Sheet-conveying drum body for a printing machine
AssigneeMAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsHarald Bayer, Klemens Kemmerer
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Abstract
A sheet-conveying drum for a printing machine with speed apart bearings, the drum including a drum body with a prismatic shape including end faces and side faces, drum journals secured to the end face for journalling the drum for rotation in the bearings, at least two gripper bridges extending between the end faces and disposed symmetrically about the periphery of the drum body, the side faces including communicating openings extending into and through the drum body for allowing the flow of air therethrough as the drum rotates.
Claims16
A sheet-conveying drum for a printing machine having spaced apart bearings, said drum comprising in combination:
- a drum body in the form of a one-piece prism which consists of two end faces and a plurality of side faces;
- drum journals secured to the end faces of the drum for journalling the drum for rotation in the bearings of the printing machine;
- at least two gripper bridges extending between the end faces and being disposed symmetrically about the periphery of the prism;
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- said side faces being formed with communicating openings extending into and through the drum body for allowing the flow of air through the drum body as the drum rotates.
A sheet-conveying drum for a printing machine having spaced apart bearings, the drum comprising in combination:
- a drum formed of at least two cuboids disposed in a radial configuration about an axis of rotation, each cuboid having two end faces and first and second opposed pairs of side faces, one of the side faces of said first pair being disposed adjacent the axis of rotation and the other of the side faces of said first pair being disposed at a periphery of the drum body;
- drum journals secured to the drum body at opposite ends of the axis of rotation for journalling the drum for rotation in the bearings of the printing machine;
- a gripper bridge disposed on each cuboid on said other side face of said first pair at the periphery of the drum body;
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- the second pair of opposed side faces of each cuboid having communicating openings extending into and through the drum body for allowing the flow of air therethrough as the drum rotates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.