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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1999
Andreas Detmers, Mauer, DE;
Arno Jünger, Nussloch, DE;
Jürgen Kreutzkämper, Sinsheim-Hoffenheim, DE;
Sven Mader, Dielheim, DE;
Christian Meier, Schriesheim, DE;
Gotthard Schmid, Malsch, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A printing-unit accessory engaged with a printing unit of a printing press, in an operating position of the accessory, and removed from the vicinity of the printing unit, in at least one maintenance position of the accessory, includes a pivoting mechanism securing the accessory to the printing press, the pivoting mechanism being disposed in a region of a side wall of the printing unit in a manner that the accessory is movable into a vertical position adjacent the side wall, and at least one linear guide disposed in front of the side wall so that the accessory is displaceable into a horizontal position thereof distal from the printing unit.