Abstract: During start-up or run-on of a printing machine, a printed image is transferred from a printing cylinder (2, 24, 34) on a control or test cylinder (5, 26, 35) which has a surface representative of the surface of a substrate (6, 25, 33) on which printing, later on, is to be effected, for example a white ceramic surface of roughness comparable to that of paper. The image transferred on the control or test cylinder is optically tested while the cylinder rotates over a first partial circumferential range (7, 27, 36), and data derived, either by human observation or by electro-optical sensors (8, 28, 37) to permit readjustment of operating systems of the printing machine in accordance with desired operating parameters, such as register, inking density, ink/damping fluid relationship in offset processes or the like.

Abstract: A sheet type printing press is disclosed which includes a transmission assembly that prevents misregistration of plate and blanket cylinders upon their separation. The assembly also permits the press to be advanced or retarded while running to either correct misregistration or to start a new job using the same plate cylinders. A double harmonic drive is used to advance or retard the press. The harmonic drive is mounted to a hub which causes one of the circular splines and flexsplines thereof to be maintained under constant load. Such loading prevents misregistration when the plate cylinder drive gear is disengaged.

Abstract: Device for metering a quantity of ink in an offset printing machine having a plate cylinder and ink applicator cylinder engaging the plate cylinder and having a diameter corresponding to that of the plate cylinder, including an ink cylinder having a cylindrical outer surface formed of rigid material, at least one metering member cooperatively engageable with the ink cylinder under a given pressure, the metering member having a metering surface extending axially parallel with and tangentially to the cylindrical outer surface of the ink cylinder, and stationary bearing means for supporting the metering member through the intermediary of an adjusting element responsive to pressure from a pressure-medium for varying an ink gap between the metering surface and the ink cylinder outer surface, and means for supplying pressure medium to the adjusting element including a device for varying the pressure of the pressure medium as a function of time in accordance with a respective ink consumption within a printing period

Abstract: A pair of coacting blanket cylinder assemblies (13', 14') employed in a high speed printing press are each provided with a resilient blanket (13, 14) wrapped around a cylinder (15, 16) and held in place by magnets (35, 26) carried by the cylinders (15, 16). The magnets (35, 36) attract and hold magnetic portions (31, 32, 33, 34) of a metal backing plate adjacent the ends of the blankets (13A, 13B, 14A, 14B) which are separated by a gap (43, 44) of a size selected according to the thickness of blanket and natural frequency of the cylinder (15, 16) to obtain a residual response for gap disturbances that is less than a maximum threshold response at which streaking occurs during printing operation at high speed.

Abstract: In the context of an ink doctor arrangement with at least one doctor blade which is arranged to be carried on a doctor blade mount more reliable operation with less wear and is made possible by arranging the blade loosely in a slot in the said mount.

Abstract: A vacuum blanket cleaning system is provided for removing dust, lint or ink from a blanket cylinder in an offset printing press during the uninterrupted course of a press run. Operation is effected by an air cylinder which periodically urges a brush against the blanket cylinder and retracts the brush from the blanket cylinder for replacement or maintenance. The action of the brush in combination with rotation of the blanket cylinder is such as to loosen dust and lint from the blanket cylinder, which dust and lint is then drawn into a vacuum system that surrounds the brushes.

Abstract: An offset printing machine having a first printing unit where an ordinary offset printing is achievable and a second printing unit where a number printing and perforating operations can be performed. The second printing unit has an impression cylinder independent of an impression cylinder of the first unit. The second unit is pivotally movable in horizontal plane with respect to the first unit. When the first and second units are connected to each other, offset printing process and subsequent numbering process are achieved. When the second unit is pivotted and is disconnected from the first unit, ordinary offset printing machine can be solely performed. A chain delivery section is provided in the first unit so as to transfer the printed sheet to the second unit. Tension control means is provided for controlling tension of the chain. Further, vertical and horizontal position fixing means are provided for fixing vertical and horizontal position of the second unit relative to the first unit.

Abstract: An off-set printing machine for printing a continuous web includes a first pair of gears 12c, 14b in mesh with each other, one gear being fixedly mounted coaxially on one of blanket and impression cylinders 12, 14 for rotation therewith while the other gear is rotatably mounted coaxially on the other of the cylinders and is releasably fixable thereto for rotation therewith. There are provided a second pair of gears 12b, 10b in mesh with each other, one of the second pair of gear being fixedly mounted coaxially on one of the blanket and plate cylinders 12, 10 for rotation therewith while the other of the second pair of gears is rotatably mounted coaxially on the other of the blanket and plate cylinders and is releasably fixable thereto for rotation therewith.

Abstract: A printing press has an apparatus for preventing contact of wet ink sheets with the chain delivery mechanism and for drying the wet ink carried on the sheets prior to the stacking of the sheets. The printing press has an impression cylinder and a blanket cylinder through which sheets are drawn by the chain delivery mechanism. The chain delivery mechanism has two sprockets mounted to a shaft, each of which rotates runs of chain to pull the sheets from the cylinders. A nozzle is mounted adjacent the shaft for discharging jets of air against the sheets to push them away from the shaft. An air compressor supplies air to the nozzle. A heating element is disposed between the air compressor and the openings of the nozzle to heat the pressurized air stream to a selected temperature sufficient to dry the wet ink carried by the sheets.

Abstract: A strip provided adjacent the edges thereof with perforations is driven forwards during a printing operation by the cooperating printing and counter-pressure cylinders of an offset mechanism, and by two pairs of pin tractors, pins of which enter the somewhat larger perforations. When the cylinders release the strip, same is moved backwards by the pin tractors over a distance equal to the difference between the forward displacement and the length of a form. To position the strip before a new printing operation, those pins going through the perforations of the pin tractors are moved a little forwards until they lie anew frontwards in the perforations.

Abstract: A damping device for reducing vibration, particularly cylinder bounce in rotating cylinders, such as printing cylinders. The damping device is a multilayered insert of elastomeric and rigid materials. The layers are preferably laminated together and more preferably the elastomeric and rigid layers are alternated throughout the damping device. The insert is located in a housing on the cylinder so as to be flush with the cylinder's outer surface. The damping device may have variable damping abilities formed by the selection of materials, location of materials and/or the use of filled orifices of different damping material in the inserts.

Abstract: A mechanism for adjusting an image position on a printing cylinder in a rotary press adjusts the position by sliding or moving the printing cylinder transversely relative to a rubber cylinder. The mechanism includes a transverse adjusting mechanism and a vertical adjusting mechanism which each have bevel gears. A handle is fixed to a central shaft of the printing cylinder at one side of the cylinder and outside the housing of the rotary press, so that an operator can adjust the image position without having to go to a second side of the machine frame. In the image adjusting operation, the printing cylinder slides along its axis to adjust the transverse position of the image and the printing cylinder gear slides along its axis to control the vertical position of the image.

Abstract: Sheet-fed rotary printing machine having printing units arranged in tandem for processing both paper as well as cardboard with single-side multicolor or first form and perfector printing and having at least one sheet-turning device, each of the printing units having four cylinders consisting, in addition to a plate and a blanket cylinder of given diameter, of an impression cylinder and a transfer cylinder each having double the diameter of the respective plate and blanket cylinders, includes a base frame located between two of the printing units and carrying only two cylinders consisting of a transfer cylinder and a storage cylinder, each having a diameter double that of the respective plate and blanket cylinders, the one of the two printing units located downstream of the base frame in travel direction of a sheet through the printing machine having a transfer cylinder in the form of a sheet-turning cylinder with respective rows of tongs-grippers disposed 180.degree.

Abstract: An offset lithographic printing method and machine having a plurality of in-line liquid application stations, at least one of which is an ink image-printing station for printing lithographic ink images on a suitable receptive copy sheet, and at least the final downstream liquid-application station is a coating application station for printing a protective, and/or aesthetic coating over selected portions of, or over the entire ink image-printed surface of the copy sheet. The present method and apparatus involves the placement of a drying station between liquid application stations to evaporate volatile solvent or vehicle from the ink images and/or to solidify the liquid coating applied at upstream stations before the application of a continuous or spot coating thereover at the next downstream coating station.

Abstract: A switchable printing couple particularly suited for use in newspaper and periodical printing is disclosed. A counter pressure cylinder and plate cylinder cooperate to print a moving paper web. An ink fountain, which does not require ink keys, supplies ink to a hard surfaced screen roller. Ink from the screen roller is transferred either directly to an elastic flexographic printing plate or indirectly through ink cylinders to a hard letterpress printing plate. The screen roller which dips into an ink fountain and from which excess ink can be removed by use of a doctor blade, is capable of being engaged with and lifted off the plate cylinder so that the printing couple can be used either in direct printing with an elastic flexographic printing plate or in indirect printing with a hard letterpress printing plate.

Abstract: A sheet-fed press is disclosed which comprises: an ink-distribution system; a plate cylinder for supporting a plate; a paper feeding means; an impression cylinder for supporting the fed printing paper; an air passage provided in the impression cylinder; a paper attracting for attracting the printing paper which is connected to the air passage so as to hold the printing paper with the suction of the air in the air passage; and an air suction mechanism which is connected to the air passage so as to suck the air in the air passage while the means for attracting the printing paper is moved with the rotation of the impression cylinder from the position facing the leading edge portion of the printing paper at least to the printing position on the impression cylinder.

Abstract: A sheet feeder for use with an offset printing device that is capable of feeding sheets that are bound together along a common edge is disclosed herein. The sheet feeder generally comprises a stack holder for holding a stack of bound sheets along their commonly bound edges, an endless conveyor formed from parallel chains that are driven between the top of the bound sheets and the impression cylinder of the offset printing device, a set of driving and pressure rollers connected between the parallel chains of the conveyor and rotating with it, and a suction gripper movable perpendicularly with respect to the sheet stack top for lifting the respective topmost sheet. In operation, the suction gripper lifts a sheet, and then one of the driving and pressure rollers slides under the sheet and carries it to the impression cylinder, whereupon it acts as a pressure roller during the printing process.

Abstract: To compensate for oscillations and bending of a blanket cylinder, and particularly oscillatory behavior under specific operating speeds, underlays between the rubber blanket and the cylinder surface are provided which are of differential thickness, so that, at any given operating speed where the blanket cylinder tends to move away from an associated impression cylinder, the underlay is thickened to thereby maintain essentially uniform printing pressure against the printing substrate (5) under all conditions. The system is equally applicable for plate cylinder - blanket cylinder systems of uniform diameter, as well as for plate cylinder - blanket cylinders of different diameter, and, in the latter case, preferably utilize an underlay blanket which tapers uniformly from a thinner portion to a thicker portion beneath the printed subject matter transferred to the blanket cylinder upon the second revolution of the plate cylinder.

Abstract: A hybrid printing process wherein an ink fountain cylinder is provided with a gravure image carrier portion and an anilox ink metering portion. A cylinder associated with the ink fountain cylinder is provided with a blanket transfer portion and a flexographic image carrier portion. The images carried by the gravure and flexographic portions are imprinted at one or more stations to create a total design on a flexible plastic substrate.

Abstract: The known offset rotary press of the type that at least a pair of printing cylinders consisting of a plate cylinder and a blanket cylinder are disposed in juxtaposition adjacent to each other, and that the adjacent plate and blanket cylinders are rotated at the same revolution speed in the opposite directions to each other through gears having the same pitch circle diameter and the same number of teeth, is improved in that in the case where one of the pair of printing cylinders having a slightly larger finished cylinder diameter than that of another printing cylinder is positioned upstream on the side of power transmission with respect to the printing cylinder having the smaller finished cylinder diameter, an intermediate gear connected to a drive source is rotatably mounted on a cylinder shaft of the printing cylinder having the larger finished cylinder diameter on which a first gear is fixedly mounted also, and in that the intermediate gear and the first gear are respectively meshed with a second gear fixed

Abstract: Sheet-fed rotary printing press for single-side multicolor printing or for first form and perfector printing having a plurality of printing units disposed in tandem and having devices for processing both paper as well as heavier paperboard, each of the plurality of printing units having a plate cylinder and a blanket cylinder of equal given diameter in mutually cooperative relationship as well as an impression cylinder operatively engaging the blanket cylinder and having a diameter double the given diameter, and a sheet transfer cylinder in mutually cooperative relationship with the impression cylinder, each of the printing units includes an upper part and a lower part, the lower part thereof having two opposite side walls each formed with two bearing holes, respectively, located vertically above one another for receiving therein respective bearings for sheet transfer cylinders, the lower of the two vertically disposed bearing holes being of such size as to accommodate a bearing for a journal of a sheet trans

Abstract: A printing unit of an offset rotary printing machine for printing a paper web with an endless impression, the printing unit having two plate cylinders with respective printing plates disposed on half the respective peripheries thereof for providing respective partial prints successively includes at least one blanket cylinder operatively associated with the two plate cylinders, an applicating roller equal in size to that of one of the plate cylinders disposed for simultaneous engagement with both of the plate cylinders, an inking unit and a dampening unit operatively connectible via an inking cylinder with both of the plate cylinders for delivering ink and dampening fluid thereto, a sum of distances starting from a contact location at which successive partial prints provided by the two plate cylinders become united and extending via the at least one blanket cylinder, one of the plate cylinders and the inking cylinder back to the contact location corresponds to a multiple of the periphery of one of the two plat

Abstract: A printing unit with a short inking unit, the printing unit having mutually engageable impression, blanket and plate cylinders and at least one applicator roller having a size comparable to that of the cylinders for feeding both dampening medium and ink includes an inking cylinder, the inking cylinder and the plate cylinder being disposed relative to one another and to the blanket cylinder in a manner that the blanket cylinder is selectively engageable alternatively with one of the inking cylinders and the plate cylinder, the blanket cylinder being coverable selectively by a blanket and a rubber block, the inking cylinder having a ductor blade engageable therewith, the applicator roller being separated from the inking cylinder in a condition of the printing unit wherein the blanket cylinder is covered by the rubber block and is in direct cooperative engagement with the inking cylinder.

Abstract: Drive mechanism for an electrographic transfer roller apparatus wherein potential degradation of a transferred image is substantially prevented by eliminating relative movement between a receiver member supported by such apparatus and a transferable image carrying dielectric member in contact in a transfer zone. In the drive mechanism, a dielectric member is supported and moved through a transfer zone. A selective drive for the transfer roller is coupled to the transfer roller when a receiver member, supported by the transfer roller, is out of the transfer zone and decoupled from the transfer roller when the attached receiver member is in contact with the dielectric member in the transfer zone. Therefore, when the receiver member and the moving dielectric member are in contact in the transfer zone, drive is imparted only through such contact and the receiver member and dielectric member move at the same peripheral surface speed.

Abstract: To draw off electrostatic charges which build up on rubber blanket cylinders having a coating of insulating or semiconductive material thereon, the pad or underlay (4) beneath the rubber blanket (5) has an electrically conductive layer (6), for example by sprayed-on aluminum, applied thereon. The end portion (B) of the pad is drawn into the groove (2) of the cylinder (C) in a region which does not have an insulating coating (3) thereon, so that the electrically conductive layer (6) is electrically connected with the cylinder (C) in the region (A) of the cylinder groove. The cylinder, typically of steel, is connected to ground or chassis through its holding structure, frame and gearing.

Abstract: To relieve stresses within the rubber of a rubber blanket of a rotary offset printing machine, and prevent escape or squeeze-out of the rubber layer as the blanket rotates, the blanket is formed with interruptions or stress reliefs which, when the blanket is laid out flat, are located in zones corresponding to zones of the printed carrier which are free from printed subject matter, for example along fold lines of the carrier, surrounding pictures or non-printed subject matter, or the like. The interruptions or reliefs can be made by milling, for example longitudinal and transverse notches or grooves (2, 3) or by punching holes through the rubber layer (14), the holes being aligned in single or multiple rows along the zones free from printed subject matter. Stresses within the rubber layer, thus, can be relieved not only at the lateral edges, but also inwardly, and centrally, thereby improving overall register of printed subject matter.

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: A device for adjusting the plate or blanket cylinders in a rotary printing press automatically moves the cylinders to predetermined positions for clamping or unclamping the plate or blanket. A memory stores predetermined set values for cylinder position, which are addressed by a triggering unit in response to operation selections. An angle coder senses the actual value of the cylinder position which is compared to the set values obtained from the memory to generate a control signal for adjusting a cylinder drive motor. In a preferred embodiment, the memory also stores the direction for rotating the cylinders as well as a number of cylinder movement steps for plate and blanket clamping and unclamping sequences.

Abstract: Individual ink disk or roller elements (4) are located, axially positioned next to each other on a roller transfer structure; to provide for smooth operation of the ink train rollers (5'), the disks or roller elements of the ink roller structure are in continuous surface engagement with an ink-receiving roller (5) forming part of the roller train, and driven at machine speed, and selectively shiftable about its circumference, by deflection of individual angled levers (6) for selective engagement with the next upstream ink transfer roller, receiving ink from an ink supply roller, operating at a speed slow with respect to machine speed and the ink transfer roller (3).

Abstract: To permit placement of an exchange or replacement cylinder, such as an Anilox inker roller between side walls (1) of a printing machine which is formed with openings to receive rollers of an inker for a raised letter, or offset printing system, and positioned such that the larger diameter Anilox roller will not fit into an existing opening, an arrangement is provided to relocate the center of rotation (7a) of the Anilox roller (7) with respect to the center (6a) of an existing opening which includes an axially (15) journaled in the existing opening and rotating about the original bearing axis (6a), the axially shaft having two spur gears (16, 17) at its ends, projecting, respectively, inwardly and outwardly of the side wall (1).

Abstract: The paper web capturing apparatus includes two capturing rollers, preferably disposed downstream of the last printing station, which when used in a prime-and-verso printing machine both have the same diameter as the printing station cylinders. Both cylinders acting as capturing rollers are provided with a rubber blanket and are driven at approximately the linear speed of the web. They are in continuous engagement with the web of material to be printed. During normal operation, the cylinders of the capturing apparatus effect an enhancement of the printing, in particular of the color printed at the last printing station, and in the event of web tearing the web is wrapped about one of the cylinders, which are positioned resiliently against one another.

Abstract: An apparatus and method converts an existing printing press to offset printing. An auxiliary frame and two auxiliary impression cylinders are mounted to the press and existing cylinders are adapted for offset printing. A new web path is defined to the cylinders, through an auxiliary cross brace member. The shafts of auxiliary cylinders are eccentrically mounted dead shafts. The cylinder surface is friction driven by the web. Bearers smooth the movement of the cylinders across the blanket slots. The auxiliary cylinders are maintained on impression by an incompressible fluid for uniform impression and thrown off rapidly by a pressurized gas.

Abstract: A sheet is pressed by type characters on a numbering device to form a raised portion on the sheet in a character pattern indicative of a serial number. Simultaneously with printing of an image pattern on the sheet, ink is applied to the raised portion on the sheet to visualize the serial number. With no inking device required for the numbering device, the apparatus is simple in overall arrangement and can be constructed less costly.

Abstract: The apparatus of the present invention includes a rotatably driven turret carrying one or more collector means at selected radial and angular positions, and transfer means synchronously driven with said turret for depositing on each of said collector means a design configuration. The turret and each of the transfer means share a common point of rotation along respective central axes thereof.

Abstract: A printing process employing a water-based foamable ink composition comprising the following steps:(a) foaming the ink composition,(b) applying a coating of the foamed ink composition to the surface of a gravure cylinder which has an array of open cells spaced on the surface thereof,(c) doctoring the surface of the cylinder to convert said coating into discrete thin membranes spanning said cells, and(d) transferring the membranes to a web surface, either directly, or indirectly via one or more intermediate transfer rolls.

Abstract: A two-sided printing machine having a rubber cylinder with an opening in an outer wall thereof. A chain delivery gripper mechanism is freely inserted in the opening as a chain delivery section turning in association with the rotation of said rubber cylinder. An operating mechanism operates the gripper mechanism when it is inserted in the opening so that the gripper grips a sheet delivered out of a sheet inserting section and is provided in association with the rotation of said rubber cylinder. A hooking member is provided in the opening to fixedly lay a blanket on the rubber cylinder under tension.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying thermoplastic decorative inks onto various substrates by printing each color ink onto a releasing surface from a heated engraved or etched metal surface, transferring by intimate mechanical contact the various colors from each releasing surface onto a second releasing collector surface to form a multi-colored print, and transferring the multi-colored print to a ceramic, glass-ceramic or glass substrate by intimate contact with the collector surface.

Abstract: A process color offset duplicator uses a plurality of duplicator heads arranged serially to print full process color. The duplicator heads are adapted to apply a thin layer of ink onto plates held on their respective plate cylinders, in order that plate cylinders which are prepared using a dot screen can be used. The plate cylinders further include registration pins, whereby tha various ones of said plates can be mounted in relative alignment on different ones of said plate cylinders.

Abstract: Drive for producing motion with intervening dwells including a four-bar linkage defining a couple curve travel path traversible only in part and having equally coincident forward and return paths, and a dwell-producing driven rocker arm pair connected thereto, the couple curve travel path having a vertex therein dividing the couple curve travel path into a short curve path for producing a dwell and an elongated curve path extending at an angle to the short curve path for producing a movement, the vertex of the couple curve being identical with an instantaneous pole defining the start and end of the dwell.

Abstract: To permit, selectively, ready access by an operator to printing systems of a multiple system printing machine in which the printing systems are located above and below a laterally introduced web of paper into the machine, the paper path is arranged to be guided, selectively, with a horizontal portion either following a vertical portion, to permit an operator to stand beneath the paper web for access to the lower printing systems (FIG. 1) or, selectively, to position the vertical portion adjacent the printing machine to permit an operator to stand on a movable platform (11) and have access to the printing system above the paper web (FIG. 2), a paper guide roller (6) is vertically movable between an upper position (6, 13, 14) and a lower position (6', 13', 14'). Paper web tension can be maintained by an additional deflection guide roller (8) which is tilted, together with the platform (11) to an engagement position (FIG. 2: 8'), or the paper may hang through (FIG. 3).

Abstract: A greasy ink printing press including a rubber coated inking cylinder coacting with a plate cylinder has an inking device comprising a wiping cylinder formed by a small diameter rod pressed against the inking cylinder in a zone of downward movement thereof, with an ink trough formed in the space above the zone of contact of the rod and inking cylinder. A variable-speed electric motor rotates the rod in the same direction of rotation as the inking cylinder to laminate the ink between the rod and inking cylinder and provide a counter-current wiping of the inking cylinder. The rod may be reciprocated longitudinally to remove streaks.

Abstract: A greasy ink printing press including a rubber coated inking cylinder coacting with a plate cylinder has an inking device comprising a wiping cylinder formed by a small diameter rod pressed against the inking cylinder in a zone of downward movement thereof, with an ink trough formed in the space above the zone of contact of the rod and inking cylinder. A variable-speed electric motor rotates the rod in the same direction of rotation as the inking cylinder to laminate the ink between the rod and inking cylinder and provide a counter-current wiping of the inking cylinder. The rod may be reciprocated longitudinally to remove streaks.

Abstract: An image detecting and positioning device for an off-set printing machine capable of printing on both sides of a printing sheet. Electromagnetic clutches couple and disengage gears from the shafts of rubber cylinders in response to input signals with the two gears engaged with each other. Electromagnetic brakes are also coupled to the shafts of the rubber cylinders. Rotational angle detectors provide outputs related to the rotational positions of the shafts of one of the rubber cylinders and its plate cylinder. The electromagnetic brakes and clutches are operated in response to outputs from the rotational angle detectors to correctly position images on the rubber cylinders.

Abstract: An offset printing machine including an impression cylinder cleaning device which is laterally positioned and removed from a location below the impression cylinder of the machine. The cleaning includes a cleaning mechanism, a window and supports in the main frame of the printing machine, and a cleaning mechanism positioning device provided on the main frame. The cleaning mechanism includes a cleaning tank and a group of rollers including a cleaning roller coupled to auxiliary frames which are rotatably supported between main frames of the cleaning mechanism. A plurality of guide bars extend from a position below the window in the printing machine frame. The cleaning mechanism positioning device brings the cleaning mechanism into the proper position below the impression cylinder once the cleaning mechanism is inserted through the window.

Abstract: A vibration-free cylinder for a printing press in phased rolling engagement with a companion cylinder and which is formed of a cylinder body of star-shaped cross section having a central axial portion and four axial webs extending radially outward therefrom to define between them recesses of sector-shaped cross section. The surface of the cylinder is formed by first and second arcuate shell segments, the first of which extends over substantially half of a revolution and the second over substantially one-quarter revolution, the segments having parallel edges bridging the tip portions of the webs for enclosing all but one of the recesses which is uncovered to produce a gap defining the leading edge of the cylinder surface. The web at the leading edge is extended outwardly to the locus of the cylinder surface so that the cylinder body absorbs the impact with the companion cylinder which occurs at the leading edge at each revolution.

Abstract: An apparatus for shifting the paper web feed through a web-fed rotary printing press is disclosed. The paper web passing through the printing press contacts one or more fixed guide rollers and a shiftable guide roller carried at a free end of a pair of movable shifting bars. These shifting bars can be rotated about their fixed ends to shift the position of the shiftable guide roller and hence the paper web thus allowing access to portions of the printing press. A support platform is carried by the web shifting apparatus to provide a standing area for an operator or workman when the paper web is shifted out of its normal position.FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention is directed generally to a paper web shifting apparatus for a web-fed rotary printing press. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a paper web shifting apparatus utilizing a shiftable guide roller.

Abstract: Disclosed are improved methods and apparatus for printing, including equipment for adapting an offset press so that it may be operated flexographically, either to coat stock or print on it, without impairing the function of the press as an offset press. In addition, the equipment improves the application of two-part inks or catalyst set inks and permits simultaneous printing and coating of stock. The equipment includes a pair of rollers and an ink pan, as well as drive means for the rollers, and mounting means for bringing one of the rollers into ink transfer contact with the blanket roll of an offset press. The mounting means includes quick-release collars for easy removal of the rollers from the press when they are not needed, and for maintenance.

Abstract: A marking method and marking device for providing an image upon a steel material or other hardened surface. A toner image is formed on the surface of the marking drum having an elastic surface. The drum is placed in abutment with the material to be marked under pressure while at least one of the drum material to be marked is moved along the surface of the other to thereby transfer the toner image onto the surface to be marked. Toner fixing liquid is subsequently dispensed over the transferred image. Apparatus for driving and supporting the marking drum is disclosed including a swinging support arm which may be extendible in some embodiments so as to make the device capable of marking many types of surfaces.

Abstract: An apparatus for printing labels is disclosed, and more particularly a portable apparatus which will reproduce indicia of a master sheet on a continuous web substrate and thereafter cut the web into individual labels. The apparatus is provided with a rotatable plate roller, to which the master sheet is attached. A fountain solution module is provided which applies a fountain solution to the surface of the master sheet, and an ink module is provided which supplies ink to the master sheet in the areas which the fountain solution has not adhered. A blanket roller is provided having a diameter equal to the plate roller and is in contact therewith. The plate and blanket rollers are driven at equal speed such that the ink on the plate roller will be accurately transferred to the blanket roller. In addition, a freewheeling impression roller is provided which is mounted for reciprocating movement into and out of contact with the blanket roller.

Abstract: An offset printing machine comprises a plate cylinder and a blanket cylinder respectively carrying roller tracks rolling on one another and determining the center distance between the two cylinders. At least one inking roller with a supple peripheral layer, fed with ink from an inking assembly, is carried by levers pivoted about the axis of an inking cylinder and it carries roller tracks in contact with those of the plate cylinder. The shaft of the inking roller is mounted in its roller tracks via eccentric hubs locked on the shaft and pivoting in the roller tracks via bearings, and one end of this shaft is fast with a gear coupled to a control shaft for adjusting the pressure contact of the inking roller upon the plate cylinder.