Abstract:
An impression cylinder of a printing press is provided with a rotatable shaft journalled parallel to its axis. The shaft has at least two feelers mounted thereon which are resiliently urged upward out of the cylinder, so as to contact the sheet fed to the cylinder. The shaft and the feelers are provided with cooperating abutment means which cause the feelers to rotate the shaft in one direction. The shaft is provided with lever means at one of its exterior ends which cooperate with the tripping-off control means. The shaft is provided with spring means which rotates the shaft counter to the action of the feeler spring. The feeler spring has a force greater than that of the shaft spring so that in the absence of the effect of a paper sheet, the shaft is rotated to cause the lever means to activate the tripping-off mechanism but to be ineffective when a sheet is properly aligned on the cylinder and properly sensed.
Abstract:
The offset cylinder of a printing machine is brought into pressure engagement at predetermined time intervals first with the form cylinder and subsequently with the pressure cylinder by means of a lever system actuated by a cam disc freely rotatably mounted on the hub of a toothed driven wheel, with pawl means caring for temporary connection of the cam disc with the toothed wheel, with a two-arm lever controlling the position of said pawl means, the position of said two-arm lever controlled by a control lever.
Abstract:
A swingable lever pivoted to a support and having pivotally connected thereto a carrier which is provided with a follower engaging a profiled track in the support for guiding movement of the carrier. A suction rod equipped with suction cups is supported by the carrier, and the carrier as well as the lever are provided with air passage means communicating through the suction rod with the suction cups.
Abstract:
Apparatus for positioning sheets on a pile of a delivery table after their printing in a printing press. A continuous conveyer is provided for carrying successive sheets to the pile. A frame is mounted adjacent the pile and the conveyer and at least one perforated drum is located in the frame and adapted to be connected to a source of vacuum for braking the conveyed sheets. A front layer adapted to engage the edge of the conveyed sheets to position the sheets on the pile is also mounted on the frame. The apparatus includes drive means for synchronously rotating the drum and oscillating the front layer comprising a first shaft journaled in the frame and means connecting the shaft to the conveyer for rotating the shaft jointly with it. A pin extends axially from one end of the first shaft eccentric to its longitudinal axis and a forked member which is linked to the front layer surrounds the eccentric pin. The rotation of the pin causes the forked member and the front layer to oscillate. A second shaft extends freely through the perforated brake drums and is journaled in the frame. Means connecting the first and second shafts are provided so that the second shaft will rotate conjointly with the first. The second shaft is provided with disc means which engage the periphery of the drums whereby the drums are themselves rotated with respect to the second shaft.
Abstract:
The level of a stack of paper sheets on a feed board, from which individual sheets are transferred in the course of printing to the printing cylinders is maintained at a proper height using a feeler determining the actual level of the stack. The feeler is provided with an extension, which actuates a switch fixed on a vertically slidable supporting board itself provided with regulating means for adjusting the height of said supporting board with respect to the supporting body. The thus generated control pulses actuate electromagnetic means or an electric motor, raising the feed board to the proper level.
Abstract:
A printing press, having a pair of shiftable cylinders, a paper feed, means for operating said press and a control system. Apparatus for counting the printed paper sheets, including an escapement mechanism directly connected to the cylinders and means for setting the ratchet for a predetermined number of indexes. The ratchet being connected to the control system to regulate the same on completion of the printing of a predetermined number of sheets.
Abstract:
Apparatus for mounting an ink roller so that it may be shifted into engagement or disengagement with a form cylinder roller in an offset press. The apparatus comprises a holder for journalling the ink roller on a supporting frame, the holder being mounted so as to be reciprocally movable on said frame along a path radial to the axis of the form cylinder and an ink distributing roller to which it engages. The holder and frame are provided with engaging bearing means. A rod slideably extends through the holder parallel to the radial path of movement and has stop means limiting the relative upward and downward movement of the rod through said holder. Means are provided for reciprocating the rod in response to the selected operation of the machine whereby said holder can be listed and swung to cause the ink roller to engage and disengage selectively with the form cylinder and the ink distributor.
Abstract:
Apparatus for the pneumatic feeding of individual sheets from a sheet stack to printing machines, in which the drive is derived from a driving shaft, the axis of which is parallel to the sheet stack and in direction of supply of the sheets. The driving shaft supports a number of cams transmitting motion to individual mechanisms of the feeding device and controlling vacuum and pressurized air supply for different functional purposes which are all located in a common housing.
Abstract:
Apparatus for the distribution of air in a pneumatic sheet feeding device for printing machines, wherein a plurality of sheets are located in a pile, comprising a body having a cylindrical bore and a spool member rotatably mounted in said body. The spool member has an axial bore defining a central chamber and a plurality of recesses formed on its circumference. The recesses define with the body a plurality of distributing channels intersecting the central chamber. The body has an inlet for pressurized air, an inlet for the exhaust of air under vacuum and a plurality of outlet openings leading to the sheet feeding devices. The spool member is connected to the drive shaft for conjoint rotation therewith, so as to be operable in sequence therewith.