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US 2006/0219116 A1Published application
Web offset printing press with articulated tucker
AssigneeGoss International Americas, Inc.
InventorsBradford Trudeau, Brian Gentle, Bryan Dustin
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Abstract
An offset web print unit includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, the plate cylinder being movable during a throw-off operation, and a tucker bar for tucking plates into the plate cylinder, the tucker bar having an axis movable with respect to the plate cylinder axis for reducing a gap during the throw-off operation. A method is also provided.
Claims7
An offset web print unit comprising:
- a plate cylinder;
- a blanket cylinder;
- the plate cylinder being movable during a throw-off operation;
- and
- a tucker bar for tucking plates into the plate cylinder, the tucker bar having an axis movable with respect to the plate cylinder axis for reducing a gap during the throw-off operation.
2 more elements
A method for moving a tucker bar comprising the steps of:
- throwing off a plate cylinder from a blanket cylinder;
- and
- moving the tucker bar axis with respect to a plate cylinder axis during throw-off to maintain a minimum gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.