Patent · US Expired

Device for changing ink cartridges in an offset printing press

US6269744A · kind A · utility

4Cited by

3References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Peter T. Blaser · Dielheim, DE
Renko Mollers · Sendenhorst, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 1999
Grant date	Aug 7, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41F31/02
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for filling with printing ink a respective ink duct of various printing units of a printing press, provided with an ink cartridge reciprocatingly movable on a crossbar above the respective ink duct, includes a container system provided with a plurality of ink cartridges, the container system being mounted so as to be movable along the printing press, a control unit for controlling the container system, and a gripper system disposed in the container system for changing the ink cartridges.

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