Patent · US Expired

Gripper finger for the gripper spindle of a sheet-fed printing press

US5199757A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 1991
Grant dateApr 6, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 19, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41F21/104
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gripper finger for a gripper spindle in a sheet-fed printing press includes first and second components. The first component has a gripper finger extension which contacts a gripper finger support at a transfer point. The first and second components cooperate to form an enclosure angle for enclosing the gripper spindle, with the first component contributing a maximum of 180 degrees to the enclosure angle and the second component supplementing the enclosure angle. The second component is fastened to the gripper spindle. A first compression spring is disposed between the ends of the first and second for exerting an adjustable, first spring force approximately in a direction of the transfer point. An adjustment screw is threadably engaged with one of the components and has a tip which lies against the supporting plane of the other component for exerting a screw force approximately in a direction of the transfer point. The first spring force and the screw force combine to form a resultant force in the direction of a line connecting the center point of the gripper spindle and the transfer point. A second compression spring clamped between the first component and the gripper spindle urg…

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