Device for changing ink cartridges in an offset printing press
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsPeter Theobald Blaser, Renko Möllers
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Abstract
A device for filling with printing ink a respective ink duct of various printing units of a printing press, provided with an ink cartridge reciprocatingly movable on a crossbar above the respective ink duct, includes a container system provided with a plurality of ink cartridges, the container system being mounted so as to be movable along the printing press, a control unit for controlling the container system, and a gripper system disposed in the container system for changing the ink cartridges.
Claims8
A device for filling with printing ink a respective ink a respective ink duct of various printing units of a printing press, the printing units including a crossbar disposed above the respective ink duct for reciprocatingly moving an ink cartridge, the device comprising:
- a container system provided with a plurality of ink cartridges, said container system being mounted so as to be movable along the printing units of the printing press;
- a control unit for controlling said container system;
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- a gripper system disposed at said container system for changing the ink cartridges of each of the printing units for filling the respective ink duct of the various printing units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.