Patent · US Expired

Removable guard on cylinders of printing presses

US4014260A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 13, 1975
Grant dateMar 29, 1977
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Expiry dateNov 13, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41F27/1293
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Removable guard on a printing press cylinder formed with a cylinder gap and having end plates at the axial ends thereof includes cover means having a longitudinal split therein, and spring means carried by the cover means, the cover means being yieldingly foldable along the split against the biasing force of the spring means and insertable into the cylinder gap wherein it is unfoldable along the split under the biasing force of the spring means and engageable with the cylinder end plates so as to cover and bridge the cylinder gap.

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