Motor driven delivery buckets
AssigneeQuad/Tech, Inc.
InventorsIngermar S. d'Agrella, John M. Neary, Nick R. Schetter, Dennis C. Sopik, Daniel L. Verhaagh
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Abstract
A folder of a printing press wherein the bucket assemblies are mounted on shafts cantilevered from the folder frame, and wherein each shaft is rotatably driven and positionally controlled by a motor that is mechanically independent of the folder drive mechanism.
Claims42
A delivery section in a folder of a printing press, the folder being driven by a folder drive mechanism, the delivery section comprising:
- a frame;
- a shaft cantilevered from and supported by the frame;
- a bucket assembly supported by the shaft for rotation with the shaft;
- and
- a motor connected to the shaft for rotatably driving the shaft separately from the folder drive mechanism.
A delivery section in a folder of a printing press, the folder including a folder drive mechanism, the delivery section comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of shafts supported by the frame;
- a plurality of buckets, each of the buckets being supported by a separate one of the shafts for rotation with the respective shaft;
- and
- a plurality of motors supported by the frame, each individual motor being connected to one of the shafts for rotatably driving each of the shafts independently.
A delivery section in a folder of a printing press comprising:
- a frame including a pair of spaced apart exterior frame elements that define an interior and an exterior of the frame such that a web of printed material extends through the interior of the frame;
- a cantilevered shaft supported by one of the exterior frame elements, the cantilevered shaft extending inwardly from the exterior of the frame into the interior of the frame;
- and
- a bucket assembly supported by the shaft for rotation with the shaft.
The delivery section in a folder of a printing press, the folder including a drive, the delivery section comprising:
- a frame having an interior and an exterior;
- a shaft supported by the frame;
- at least one bucket supported by the shaft;
- and
- a motor connected to the shaft for rotatably driving the shaft separately from the folder drive, the motor being positioned on the exterior of the frame.
A delivery section in a folder of a printing press comprising:
- a frame including a first exterior frame element and a second exterior frame element;
- a first cantilevered shaft supported by the first exterior frame element, the first cantilevered shaft extending inwardly from the first exterior frame element toward the second exterior frame element;
- a second cantilevered shaft supported by the second exterior frame element, the second cantilevered shaft extending inwardly from second exterior frame element toward the first exterior frame element;
- a first bucket assembly supported by the first cantilevered shaft for rotation with the first cantilevered shaft;
- and
- a second bucket assembly supported by the second cantilevered shaft for rotation with the second cantilevered shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.