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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:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gunter Stephan, Wiesloch-Baiertal, DE;
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101232 ; 101230 ;
Abstract
A device in a printing press for applying air flow to printing stock being transferred by a transfer drum to an impression cylinder so as to achieve a flawless application of the printing stock on the impression cylinder before the printing stock reaches a printing nip defined by the impression cylinder and a blanket cylinder of the printing press includes a flat air-guide element extending over the breadth of the impression cylinder from a vicinity of the circumference of the transfer drum to as far as possible in a direction towards the printing nip so as to form a wedge-shaped space having a tip extending towards the printing nip.