Abstract:
A gripper device for manually adjusting the position of a pair of gripper rows disposed on opposite sides of the periphery of double-size sheet-guiding cylinders, to a work and turn angle of exactly 180.degree.. Each of the gripper rows includes a cam follower roller and at least one cam follower roller is adapted to have its center-line displaced relative to the axis of the gripper shaft so that the distance between the axes can be varied.
Abstract:
A washing assembly for a lithographic press including a washing roller having a porous resilient surface for carrying a charge of cleaning fluid, the washing roller being mounted in a frame for rocking movement from a disengaged position to a first washing position in which the washing roller is engaged with the surface of the blanket cylinder and a second washing position in which the roller is engaged with the surface of the impression cylinder. A drive wheel is provided at the end of the blanket cylinder for coupling to a driven wheel at the end of the washing roller as the frame is rocked to its first washing position for differential driving of the washing roller to produce relative wiping against the surface of the blanket cylinder. A squeeze roller in pressing engagement with the washing roller prepares the surface of the washing roller to accept a fresh charge of cleaning fluid. In the preferred embodiment as used in a "five cylinder" press, first and second washing rollers are journaled on different portions of the same frame so that in the first washing position of the frame the washing rollers respectively engage the surfaces of separate blanket cylinders. The gap in the impression cylinder is spanned by a bridge to prevent the washing roller from falling into the gap.
Abstract:
An auxiliary drive for the ductor roller of a sheet-fed offset press continues to advance the ductor roller in small angular steps during press stoppages. The damping unit drive which continues to run during press stoppages drives the ductor roller stepwise by way of an eccentric drive linkage and a ratchet wheel disposed on the ductor roller journal. When the press is running, a rocker lever in the drive linkage can be pivoted away from the throw zone of the eccentric for example, by a piston actuated by oil pressure of the press's oil supply system. In alternative embodiments, the lever arm can be pivoted away by a compressed air cylinder or a suction cylinder which become operative when the press is running.
Abstract:
A shift-over device for controlling the turning drum grippers of a rotary sheet printing press optionally changeable for one-side printing or two-side printing and having a relatively rotatable gripper opening cam and an axially movable gripper turning cam includes a rotatable switching shaft carrying a stop arm with adjustable stops mounted on the press frame for engaging the stop arm and limiting the rotation of the switching shaft in opposite directions. A first crank arm is secured to the switching shaft and carries a lash lever coupled to the gripper opening cam for relatively rotating it incident to oscillations of the switching shaft. A second crank arm is secured to the switching shaft and coupled to a push arm having face cams engageable with push rods connected to the gripper turning cam for axially shifting it incident to oscillations of the switching shaft. In the preferred embodiment, a pneumatic cylinder is connected to a drive crank secured to the switching shaft and a source of pneumatic pressure with a control valve interposed between the source and the pneumatic cylinder is provided for actuating the cylinder to oscillate the switching shaft and simultaneously rotate the gripper opening cam and axially shift the gripper turning cam.
Abstract:
A clamping device for thin flexible printing plates has a tensioning rail at the trailing wall of a wide longitudinal groove in the plate cylinder. The tensioning unit is mounted for axial and peripheral adjustment on a support of "L" cross-section having a first leg seated with respect to the bottom of the groove and a second leg presenting an upstanding reference surface interposed between the tensioning rail and the trailing wall of the groove. A set of tensioning springs recessed in the tensioning rail bear against the reference surface and apply peripheral tension to the plate. A spring detent latches the tensioning rail temporarily against the reference surface, overcoming the tensioning springs while the trailing edge of the plate is being gripped. The spring detent is mounted upon and movable with the support. Screws having a plurality of selectable holes anchor the support in a series of peripheral positions for accommodation of plates of different length. A plurality of jack screws threaded into the tensioning rail have tips which bear against the reference surface on the support for removing slack from the plate and for tensioning of the plate about the surface of the cylinder.
Abstract:
An offset inking unit includes a distributor roll having a first roll train that communicates via a first branch roll with an ink transport roll engaged, as viewed in the direction of rotation of the plate cylinder, by two front inking rolls and having a second roll train connected in parallel to the first roll train that communicates via a second branch roll with a spreader roll which, as viewed in the direction of rotation of the plate cylinder, is engaged at least by the first inking roll of the two front inking rolls. Also as viewed in the direction of rotation of the plate cylinder, the second inking roll of the two front inking rolls communicates at least with another rear inking roll via another ink transport roll. Damping is optionally effected directly on the printing plate or on a front inking roll.
Abstract:
A sheet-turning drum in a sheet-fed rotary printing press for optionally first printing or perfecting printing is provided that is simple to assemble and adapted to be changed over for differing printing requirements. To this end, the sheet-turning drum is subdivided into a unitary main member and a cylindrical drum envelope. The latter having a sheet support surface and flanges disposed on its end faces for securing the envelope between mounting flanges on the main member. The sheet support surfaces of the drum envelope can be in the form of a smooth metal surface, an ink-repellent fabric or support rollers retained on carrying rods.
Abstract:
A device for the lateral and longitudinal positioning of sheets on the feed table of a printing press, with the leading edge of the sheet engaging a set of front stops and the lateral edge of the sheet in contact with a side guide, enabling accurate registered pick up by a transfer cylinder or the like. Cooperating laterally swingable wiper members are provided both above and below the sheet having friction shoes for wiping the sheet in the direction of the side guide. The friction shoes are connected to the respective wiper members in such a way as to provide freedom of relative movement at right angles to the direction of wipe so that the sheet may move against the front stops at the same time that is being wiped toward the side guide. In the preferred embodiment of the invention the wiper members are in the form of synchronously rotated arms timed so that the arms engage the sheet as the sheet approaches the front stops, and the friction shoes are in the form of rollers interposed at the ends of the arms, freely rotatable about axes which extend in the direction of wiping movement, so that the sheet may complete its movement against the front stops, with accommodating rotation of the rollers, as it is being urged by the rollers toward the side guide. In an alternative embodiment the friction shoes are stiffly secured to the wiping members in the wiping direction but supported with light resilient force in the direction of movement of the sheet so as to permit final movement of the sheet simultaneously in the two directions.
Abstract:
A shifting gear for the inkbox roller of a printing press having a freewheeling journal arranged on the roller axis including a drive pin connected to a slide block carried by the journal and a swingably borne slide block frame having a swinging axis connected with an oscillating drive to the press roller, the swinging axis of the slide block frame being shiftably arranged by a setting gear with respect to the drive pin of the freewheeling journal, and the setting gear having a setting sindle and drive nut connected with a bearing lever swingable on the machine frame and carrying the swinging axis of the slide block frame, the spindle having a setting groove whose pitch corresponds to the maximal setting range of the setting gear and the drive nut carrying a guide pin positioned in the setting groove. In the preferred embodiment, the setting spindle is connected with a turning grip and, with interposition of an indexing arrangement, the setting spindle is adjustable in small annular steps.
Abstract:
In accordance with the invention, a plate-clamping mechanism is provided for clamping and locking flexible printing plates on a printing cylinder wherein a clamping jaw fitted into a cylinder cavity has a leading edge for clamping one end of printing plate which is (1) non-parallel to the cylinder's axis of rotation and (2) coincident with the periphery of the cylinder when the clamping jaw is in its opened or closed position. In addition, the clamping jaw's axis of rotation is parallel to the jaw's leading edge. Such a clamping jaw eliminates any void between the printing plate and the cylinder surface which might otherwise exist after the plate is tensioned and clamped: such a void is common in printing cylinders with clamping jaws having leading edges non-parallel to the cylinder's axis of rotation.