Abstract: A vertically adjustable gripper support mechanism for the grippers of turning drums of perfecting presses wherein the sheet is turned by two correlatively cooperating gripper systems disposed on cam-controlled pivot shafts biased by return springs. An adjusting shaft is disposed concentrically within the pivot shaft and is rotatable by an adjusting wheel, the adjusting shaft being formed with axially spaced recesses corresponding to the number of gripper supports and having a plurality of arcuate adjusting surfaces preferably offset at 60.degree. in the peripheral direction to one another to provide a multistep vertical adjustment to the gripper support.

Abstract: A cutting assembly for a sheet fed printing machine having a feed drum for supporting individual sheets and feeding them one after another to the impression cylinder for printing by the blanket cylinder, including a knife blade having a cutting edge, a knife blade support, an arm for mounting the support adjacent the feed drum, the arm being pivoted about an axis parallel to the axis of the feed drum for limited rocking movement toward and away from the feed drum, a stop and a clamp for establishing a reference cutting position for the arm, the feed drum having an anvil extending around its periphery cooperating with the edge of the knife blade for cutting of the sheet as the feed drum rotates, way surfaces between the knife blade support and the arm for guiding the knife blade support for movement in the plane perpendicular to the feed drum and along a path of adjustment which bears a shallow angle to a line of tangency to the feed drum, and a manually operated adjusting screw effectively interposed between

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for simple and reliable adjusting of the smoothing means on a storage cylinder of a sheet of set press to adjust the smoothing means relative to the sheet end when the press is selectively changed from first printing to perfecting printing operation. The storage cylinder is mounted on a hollow main shaft in which a hollow intermediate shaft and an adjusting shaft are concentrically mounted. Clamping cams are disposed on the intermediate shaft and act by way of cam followers and expanding finger sleeves to clamp or release the elements which carry the smoothing means on the main shaft. The position of the smoothing means relative to the main shaft is adjusted by way of epicyclic gearing interposed between one end of the adjusting shaft and the hollow main shaft.

Abstract: The turning cylinder and storage cylinder in a perfecting printing press is provided with changeover mechanisms having spring-loaded electromagnetically releasable latches and sensors for detecting latched adjustments. Moreover, a contactless sensor is provided for detecting clamping of the calendering suckers in the storage cylinder even when the cylinder is rotating. Contactless proximity switches determine the correct phase adjustments between the storage cylinder and the turning cylinder for both perfecting and first form printing. An access door and interlock guarantees that the cylinders are turned to a normal position and braked before the access door is opened, and the access door cannot be closed for subsequent printing until changeover has been completed. An indicator array indicates the sequence of adjustments to follow and abnormal conditions.

Abstract: In response to a stop command such as a printing disturbance signal, the transfer of varnish to the varnish applicator roller is shut off but the feeding of sheets through the varnishing unit is not immediately shut off; rather, a few remaining sheets are thereafter fed through the varnishing unit before the varnish applicator roller is thrown off from the cooperating cylinder and the machine drive is shut off. The few remaining sheets remove the residual varnish from the varnish applicator roller so that when printing is resumed the newly printed sheets do not stick to the varnish applicator roller or the cooperating cylinder. In a preferred embodiment a preselection counter, clocked by sheet feed cycles, determines the number of remaining sheets.

Abstract: An inking unit for a printing press including a source of ink, a set of ink transfer rollers for establishing an ink film, a distributor roller vibrated endwise for distribution of the ink film and a form roller for applying the ink film to a plate on the plate cylinder. The form roller has a shaft and an outer cylindrical shell, the latter being rotated by surface engagement. A bearing between the shaft and the shell permits relative axial as well as rotational movement. A cam of the cylindrical, or drum, type mounted on the shaft has an endless wavy groove in which is received a cam follower in the form of a roller extending radially inwardly from the sleeve so that the sleeve reciprocates through a single cycle as a result of a single relative rotation of the shaft.