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US 5,967,043 AGranted
Bearing assembly for a roller of an inking or wetting device
AssigneeMAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
InventorRobert Mayr
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Abstract
A bearing assembly for a roller of an inking or wetting device includes a drive device that moves in a first direction to move a roller holder holding a roller from a print ready to an away position. The drive device also moves in a second direction to lock the roller holder onto a base of the bearing assembly at the print ready position. A spring urges the roller holder toward the print ready position when the drive device is inactive.
Claims12
A bearing assembly for holding a roller of a printing machine, comprising:
- a base;
- a roller holder for receiving a journal of the roller and movable on said base with the roller between a print ready position and an away position;
- a spring urging said roller holder toward said print ready position;
- and
- a drive mounted on said base and connected to said roller holder, said drive being actuatable in a first direction to move said roller holder against a force of said spring to the away position;
- and
- a clamping device movably mounted on said base and actuatable to clamp said roller holder onto said base in the print ready position, said drive being actuatable in a second direction to actuate said clamping device.
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