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US 2005/0229803 A1Published application
Printing apparatus
AssigneeDainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorKenji Edamitsu
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a first plate cylinder with a squeeze roller disposed therearound. The squeeze roller is connected to a squeeze roller moving mechanism that moves the squeeze roller between a squeeze position adjacent the peripheral surface of the first plate cylinder, and a standby position spaced away from the peripheral surface of the first plate cylinder. When in the standby position, the squeeze roller is shielded from the first plate cylinders by a shield connected to a shield moving mechanism.
Claims6
A printing apparatus comprising;
- a plate cylinder for holding a printing plate mounted peripherally thereof;
- image recording means for recording an image on said printing plate mounted peripherally of said plate cylinder;
- ink feeding means for feeding ink to said printing plate mounted peripherally of the plate cylinder;
- a squeeze roller movable between a squeeze position adjacent a periphery of said plate cylinder for squeezing said printing plate against the periphery of said plate cylinder, and a standby position spaced away from the periphery of said plate cylinder;
- a squeeze roller moving mechanism for moving said squeeze roller between said squeeze position and said standby position;
- a shield movable between a shielding position inter- posed between said squeeze roller and said plate cylinder, and an open position for opening an area between said squeeze roller and said plate cylinders;
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- a shield moving mechanism for moving said shield between said shielding position and said open position.
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