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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Lev Zlatin, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Andrew Work Kelsall, Dover, NH (US);
Mark Bernard Dumais, Kennebunk, ME (US);
Lev Zlatin, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Andrew Work Kelsall, Dover, NH (US);
Mark Bernard Dumais, Kennebunk, ME (US);
Goss International Americas, Inc., Durham, NH (US);
Abstract
A variable cutoff printing unit is provided that includes a plate cylinder, a plate cylinder support removably supporting the plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, a blanket cylinder support removably supporting the blanket cylinder, a frame, the plate cylinder support and the blanket cylinder support being coupled to the frame, a sliding element coupled to the blanket cylinder support for moving the blanket cylinder support toward and away from the plate cylinder support, and a stopping device for stopping movement of the sliding element to limit the movement of the blanket cylinder toward and away from the plate cylinder to a defined range. A method of operating a variable cutoff printing unit is also provided.