B41P 2227/20
Means enabling or facilitating exchange of tubular printing or impression members
Official title: Means enabling or facilitating exchange of tubular printing or impression members, e.g. printing sleeves, blankets
B41P2227/20 (Means enabling or facilitating exchange of tubular printing or impression members) appears on 141 US grants and 115 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41P- Granted patents
- 141
- Published applications
- 115
- Assignees
- 76
- Inventors
- 232
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2022 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of operating a flexographic printing press, flexographic printing press, system, and sleeve for a flexographic printing forme16 Jun 2026US 12,654,434 B2Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
- Apparatus for automatically replacing printing sleeves10 Feb 2026US 12,544,916 B2Uteco Converting S.P.A.
- Method for assembling or removing a hollow cylinder on or from a further cylinder12 Nov 2024US 12,138,906 B2Xsys Germany GmbH
- Method for automatically exchanging a sleeve of a printing tool22 Oct 2024US 12,122,145 B2Bobst Bielefeld GmbH
- Clamping shaft, printing cylinder unit and method for operating a clamping shaft24 Sep 2024US 12,097,693 B2Bobst Bielefeld GmbH
- Printing unit and method to change printing rollers in a printing unit13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233510 A1Bobst Firenze S.R.L.
- Inker Assembly Including Oscillation Rollers For A Can Body Decorator18 Jul 2024US 2024/0239097 A1Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
- Apparatus for automatically replacing printing sleeves8 Feb 2024US 2024/0042602 A1Uteco Converting S.P.A.
- Apparatus for automatically replacing printing sleeves8 Feb 2024US 2024/0042752 A1Uteco Converting S.P.A.
- Method for automatically exchanging a sleeve of a printing tool21 Dec 2023US 2023/0405987 A1Bobst Bielefeld GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for printing with a lithographic sleeve81US 4,913,048 ATittgemeyer Engineering · 1990
- Image transfer drum for document printer/copier55US 6,394,943 B12002
- Printing unit with releasable bearing clamp52US 5,241,905 AHeidelberg Harris, Inc. · 1993
- Printing cylinder sleeve application apparatus and method50US 4,823,693 AMAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · 1989
- Blanket cylinder with integrated compressible layer49US 6,862,989 B2Goss International Americas, Inc. · 2005