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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:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernd A Hillebrand, Bergrheinfeld, DE;
Horst B Michalik, Hochberg, DE;
Assignee:
Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft, Wurzburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101409 ; 101410 ; 101411 ; 271277 ;
Abstract
A folding cylinder for a web-fed rotary printing press is provided with signature end engaging point spurs. The cylinder is also provided with signature grippers which will engage the signature end or sides so that the point spurs can be retracted at a slower rate of speed to thereby avoid damaging the signature end.