Patent · US Expired

Rotary printing machine

US6655277B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 24, 2001
Grant dateDec 2, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 29, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

In a rotary printing machine, in particular a web-fed rotary printing machine, having at least one printing unit including a plurality of printing-unit cylinders, of which at least one can be brought into and out of operative connection with at least one functional unit which is associated with a function needed to operate the printing unit, is provided with a drive device and is fitted on a linear guide device, a high level of operating convenience and working accuracy being achieved by the functional unit being assigned a positioning device, which has a controller which can be fed with at least one position-dependent signal which can be generated by means of a sensor arrangement associated with the functional unit and by which the drive device can be controlled.

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