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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Michael Robert Lemelin, Dover, NH (US);
Dale Hiett Jackson, Newmarket, NH (US);
Mark Bernard Dumais, Kennebunk, ME (US);
John Sheridan Richards, Barrington, NH (US);
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A web-fed rotary printing press ( ) for alternatively printing, in a perfecting mode, a single web ( ) or, in a non-perfecting mode, first and second webs ( ), comprises a first impression cylinder ( ) having a plurality of first blanket cylinders ( ) and a corresponding plurality of second plate cylinders ( ) arranged along a periphery of the first impression cylinder ( ). A second impression cylinder ( ) located adjacent to the first impression cylinder ( ) has a plurality of second blanket cylinders ( ) and a corresponding plurality of second plate cylinders ( ) arranged along a periphery thereof. In the perfecting mode, the single web ( ) is passed over first impression cylinder ( ) to be printed on a first side ( ) thereof and is afterwards passed through a gap ( ) between the first and second impression cylinders ( ) to the second impression cylinder ( ) to be printed on a second side ( ) thereof. In the non-perfecting mode, the first web ( ) is passed over the first impression cylinder ( ) and the second web ( ) is passed over the second impression cylinder ( ).