System for gripping a cylinder conducting ink in a printing press
AssigneeWindmoeller & Hoelscher KG
InventorsGuenter Rogge, Georg Rasch, Marco Finke
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Abstract
A device for gripping and transporting at least one ink-attracting cylinder of a printing machine includes support elements that can enter into contact with pins of the cylinder in order to be able to raise the cylinder, Each support element includes at least two tong-like gripper arms with which a pin of the cylinder can be at least partially gripped.
Claims21
A device for gripping and transporting at least one ink-attracting cylinder of a printing machine, comprising:
- support elements that enter into contact with pins of the cylinder in order to be able to grip the cylinder;
- each support element including at least a first and a second gripper arm, with which a pin of thecylinder can at least be partially gripped,
- the first gripper arm being movable between an open position and a closed position in which the pin is gripped, and the second gripper arm being fixed, with
- the first and second gripper arms being configured to grip the cylinder from above;
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- a locking device that secures the first and second gripper arms in the closed position, the locking device including a locking pin arranged on an end of a slide, with the locking pin engaging in the closed position a hole located inthe first gripper arm.
A method of gripping and transporting an ink-attracting cylinder of a printing machine with a device that includes support elements that enter into contact with pins of the cylinder in order to be able to grip the cylinder, each support element including at least a first and a second gripper arm, with which a pin of the cylinder can at least be partially gripped, the first gripper arm being movable between an open position and a closed position in which the pin is gripped and the second gripper arm being fixed, and a locking device having a locking pin arranged on an end of a slide, with the locking pin engaging in the closed position a hole located in the first gripper arm, said method comprising:
- the support elements entering into contact with the pins of the cylinder and gripping the cylinder from above;
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- the locking device securing the first and second gripper arms in the closed position for transport of the cylinder.
A device for gripping and transporting an ink-attracting cylinder of a printing machine, comprising:
- support elements that enter into contact with pins of the cylinder in order to grip the cylinder,
- each support element including at least a first and a second gripper arm, with which a pin of the cylinder can at least be partially gripped,
- the first gripper arm being movable between an open position and a closed position in which the pin is gripped, with the first and second gripper arms being configured to grip the cylinder from above, and
- the support element including a contact element which is in contact with the pin of the cylinder when the first and second gripper arms grip the pine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.