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Press-on device in a printing unit of a printing press

US5537922A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 15, 1995
Grant dateJul 23, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/2193
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a printing unit of a printing press having a plate cylinder and a blanket cylinder, there is provided a combination including a press-on device having a press-on roller applicable against the plate cylinder and swivelable at a spaced distance therefrom about a swivel axis aligned parallel to respective axes of the cylinders, a finger-protection device and a blast air device for blowing air against one of the cylinders, the press-on bar having a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted thereon, and the blast-air device being formed of a hollow interior of the press-on bar for receiving blast air therein, and nozzle openings in the surface of the press-on bar for discharging blast air from the hollow interior thereof, the longitudinal axis of the press-on bar together with the plurality of rollers rotatably mounted on the press-on bar and the swivel axis being swivelable substantially on a plane passing through a nip between the plate cylinder and the blanket cylinder about the swivel axis in a direction opposite to a direction wherein the press-on roller is applied against the plate cylinder and against a spring-biasing force and being cooperatively e…

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