The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1987
Klaus Theilacker, Friedberg, DE;
Johann Meitinger, Augsburg, DE;
MAN - Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Offenbach am Main, DE;
Abstract
To permit selective operation of a rubber blanket--plate cylinder couple located, respectively, above and below an impression cylinder for double prime printing, prime-and-verso printing, or printing plate change while printing is carried out with a remaining couple and during operation of the machine, two clutches (21 or 25) selectively feed a main rotary drive from a main gear (18, 19) to the drive gears (22, 23) of the upper blanket cylinder--plate cylinder couple (2, 4) or, upon operation of a clutch (25) via drive gears (26, 27) to the lower blanket cylinder--plate cylinder couple (3, 5). For prime-and-verso printing, only one of the clutches (e.g. 21) is operated. A further clutch (29) located on the shaft (13) of the upper blanket cylinder (2) can be coupled to the blanket cylinder shaft by a third clutch (29) which, for plate exchange during machine operation, is disengaged and, upon engagement, permits operation of the second blanket cylinder--plate cylinder couple in reverse direction--with respect to double-prime printing--while the second impression cylinder (25) then will spin freely on its shaft.