US 6,386,101 B2Granted

Printing press

AssigneeKomori Corporation

InventorsKenji Tobe, Kazuya Iyokawa

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Abstract

A printing press includes an L-shaped support arm swingably supported by a main frame such that a distal end thereof can move between lower and upper positions, a support frame swingably supported at the distal end of the support arm such that the other end thereof can move between upper and lower positions, swing arms swingably supported by the main frame such that the distal ends thereof can move between lower and upper positions, gas springs for applying force to the corresponding swing arms to move the distal end portions of the swing arms upward, an engagement pin attached to the support frame, and an engagement member attached to the swing arms and into which the engagement pin is inserted and has an engagement groove formed therein to open upward when the distal ends of the swing arms are situated at the upper position.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A printing press, comprising:

a first movable member swingably supported by a main frame such that said first movable member can move between a first position and a second position;
and
a second movable member swingably supported by said first movable member such that said second movable member can move between a third position and a fourth position;
force application means for applying a force to said second movable member in such a direction as to move said second movable member toward said fourth position;
and
connection means disposed between said second movable member and said force application means, said connection means being adapted to connect said second movable member and said force application means when said second movable member moves between said third position and said fourth position, and disconnect said second movable member and said force application means from each other when said first movable member moves between said first position and said second position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.