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US 7,284,483 B2Granted
Self-contained independent inking unit for printing press
AssigneeMAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsXaver Bachmeir, Robert Konrad, Harald Lesti
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Abstract
An inking unit for printing units of rotary presses is independent of the printing unit and is configured as a self-contained unit. The linking unit can be removed from the printing unit and has a dedicated drive for a plurality of rolls, the drive being arranged on side walls which are assigned to the inking unit.
Claims12
An inking unit for a printing unit of a rotary printing press, said inking unit comprising:
- side walls;
- a plurality of rolls arranged between said side walls;
- a dedicated drive mounted on at least one of said side walls of said inking unit for driving said plurality of rolls;
- guides arranged on and extending along the respective side walls of said inking unit and configured to interact with complementary guides on side walls of the printing unit so that said inking unit is insertable into and removable from the printing unit by said guides;
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- interfaces for at least one of pressure medium supply, ink supply, dampening solution supply, and temperature control connections, said interfaces comprising quick-action couplings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.