Patent · US Expired

Transfer drum for printing presses with devices for gripping the leading and trailing edges of a sheet which is being imprinted

US4202268A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 25, 1976
Grant dateMay 13, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 25, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41F21/108
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Transfer drum for printing presses through which a sheet to be imprinted passes, includes a shaft, a first and second row of sheet-supporting segments disposed in comb-like fashion along the periphery of the drum, devices for gripping, respectively, the trailing and leading edges of a sheet, one of the rows of segments being rotatably mounted on the shaft together with one of the gripping devices, and the other of the rows of segments being fixedly mounted on the shaft together with other of the gripping devices, the rows of segments being rotatable relative to one another, each of the gripping devices extending rigidly over the entire width of the drum and being secured to the respective row of segments in channels formed in the drum.

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