Patent · US Expired

Printing apparatus including a forme cylinder and method of preparing the forme cylinder for printing

US5413043A · kind A · utility

17Cited by

15References

24Claims

0Family size

Assignee

MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Hartmut Fuhrmann · Bobingen, DE
Josef Gottling · Friedberg, DE
Wolfram Fischer · Bayreuth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 19, 1993
Grant date	May 9, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 19, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41F27/1206
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The printing apparatus with a forme cylinder which has in its interior a first roller for winding off a printing foil which can be pulled onto the outer surface of the forme cylinder, and a second roller for winding up the printing foil which has been pulled onto the outer surface of the forme cylinder. The forme cylinder has in its outer surface a single opening for a recess into the interior of the forme cylinder. The first roller and the second roller are together arranged in the recess. The printing foil can be wound from the first roller onto the outer surface of the forme cylinder and from the outer surface onto the second roller.

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