Patent · US Expired

Sheet-fed printing press

US5778783A · kind A · utility

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15References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Christian Compera · Sonneberg, DE
Martin Greive · Heidelberg, DE
Bernd Herrmann · Ehningen, DE
Anton Rodi · Leimen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 1996
Grant date	Jul 14, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41F21/00
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet-fed printing press includes a plurality of printing units disposed along a sheet-transport path. A transport apparatus (3, 33, 40, 50, 66, 78) is disposed along the sheet-transport path. The sheets are transported through the printing units along the sheet-transport path and, after recto-printing, they are returned along a return-transport path which extends essentially in an opposite direction to the sheet-transport path. The printing press is thus enabled to print recto-and-verso while having a very short structural length.

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