Shinohara Machinery Co., Ltd.

Masayuki Iwamloto

Sheet-fed printing press, especially a satellite-type printing press by which double-side printing is performed with a single satellite-type press and if only single-side printing is required a sheet perfecting apparatus does not intervene in the sheet transfer path. In the course of printing with a plurality of printing units (26) provided in satellite-like manner around a common pressure cylinder (10), a sheet perfecting apparatus (36) is provided for inverting the sheet of material for double-side printing. The sheet perfecting apparatus is separable from the sheet transfer path for printing on one side only. The sheet perfecting apparatus is made up of a first transfer cylinder (38) a perfecting cylinder (40) and a second transfer cylinder (42).

Satellite-type printing press

Sheet perfecting apparatus for a satellite-type printing press by which double-side printing is performed with a single satellite-type press and if sheet perfecting is not needed the sheet is printed on one side only. In the course of printing with a plurality of printing units ( ) which are provided in satellite-like manner around a common pressure cylinder ( ), a plurality of chain gripper conveyors ( ) are arranged in parallel and are connected via a perfecting cylinder ( ) to invert the sheet of material.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Masayuki Iwamloto