Patent · US Expired

Printing unit for a web fed rotary printing machine

US6494135B1 · kind B1 · utility

11Cited by

8References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Josef Gottling · Friedberg, DE
Horst Dauer · Rohrbach, DE
Godber Petersen · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 9, 2000
Grant date	Dec 17, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41F13/30
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing unit for a web-fed rotary printing machine is provided including a plurality of cylinders; a corresponding drive motor for each of the cylinders; a machine frame includes at least one load bearing wall, including two mutually facing wall surfaces perpendicular to a plane through end faces of the cylinders, wherein the at least one load bearing wall is arranged laterally beside an end of the cylinders; a guide means including a plurality of guide elements arranged on the at least one load bearing wall; a plurality of carriages, wherein each carriage is operably attached to at least one of the plurality of guide elements; at least one driven screw spindle mounted on the machine frame; and a permanently threaded nut engaged by an associated driven screw spindle for setting the location of the carriages.

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