is provided. Methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventor: John Sheridan Richards