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US 2017/0320341 A1Published application
Printing assembly
AssigneeKoenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsStefan WANDER, Wolfgang REDER, Karl SCHÄFER
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AssigneeKoenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsStefan WANDER, Wolfgang REDER, Karl SCHÄFER
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The invention relates to a printing assembly which has print heads, each of which specifies application positions for printing fluid. A transport path is provided for the printing substrate through the printing assembly and is defined by at least two guide elements of the printing assembly. A printing section of the transport path begins at a first application position and ends at a last application position. At least one of the guide elements is in contact with a total of at least two lateral support elements and with at least one inner support element at three points that are spaced from one another in a transverse direction, the position of that guide element being thereby defined. The inner support element is arranged such that it is or can be rigidly connected to at least one of the lateral support elements. The lateral support elements can be embodied as part of a support frame, which support frame has at least one cross-member that is different from the guide elements, that at least one cross-member extending in the transverse direction and ensuring a constant relative positioning of the lateral support elements.
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A printing assembly (200), wherein the printing assembly (200) has at least two print heads (221), by means of each of which application positions (211) for printing fluid are specified, and wherein a transport path provided for printing substrate (02) through the printing assembly (200) is defined by at least two guide elements (241) of the printing assembly (200), and wherein a printing section (226) of the transport path provided for printing substrate (02) begins at a first application position (211) in the printing assembly (200) along said provided transport path and ends at a last application position (211) in the printing assembly (200) along said provided transport path, and wherein a transverse direction (A) is a horizontal direction (A), oriented orthogonally to the transport path provided for printing substrate (02) through the at least one printing assembly (200), characterized in that at least one of the at least two guide elements (241) that together define said provided transport path in the region of the printing section (226) is in contact with a total of at least two lateral support elements (273) and at least one inner support element (274) at three points that are spaced from one another in the transverse direction (A), the position of said guide element being thereby defined, and in that the at least two lateral support elements (273) are embodied as part of at least one support frame (276), and in that the at least one support frame (276) has at least one cross-member (277) that is different from the guide elements (241), which extends at least in the transverse direction (A) and ensures a constant relative positioning of the lateral support elements (273).
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