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Device for achieving a flawless application of printing stock in a printing press

US5706726A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 24, 1996
Grant dateJan 13, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 24, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2406/11325
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device in a printing press for applying air flow to printing stock being transferred by a transfer drum to an impression cylinder so as to achieve a flawless application of the printing stock on the impression cylinder before the printing stock reaches a printing nip defined by the impression cylinder and a blanket cylinder of the printing press includes a flat air-guide element extending over the breadth of the impression cylinder from a vicinity of the circumference of the transfer drum to as far as possible in a direction towards the printing nip so as to form a wedge-shaped space having a tip extending towards the printing nip.

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