Printing – Rolling contact machines – Rotary
Patent
1996-05-30
1998-02-10
Burr, Edgar S.
Printing
Rolling contact machines
Rotary
101477, B41F 500
Patent
active
057157499
ABSTRACT:
A transfer cart (10) facilitates exchange of printing cassettes in a printing press (14), the printing cassettes have respective images to be printed. A first shelf (70) of the transfer cart (10) receives a replacement printing cassette (12b) from a cassette storage facility (16). The transfer cart (10) has a base (60) with wheels (62) such that the transfer cart can be moved from the storage facility (16) to a location adjacent to the printing press (14). A second shelf (74) of the transfer cart (10) receives a replaceable printing cassette (12a) from the printing press (14) while the replacement cassette (12b) is retained on the first shelf (70). A lift mechanism (80) moves the first and second shelves (70, 74) between a position in which the second shelf can receive the replaceable cassette (12a) from the printing press (14) while the first shelf retains the replacement cassette (12b) and a position in which the printing press can receive the replacement cassette from the first shelf while the second shelf retains the replaceable cassette received from the printing press. Only a single round trip of the transfer cart (10) between the storage facility (16) and the printing press (14) is needed to exchange the cassettes.
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Burr Edgar S.
Ghatt Dave A.
Stevens International
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