Patent · US Expired

Rotary printing press having a switchable speed-change gear mechanism with plant gears

US6851368B2 · kind B2 · utility

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29References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Detmers · Heddesheim, DE
Arno Jünger · Mörlenbach, DE
Jürgen Kreutzkämper · Berlin, DE
Sven Mader · Dielheim, DE
Christian Meier · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 29, 2002
Grant date	Feb 8, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 29, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41F13/008
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary printing machine includes at least one form cylinder, at least one further cylinder, and a gear transmission via which the form cylinder and the further cylinder are drivable together during a printing operation. A device is provided for setting an image on a printing form located on the form cylinder. A switchable speed-change gear mechanism is disposed between the form cylinder and the gear transmission for driving the form cylinder during the printing operation.

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