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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald Roger Douillard, Dover, NH (US);
Mark Bernard Dumais, Kennebunk, ME (US);
Michael Robert Lemellin, Dover, NH (US);
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 1/324 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 1/324 ;
Abstract
A printing press including a printing cylinder and a printing cylinder drive, the drive including a drive motor connected to a sun gear, a planet gear rotating about a fixed axis and driven by the sun gear, and a ring gear fixedly attached to the printing cylinder and driven by the planet gear. Also provided is a method for driving a printing cylinder comprising the steps of driving a sun gear using a drive motor, the sun gear driving a planet gear and a ring gear, the ring gear being fixedly attached to the printing cylinder.