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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
Michael Robert Lemelin, Madbury, NH (US);
Ken Francis Blaney, Middleton, NH (US);
Mark Bernard Dumais, Kennebunk, NH (US);
Michael Robert Lemelin, Madbury, NH (US);
Ken Francis Blaney, Middleton, NH (US);
Mark Bernard Dumais, Kennebunk, NH (US);
Goss International Americas, Inc., Durham, NH (US);
Abstract
A variable cutoff printing press is provided. The printing press includes a first plate cylinder rotating at a constant angular velocity and printing on a web during each revolution about a first plate cylinder axis and a first blanket cylinder rotating at varying angular velocities during each revolution about a first blanket cylinder axis. The first blanket cylinder comes in and out of contact with the first plate cylinder during operation. A method of variable cutoff printing is also provided.