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US 6,230,620 B1Granted
Bearing for a rotary press cylinder
AssigneesKoenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft, U. E. Sebald Druck und Verlag GmbH
InventorsDieter Christmann, Hans-Dieter Drumm, Rudolf Herb, Werner Georg Roman Straubinger
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Abstract
A bearing assembly for a rotary printing press cylinder supports a journal of the cylinder using a plurality of support rollers. At least one of the cylinder journal support rollers is moveable so that the cylinder will either be supported or can be removed from the printing press.
Claims4
A bearing assembly for a cylinder of a rotary printing comprising:
- a lateral frame including a frame opening slit;
- at least three support rollers, said at least three support rollers cooperating to support a journal of a cylinder in said lateral frame;
- means supporting two of said at least three support rollers in fixed positions on said lateral frame;
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- means for supporting a third one of said at least three support rollers for movement with respect to said lateral frame between a first, journal support position and a second, cylinder change position in which a cylinder is removable from said lateral frame along said frame opening slit.
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A bearing assembly for a cylinder of a rotary printing press comprising:
- at least three support rollers, said at least three support rollers cooperating to support a journal of a cylinder;
- a pivotable support, said pivotable support supporting said at least three support rollers;
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- means for moving said pivotable support between a first, cylinder operating position and a second, cylinder changing position, the one of said at least three support rollers which is located in a highest position on said pivotable support in said cylinder operating position being located in a lowest position in said cylinder changing position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.