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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2013
Lawrence E Zagar, Dover, NH (US);
James Brian Vrotacoe, Barrington, NH (US);
Daniel Matthew Perdue, McKinney, TX (US);
Lawrence E Zagar, Dover, NH (US);
James Brian Vrotacoe, Barrington, NH (US);
Daniel Matthew Perdue, McKinney, TX (US);
Goss International Americas, Inc., Durham, NH (US);
Abstract
A roller assembly is provided for spreading and chilling a web in a printing press. The roller assembly includes a roller for chilling and spreading a web and a trolley roller contacting the roller, the trolley roller configured and arranged to impart a deflection in the roller. Also provided is a roller assembly for counteracting web loading on a roller in a printing press. This roller assembly includes a roller for transporting a web, the roller having an axis; a web wrapped partially around the roller and applying a load on the roller transverse to the axis; and a trolley roller contacting the roller, the trolley roller configured and arranged to impart a sufficient force on the roller to keep the axis of the roller linear under said load.