Patent · US Expired

Printing unit

US6494138B1 · kind B1 · utility

30Cited by

13References

33Claims

0Family size

Assignee

MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Josef Gottling · Friedberg, DE
Horst Dauer · Rohrbach, 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 is provided for a web fed printing machine having at least two cylinders where at least one of the cylinders is adjustable with respect to another of the cylinders; a machine frame having at least one load bearing wall arranged laterally beside an end of the cylinders; a drive motor corresponding to each cylinder; at least one guide element operably attached to the load bearing wall at a surface of the load bearing wall that runs perpendicular to a plane through the end faces of the cylinders; and a plurality of carriages attached to the guide element. At least one of the cylinders is connected to the carriages so that a distance from another of the cylinders can be adjusted.

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