Abstract: In order to fashion a print head lifting device of a tampon printing machine with as simple components as possible which is without play and of low maintenance, a crank link 3, 4, 6 is provided for having a driven crank 3 and a link 5 borne on a machine frame 1, wherein the connecting rod 4 is connected to a lifting lever 11 via a connecting lever 15 pivotably hinged at both sides, the one end of which is disposed on the machine frame 1 and the other end of which is pivotably connected to the longitudinally displaceable print head lifting rod 8.

Abstract: A multiple-color tampon printing machine with a tampon carrier member is rotatable in a step-by-step movement about a first axis. A stereotype plate carrier member is rotatably mounted about a second axis which extends parallel to the first axis. The stereotype plate carrier member carries out a step-by-step rotating movement synchronously with the tampon carrier member. The tampon carrier member additionally carries out an up-and-down movement at predetermined fixed positions of rotation. A surface of a stereotype plate, a printing material holding device, and a tampon cleaning device are arranged in a common plane and in a circle around the tampon carrier member, such that, when the printing material is held stationary, a first tampon picks up a printing image from the respective stereotype plate surface, a second tampon preceding the first tampon prints the printing image onto the printing material, and a third tampon following the first tampon is cleaned by the tampon cleaning device.

Abstract: A tractor nozzle device for fast running sheet feeders is distinguished in that rubber-metal bushings (66, 72) are provided for the bearings between the support bridge and the rocker as bearings for the mutual absorption of the back-and-forth movements (44) as well as the additional deflection movements (106).

Abstract: In a resilient lifting nozzle and tracer bearing for sheet feeders, the upward and downward oscillating movements as well as the resilient pressure of the cam roller against the cam plate are provided by rubber-metal bushings.