Bryan C Dustin

US Patent:

7516698, Apr 14, 2009

Filed:

Mar 24, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/388601

Inventors:

Brian Joseph Gentle - Rochester NH, US
Matt Alan Taylor - Barrington NH, US
Bryan Charles Dustin - Strafford NH, US
Keith Andrew Cornish - Rochester NH, US

Assignee:

Goss International Americasn, Inc. - Durham NH

International Classification:

B41F 13/14
B41F 13/34
B41F 13/36
B41F 27/00
B41F 27/12
B41F 27/06

US Classification:

101218, 101477, 101220, 101219, 101483

Abstract:

An offset web print unit includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, a second blanket cylinder, an autoplating mechanism, and a throw-off mechanism including a single actuator both for moving the blanket cylinder from the second blanket cylinder and for moving the blanket cylinder to selectively contact the plate cylinder to permit autoplating while the blanket cylinder is thrown-off of the second blanket cylinder. Methods are also provided.

US Patent:

7775159, Aug 17, 2010

Filed:

Mar 24, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/388609

Inventors:

John Lindsey Krauser - Durango CO, US
Brian Joseph Gentle - Rochester NH, US
Bryan Charles Dustin - Strafford NH, US

Assignee:

Goss International Americas, Inc. - Durham NH

International Classification:

B41F 13/24
B41F 7/02

US Classification:

101247, 101218

Abstract:

An offset print unit includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder having an end and a blanket gear coaxial with the blanket cylinder, a drive axle or pinion supporting a gear driving the blanket gear and a blanket lift arm for selectively supporting the end to cantilever the blanket cylinder, the blanket lift arm being rotatable about the drive axle or pinion. A method is also provided.

US Patent:

7819057, Oct 26, 2010

Filed:

Mar 24, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/388319

Inventors:

Bryan Charles Dustin - Strafford NH, US
Brian Joseph Gentle - Rochester NH, US
Daniel Paul Gagne - So. Berwick ME, US

Assignee:

Goss International Americas, Inc. - Durham NH

International Classification:

B41F 13/24
B41F 7/02
B41F 9/00
B41F 16/00
B41F 31/30
B41F 33/08
B41F 7/10

US Classification:

101247, 101218, 101143, 101144, 101139, 101140, 101137

Abstract:

An offset print unit includes a plate cylinder having an end, a rotatable plate cylinder support supporting the end and having a first bearing surface, a blanket cylinder having a blanket cylinder end, a rotatable blanket cylinder support supporting the end and having a second bearing surface and an actuating device for rotating the plate cylinder support and the blanket cylinder support, the first and second bearing surfaces contacting during a part of the rotation of the supports. A method is also provided.

US Patent:

7849796, Dec 14, 2010

Filed:

Mar 24, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/388602

Inventors:

Bradford John Trudeau - Lee NH, US
Brian Joseph Gentle - Rochester NH, US
Bryan Charles Dustin - Strafford NH, US

Assignee:

Goss International Americas, Inc - Durham NH

International Classification:

B41F 27/00

US Classification:

101477, 101247, 1014151

Abstract:

An offset web print unit includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, the plate cylinder being movable during a throw-off operation, and a tucker bar for tucking plates into the plate cylinder, the tucker bar having an axis movable with respect to the plate cylinder axis for reducing a gap during the throw-off operation. A method is also provided.

US Patent:

8250976, Aug 28, 2012

Filed:

Jul 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/847132

Inventors:

John Lindsey Krauser - Durango CO, US
Brian Joseph Gentle - Rocheseter NH, US
Bryan Charles Dustin - Strafford NH, US

Assignee:

Goss International Americas, Inc. - Durham NH

International Classification:

B41F 13/24
B41F 7/02

US Classification:

101247, 101218, 101137, 101139, 101150, 101143, 101144, 101145

Abstract:

An offset print unit includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder having an end and a blanket gear coaxial with the blanket cylinder, a drive axle or pinion supporting a gear driving the blanket gear and a blanket lift arm for selectively supporting the end to cantilever the blanket cylinder, the blanket lift arm being rotatable about the drive axle or pinion. A method is also provided.

US Patent:

8356553, Jan 22, 2013

Filed:

Sep 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/881804

Inventors:

Bryan Charles Dustin - Strafford NH, US
Brian Joseph Gentle - Rochester NH, US
Daniel Paul Gagne - So. Berwick ME, US

Assignee:

Goss International Americas, Inc. - Durham NH

International Classification:

B41F 13/24
B41F 7/02
B41F 31/30
B41F 9/00
B41F 16/00
B41F 5/16
B41F 5/18

US Classification:

101247, 101218, 101137, 101139, 101143, 101184

Abstract:

An offset print unit includes a plate cylinder having an end, a rotatable plate cylinder support supporting the end and having a first bearing surface, a blanket cylinder having a blanket cylinder end, a rotatable blanket cylinder support supporting the end and having a second bearing surface and an actuating device for rotating the plate cylinder support and the blanket cylinder support, the first and second bearing surfaces contacting during a part of the rotation of the supports. A method is also provided.

US Patent:

20110094400, Apr 28, 2011

Filed:

Nov 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/955190

Inventors:

Bradford John Trudeau - Lee NH, US
Brian Joseph Gentle - Rochester NH, US
Bryan Charles Dustin - Strafford NH, US

Assignee:

Goss International Americas, Inc. - Durham NH

International Classification:

B41F 5/04

US Classification:

101219

Abstract:

An offset web print unit includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, the plate cylinder being movable during a throw-off operation, and a tucker bar for tucking plates into the plate cylinder, the tucker bar having an axis movable with respect to the plate cylinder axis for reducing a gap during the throw-off operation.

US Patent:

56716362, Sep 30, 1997

Filed:

Jan 24, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/590893

Inventors:

Daniel Paul Gagne - S. Berwick ME
Bryan Charles Dustin - Rochester NH

Assignee:

Heidelberg Harris Inc. - Dover NH
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG - Heidelberg

International Classification:

F16H 5712

US Classification:

74409

Abstract:

The present invention relates to an apparatus for preventing circumferential separation between the meshing teeth of a first gear and a second gear of a gear train. Exemplary embodiments of the invention include a first torque transmitting gear coaxially fixed to the first gear, a second torque transmitting gear in meshing engagement with the first torque transmitting gear, a third torque transmitting gear in meshing engagement with the second torque transmitting gear, and being rotatable about a shaft fixedly connected to a fourth torque transmitting gear which in turn is in meshing engagement with the second gear. The third torque transmitting gear is drivingly connected to the shaft via a pre-loaded resilient element formed by a first torsion spring and a second torsion spring. In an exemplary embodiment, the torsion springs are arranged such that windings of the first torsion spring are located within spaces formed between adjacent windings of the second torsion spring. The pre-loaded resilient element biases the third and fourth torque transmitting gears in opposite rotational directions about the shaft, thereby biasing the first gear and the second gear such that their teeth remain in contact.