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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:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jurgen Furbass, Nussloch, DE;
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101148 ; 1013504 ;
Abstract
A damping unit for offset presses, which damping unit has a tipping roller which is immersed in a damping solution pan, a metering roller associated with the tipping roller, and a form roller which applies the damping solution to a printing plate of a plate cylinder. The rollers of the damping unit can be driven at different speeds and in different directions, whereby the drive can be controlled independently of the press speed.