Patent · US Expired

Rotary printing press

US5473983A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 3, 1994
Grant dateDec 12, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 3, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41F21/10
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary printing press for printing on sheets of printing stock will typically have cylinders mounted therein for transporting the sheets of printing stock through the printing press. Such transfer cylinders can typically be equipped with a gripper device for engaging the sheets of printing stock, which gripper device can be formed be a plurality of individual gripping fingers pivot-mounted to the cylinder, with each gripping finger being operated directly and substantially separately from the other gripping fingers.

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