Rotary printing press for two-sided printing of sheets
February 10, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 1635299 2911907 3384011 3848320 Single-color or multicolor offset printer with movable machine groups Method and apparatus for multi-color printing Multicolor offset press with segmental impression cylinder gear Offset printing machine having two printing units Combined rotary web-fed printing machine, especially for the printing of securities Web-fed printing machine for recto-verso printing especially of banknotes Patent #: 5136942 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 195362 filed on 02/10/1994US Classes:101/177, Transfer101/183, Multiple couple101/229PerfectingExaminersPrimary: Fisher, J. ReedAttorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesB41F 005/06B41F 007/06 Foreign Application Priority Data1993-02-10 DEAbstractRotary printing press for two-sided printing of sheets having a first and a second printing unit, respectively including an impression cylinder, the press including a sheet feeder having a device for separating sheets singly from a feeder pile and a device for feeding the singly separated sheets to the first printing unit for printing one of the sides of the respective sheets and to the second printing unit for printing the other of the sides of the respective sheets, a delivery system having a device for conveying and depositing the sheets on at least one delivery pile and including a disconnectable delivery, a control device for controlling operational sequences performed in the rotary printing press, the first and second printing units being satellite printing units disposed as mirror images in tandem horizontally and, respectively, having a plurality of printing devices arranged around each of the respective impression cylinders thereof, the sheet feeder and the disconnectable delivery being assigned to the first printing unit and being disposed between the first and the second printing units, stationary sub-units assigned to the first printing unit, the device for feeding the singly separated sheets to the second printing unit being connectable to the disconnectable delivery. | |
