Patents
US 12220904 B1: Inking system with segmented fountain roller
- Granted
- 2025-02-11
- Filed
- 2023-09-12 application 18244961
- Type
- Utility · 10 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An inking system is used to transfer a plurality of different inks to an anilox roller in a flexographic printing plate in a flexographic printing system. A fountain roller includes a plurality of ink transfer zones separated by recessed zones, and a segmented ink tray includes a plurality of ink tray segments corresponding to each of the ink transfer zones, wherein the fountain roller is positioned such that the ink transfer zones contact the anilox roller. Each ink transfer zone of the fountain roller is adapted to receive ink from the corresponding ink tray segment and transfer the received ink to a corresponding zone of the anilox roller.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250211.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2,417 patents | US company or organization | Rochester, NY | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state EASTMAN KODAK CO SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason D. Steadman | Rochester, NY | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Michael Shaughnessy | Hemlock, NY | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Carolyn Rae Ellinger | Rochester, NY | 74 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B41F | Printing machines or presses | B41F5/24 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-20 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY signed 2023-11-08 EASTMAN KODAK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL COMPANY, INC. signed 2023-11-08 FAR EAST DEVELOPMENT LTD. signed 2023-11-08 KODAK (NEAR EAST) INC. signed 2023-11-08 KODAK AMERICAS, LTD. signed 2023-11-08 KODAK PHILIPPINES LTD. signed 2023-11-08 GRAPHIC SYSTEMS SERVICES, INC. signed 2023-11-08 KODAK REALTY, INC. signed 2023-11-08 KODAK PE TECH, LLC signed 2023-11-08 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT BOSTON, MA | 65614/740 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2023-11-09 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ELLINGER, CAROLYN RAE signed 2023-11-01 SHAUGHNESSY, MICHAEL G. signed 2023-11-01 STEADMAN, JASON D. signed 2023-11-02 | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, NY | 65507/936 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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