Patent · US Expired

Printing machine and method for printing a sheet

US6883426B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Peter Hachmann · Dossenheim, DE
Andreas Henn · Trochtelfingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 2001
Grant date	Apr 26, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 3, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41F21/108
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing press for one-sided or two-sided printing of a sheet includes a transfer cylinder disposed in a travel direction of the sheet between a first and a second impression cylinder, respectively, of two printing units, and a sheet support assigned to the transfer cylinder for receiving the sheet thereon before the sheet is transferred to the second impression cylinder, an inverting drum disposed in the travel direction of the sheet between the sheet support and the second impression cylinder, the inverting drum serving for picking up the sheet from the sheet support and transporting the sheet to the second impression cylinder; and a method of operation.

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