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US 6,601,681 B1Granted
Drive mechanism for a rotating component of a printing machine
AssigneeKoenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsErich Max Karl Gerner, Christoph Alfons Schmitt
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Abstract
A drive mechanism for a rotating component of a printing machine uses a drive motor. The drive motor is connected to the rotating component by a coupling and is supported for axial displacement between coupled and uncoupled positions.
Claims6
A drive mechanism for a printing press comprising:
- a permanently fixed lateral frame of the printing press;
- a rotatable component of the printing press, said rotatable component having an axis of rotation and being supported in said permanently fixed lateral frame for rotation about said axis of rotation and against movement in a direction of said axis of rotation;
- a drive motor adapted to rotate said rotatable component about said axis of rotation;
- a coupling between said drive motor and said rotatable component, said coupling including a first coupling portion connected to said rotatable component and a second coupling portion connected to said drive motor;
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- means supporting said drive motor on said permanently fixed lateral frame for movement of said drive motor with respect to said rotatable component along said axis of rotation of said rotatable component between a first, coupled-in portion of said motor in which said first and said second coupling components are engaged and a second, uncoupled portion of said motor in which said first and said second coupling components are disengaged.
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