Patents
US 12365174 B2: Ink tray insert
- Granted
- 2025-07-22
- Filed
- 2023-09-12 application 18244973
- Type
- Utility · 9 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An ink tray insert is adapted to be inserted into a conventional ink tray in a printing system. The ink tray insert includes a bottom surface having an outer profile that substantially conforms to an inner profile of a bottom surface of the conventional ink tray, and left and right side walls that extend upwards from left and right edges of the bottom surface, respectively. Bearing saddles are mounted on the left and right side walls adapted to receive bearings mounted on a shaft of a fountain roller, the ink tray insert being adapted to supply ink to the fountain roller in an ink transfer zone. A cross-track width of the ink tray insert between the left and right side walls is less than a cross-track width of the conventional ink tray.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250722.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 | B41F31/06 | 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 | 65507/887 | 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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