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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001

Filed:

Aug. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Giori Fausto, Lausanne, CH;

Johannes Georg Schaede, Würzburg, DE;

Assignee:

De La Rue Giori S.A., Lausanne, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41L 1/306 ; B41L 1/312 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41L 1/306 ; B41L 1/312 ;
Abstract

The machine comprises a paper sheet-feed device (,), a device (,) for transferring toward a printing unit, a device for transferring printed sheets toward a unit (,) for checking the print quality and a storage unit (,). The printing unit can be altered to suit different types of security printing and consists of elements common to all these different types of printing. These common elements are: a screen-printing device (,) comprising a screen stencil cylinder (,) cooperating with a press cylinder (,) and a drying/activation device (,) located downstream, followed by a transfer cylinder (,) for transferring toward a second press cylinder (,). The latter cooperates with at least one device (,) for printing a security element.


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