# US 5,341,736 A · Safety device at cylinders with a feed gap in web-fed rotary printing machines

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- Number: US 5,341,736 A
- Document ID: US5341736A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/156,077
- Filed: 1993-11-23
- Granted: 1994-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 1992-11-28
- Assignees: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
- Inventors: Manfred Makosch; Klaus T. Reichel
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5341736A

## CPC

- F16H 35/10: Arrangements or devices for absorbing overload or preventing damage by overload
- B41F 13/008: Mechanical features of drives, e.g. gears, clutches
- F16H 55/12: with body or rim assembled out of detachable parts
- F16P 7/02: by causing the machine to stop on the occurrence of dangerous conditions therein (devices in bearings affected by abnormal conditions F16C)
- F16B 2200/63: Frangible connections
- F16H 2035/103: {with drive interruption by structural failure of overload preventing means, e.g. using shear pins}
- Y10T 74/19614: Disconnecting means
- Y10T 403/7056: Threaded actuator
- F16H: GEARING
- B41F: PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES (manifolding devices or office printing machines B41L)
- F16P: SAFETY DEVICES IN GENERAL; {SAFETY DEVICES FOR PRESSES}
- F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

In cooperating cylinders, in particular cylinders of a printing mechanism which are in a drive connection via gear wheels and form a feed gap, at least one of the gear wheels is formed by a toothed rim and a wheel body which are connected with one another in a positive engagement via an overload coupling.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A safety device for cylinders with a feed gap in a web-fed rotary printing machine, which cylinders are in drive connection via gear wheels, comprising: a wheel body; a toothed rim, at least one of the gear wheels being formed by the wheel body and the toothed rim; overload coupling means for connecting the wheel body to the toothed rim so as to limit torque acting between them; and a sliding coating located between the wheel body and the toothed rim.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A safety device according to claim 1, wherein the coupling means includes at least one break pin which connects the wheel body with the toothed rim in a positively locking manner.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A safety device according to claim 1, wherein the coupling means includes a slip clutch which connects the wheel body with the toothed rim in a frictionally locking manner.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

A safety device according to claim 2, wherein the sliding coating is of a material highly resistant to wear and pressure.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

A safety device according to claim 2, wherein the coupling means includes two segments mounted on either side of the toothed rim so as to overlap the wheel body and axially secure the toothed rim on the wheel body, an outer one of the segments having a first bore hole and the wheel body having a second bore hole, the first and second bore holes being aligned so as to accommodate the at least one break pin.