Pressing device for a printing press or varnishing machine

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6725778
  • Patent Number
    6,725,778
  • Date Filed
    Friday, March 21, 2003
    21 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, April 27, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
A pressing device for a printing press or varnishing machine includes a pressing roller for rolling a cylinder packing or dressing onto a circumferential surface of a cylinder, and a finger protection device including a first flap and a second flap connected to the first flap via a swivel joint. The first flap is formed as a pressing element for pressing the cylinder packing on the cylinder. The first flap, in a protective position thereof, covers an inlet wedge or pocket jointly formed by the pressing roller and the cylinder. A printing press or varnishing machine having the pressing device is also provided.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




Field of the Invention




The invention relates to a pressing device for a printing press or varnishing machine, which has a pressing roller for rolling a cylinder packing or dressing onto a circumferential surface of a cylinder, and has a finger protection device including a first flap and a second flap connected to the first flap via a swivel joint. The first flap, in a protective position, covers an inlet wedge or pocket jointly formed by the pressing roller and the cylinder.




German Published, Non-prosecuted Patent Application DE 100 18 923 A1 describes such a pressing device. However, in that device, it remains for the operator to bend the cylinder packing manually and without technical assistance into a cylinder gap formed in the cylinder and, in that regard, to force a trailing edge of the cylinder packing towards a clamping device disposed in the cylinder gap.




A pressing device described in German Published, Non-prosecuted Patent Application 2 156 044 has a similarly inconvenient type of operation.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a pressing device for a printing press or varnishing machine, which overcomes the hereinafore-mentioned disadvantages of the heretofore-known devices of this general type and which permits more comfortable tight clamping of the trailing edge of the cylinder packing.




With the foregoing and other objects in view, there is provided, in accordance with the invention, a pressing device for a printing press or varnishing machine. The pressing device comprises a pressing roller for rolling a cylinder packing or dressing onto a circumferential surface of a cylinder, and a finger protection device including a first flap and a second flap connected to the first flap via a swivel joint. The first flap is formed as a pressing element for pressing the cylinder packing on the cylinder, and the first flap, in a protective position thereof, covers an inlet wedge or pocket jointly formed by the pressing roller and the cylinder.




In accordance with another feature of the invention, the first flap is mounted so as to be displaceable into a pressing position thereof wherein the first flap bears on the cylinder packing.




In accordance with a further feature of the invention, the first flap, in the pressing position thereof, is received in a cylinder gap formed in the cylinder.




In accordance with an added feature of the invention, the first flap, in the pressing position thereof, holds the cylinder packing on a clamping pad of a clamping device of the cylinder.




In accordance with an additional feature of the invention, the first flap, in the pressing position thereof, holds the cylinder packing bent into a cylinder gap formed in the cylinder.




In accordance with yet another feature of the invention, in a protective position of the first flap, a rolling element or a sliding element is disposed on the first flap. A spring holds the element in contact with a guide track.




In accordance with yet a further feature of the invention, the first flap is mounted so as to be swivelable about the swivel joint from the protective position into a switching position wherein the element is lifted off the guide track by overcoming the force of the spring.




In accordance with yet an added feature of the invention, in the protective position, the element is seated in a latching recess formed in the guide track.




In accordance with yet an additional feature of the invention, the guide track is a curved cam track of a cam, and the element is a cam follower element.




With the objects of the invention in view, there is also provided a printing press or a varnishing machine, comprising a pressing device. The pressing device includes a pressing roller for rolling a cylinder packing or dressing onto a circumferential surface of a cylinder, and a finger protection device including a first flap and a second flap connected to the first flap via a swivel joint. The first flap is formed as a pressing element for pressing the cylinder packing on the cylinder. The first flap, in a protective position thereof, covers an inlet wedge or pocket jointly formed by the pressing roller and the cylinder.




In the pressing device according to the invention, the first flap is multifunctional. The first flap serves, for one, for protecting the operator against injury and, for another, for making the work of the operator easier when a trailing edge of the cylinder packing is being clamped. A particularly compact construction of the pressing device is provided due to the multifunctionality. Only relatively little installation space is required within the printing press or varnishing machine for the integration of the pressing device. This compactness would not be provided in the case of a pressing device constructed differently from the pressing device according to the invention, which includes a pressing roller, a finger protection device and, in addition, a pressing element. In the case of the pressing device according to the invention, it is also advantageous that the pressing roller is available for rolling the cylinder packing on the cylinder, and the pressing element formed by the first flap is available for bending the cylinder packing into a cylinder gap of the cylinder and for pressing a trailing edge of the cylinder packing towards a clamping device disposed in the cylinder gap. Each of the two parts used to press the cylinder packing on the cylinder, i.e., the pressing roller and the pressing element, is optimally constructed with respect to the specific task thereof. The pressing roller is specifically constructed for rolling the cylinder packing onto the circumferential surface of the cylinder. The pressing element formed by the finger protection device is specifically constructed for bending the cylinder packing near the trailing edge thereof. In a pressing device wherein a pressing roller and a pressing element, differing from those of the invention, were not two different parts but one and the same part, construction compromises would have to be made and, therefore, functional deficiencies with respect to each of the individual functions, the rolling and the bending, would have to be accepted.




The pressing roller of the pressing device according to the invention is a pressing roller that is different from a rubber or blanket cylinder, i.e., it is not a rubber or blanket cylinder.




The cylinder packing may be a printing plate, for example, an offset printing plate, or a flexographic printing plate used for varnishing or a rubber blanket used, for example, for varnishing. Accordingly, the cylinder is a plate or blanket cylinder.




Advantageous developments of the pressing device according to the invention are noted hereinbelow.




One development is distinguished by the fact that the first flap is mounted so as to be adjustable into a pressing position, wherein the first flap bears on the cylinder packing.




The content of a further development is that in the pressing position the first flap is received in or dips into a cylinder gap of the cylinder.




According to a further development, in the pressing position, the cylinder packing is held by the first flap on a clamping pad of a clamping device of the cylinder.




The fact that, in the pressing position, the cylinder packing is held bent by the first flap in the cylinder gap formed in the cylinder distinguishes a further development.




The content of a further development is that, in the protective position, a rolling or sliding element disposed on the first flap is held by a spring in contact with a guide track.




A further development is that the first flap is mounted so that it is swivelable about the joint from the protective position into a switching position, wherein the rolling or sliding element is raised off the guide track when overcoming the force of the spring.




According to one development, provision is made for the rolling or sliding element to be seated in a latching recess in the guide track when in the protective position. The guide track may be a curved cam track of a cam, and the rolling or sliding element may be a cam follower element.




Other features which are considered as characteristic for the invention are set forth in the appended claims.




Although the invention is illustrated and described herein as embodied in a pressing device for a printing press or varnishing machine, it is nevertheless not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims.




The construction and method of operation of the invention, however, together with additional objects and advantages thereof will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a fragmentary, diagrammatic cross-sectional view of a printing press or varnishing machine incorporating the pressing device according to the invention;





FIG. 2

is an enlarged, fragmentary view of

FIG. 1

, showing the pressing device in greater detail; and





FIG. 3

is a fragmentary, longitudinal-sectional view of

FIG. 2

, showing further details of the pressing device.











DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




Referring now to

FIGS. 1

to


3


of the drawings in detail as a whole, there is seen a part of a printing press or varnishing machine


1


for processing sheet printing material, which includes an impression cylinder


2


, another cylinder


3


and an applicator roller


4


bearing against a non-illustrated chambered doctor blade or a likewise non-illustrated dip roller. If the applicator roller


4


bears against the chambered doctor blade, the applicator roller


4


is a screen or anilox roller. A cylinder packing


5


covering the cylinder


3


is a printing plate, especially a flexographic printing plate for varnishing.




A pressing roller


6


has a much smaller outer diameter than that of the cylinder


3


and, together with the latter, forms an inlet wedge or pocket


7


therebetween.




A finger protection device


8


which is disposed beside the pressing roller


6


includes two flaps, namely a first protective flap


9


and a second protective flap


10


, enclosing the pressing roller


6


from two sides. The pressing roller


6


has a soft, resilient roller packing or covering and is approximately as wide as the cylinder packing


5


. The protective flaps


9


and


10


are approximately as long as and even somewhat longer than the pressing roller


6


. The protective flaps


9


and


10


are connected to one another via an articulation or joint, more particularly, a first swivel joint


11


. The second protective flap


10


is fixed to a support


13


via a second swivel joint


12


.




The cylinder


3


is formed with a cylinder gap


14


wherein there is disposed a clamping device


15


for a trailing edge


16


of the cylinder packing


5


. The clamping device


15


includes a clamping pad


17


and a clamping jaw


18


.




The finger protection device


8


includes a first electric switch


19


which is linked, in terms of control technology, only to a first electric motor


20


for rotatingly driving the cylinder


3


, and a second electric switch


21


which is linked, in terms of control technology, both to the first electric motor


20


and to a second electric motor


22


rotatingly driving the applicator roller


4


. The switches


19


and


21


are fixed to the support


13


and constructed as momentary-contact switches or keys (push buttons). If such a momentary-contact switch is pressed, one switching position thereof, for example current flow, is set and, if the corresponding momentary-contact switch is not pressed, then the other switching position thereof, for example current blocked, is set. The switches


19


and


21


reset automatically and, for this purpose, are equipped with restoring springs, for example, which change or switch the switches


19


and


21


over the instant an external compressive force acting upon the switches


19


and


21


is reduced.




A cam


23


for actuating the first switch


19


is disposed so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation coaxial with the second swivel joint, and is connected to the second protective flap


10


so as to be fixed against rotation relative thereto, so that the cam


23


is entrained by and moved together with the second protective flap


10


when the second protective flap


10


is swiveled about the second swivel joint


12


.




In a departure from the exemplary embodiment shown, the cam


23


and the second protective flap


10


could also be one and the same part.




A rocker


24


, illustrated in FIG.


3


and serving for actuating the second switch


21


, is mounted so as to be swivelable about a third swivel joint


25


. The swivel joints


11


and


12


are aligned axially parallel with an axis of rotation of the pressing roller


6


, and the third swivel joint


25


is aligned perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the pressing roller


6


. The rocker


24


has a first arm


26


engaged by a slide


27


, and a second arm


28


for actuating the second switch


21


. The slide


27


is coupled, in terms of gear-transmission technology, with the first protective flap


9


via an inner cone


29


and an outer cone


30


which is inserted or plugged into the inner cone


29


. The inner cone


29


is disposed on the first protective flap


9


, and the outer cone


30


is provided on the slide


27


. The cones


29


and


30


together form a wedge transmission which, during movements of the first protective flap


9


about the rotary joints


11


and


12


, causes displacements of the slide


27


in a thrust direction axially parallel to the swivel joints


11


and


12


.




The support


13


is fixed to a frame


31


via a fourth swivel joint


32


. The pressing roller


6


is fixed to the support


13


via an eccentric bearing


33


so as to be adjustable relative to the carrier


13


.




A pneumatic operating cylinder


34


, which functions as an actuating drive for setting the pressing roller


6


on and off the cylinder packing


5


, is attached by one end thereof to the support


13


and by the other end thereof to the eccentric bearing


33


. The extension and retraction of a piston of the operating cylinder


34


effects rotations of the eccentric bearing


33


and consequently the adjustment of the pressing roller


6


relative to the support


13


.




In order to adjust the support


13


relative to the frame


31


, there is assigned to the support


13


a first cam mechanism which includes a first cam


36


in the form of a coulisse or sliding block crank mounted so that it is swivellable about a fifth swivel joint


35


, and a first cam follower element


37


in the form of a cam roller disposed on the support


13


. The first cam follower element


37


engages in a curved cam groove formed in the first cam


36


.




A (four-link) coupler mechanism includes, in addition to the fifth swivel joint


35


, a drive swinging arm


38


, a coupler


39


, a driven swinging arm


40


and, to connect the coupler


39


to the swinging arms


38


and


40


, a sixth swivel joint


41


and a seventh swivel joint


42


. The drive swinging arm


38


is formed by a cylinder adjusting bearing serving for throwing the cylinder


3


on and off the impression cylinder


2


and, therefore, for throwing the impression on and off. The cylinder adjustment bearing can be a so-called three-point bearing, which includes a bearing ring wherein an axle journal of the cylinder


3


is rotatably mounted and has a circumferential contour which is not circular but corresponds to a curve and is supported at three points. The cylinder adjusting bearing can, however, also be a so-called three-ring bearing having three bearing rings plugged or inserted into one another, one of the bearing rings being an eccentric bushing. The driven swinging arm


40


is connected to the first cam


36


so as to be fixed against rotation relative thereto, so that a swivelling movement of the drive swinging arm


38


necessarily results in a swiveling movement of the first cam


36


.




In a departure from the illustrated exemplary embodiment, the first cam


36


and the driven swinging arm


40


could also be one and the same part.




The last-mentioned swivelling movement of the first cam


36


, in turn, effects an adjustment of the first cam follower element


37


and, therefore, also of the support


13


relative to the frame


31


. A spaced distance between the finger protection device, more particularly, the first protective flap


9


, and the cylinder


3


, which should be kept as small as possible for safety reasons, is therefore kept continuously constant via the coupling mechanism and the first cam mechanism as the cylinder


3


is thrown on and off impression or printing, in that the finger protection device is automatically being entrained by the cylinder


3


, so that a high level of safety is ensured in any operating situation.




A second cam mechanism includes a curved, second cam


43


, with which the support


13


is provided, and a pin-shaped, second cam follower element


44


, which is disposed offset with respect to the first swivel joint


11


on the first protective flap


9


. The second cam


43


is provided, in the cam or guide track, respectively, thereof, with a prismatic or trough-shaped latching recess


45


, wherein the second cam follower element


44


latches when the first protective flap


9


is in a protective position


9


.


1


.




A first spring


46


biases the first protective flap


9


with the second protective flap


10


and holds the second cam follower element


44


against the second cam


43


. The first spring


46


is a leg spring or torsion spring (spring clip), which is pushed onto a hinge pin of the first swivel joint


11


and is supported by one leg thereof on the first protective flap


9


and by the other leg thereof on the second protective flap


10


. The first spring


46


disposed between the protective flaps


9


and


10


attempts to force the protective flaps


9


and


10


into an extended position.




A second spring


47


biases the second protective flap


10


with the support


13


and attempts to swivel the second protective flap


10


about the second swivel joint


12


into a position wherein the first protective flap


9


is in a maintenance position


9


.


2


, wherein the finger protection device is drawn completely back from the pressing roller


6


, and access to the pressing roller


6


, for example for the purpose of cleaning it, is possible without difficulty. The second spring


47


is a leg spring which is pushed onto the hinge pin of the second swivel joint


12


and is supported by one leg thereof on the second protective flap


10


and by the other leg thereof on the support


13


.




Taking into account the effective torque lever lengths, namely the distance between the second cam follower element


44


and the first swivel joint


11


, and the distance between the first swivel joint


11


and the second swivel joint


12


, as well as the inclination of the flank or side of the latching recess


45


, the springs


46


and


47


are matched with or adjusted to one another with respect to the spring characteristics and spring forces, respectively, thereof, so that the first spring


47


maintains the second cam follower element


44


in the latching recess


45


by overcoming the spring force from the second spring


47


, when the protective position


9


.


2


is set. The second spring


47


attempts to pull the second cam follower element


44


out of the latching recess


45


.




A third cam mechanism serves for displacing the first protective flap


9


out of the protective position


9


.


1


into a pressing position


9


.


3


, wherein the first protective flap


9


presses against the cylinder packing


5


close to the trailing edge


16


thereof, penetrates into the cylinder gap


14


somewhat and maintains the trailing edge


16


in contact with the clamping pad


17


. Due to the displacement of the first protective flap


9


into the pressing position


9


.


3


, the cylinder packing


5


is “canted” or “bent over” at a point of flexure of the cylinder packing


5


located close to the trailing edge


16


and in the vicinity of an edge defining the cylinder gap


14


, and is bent over at a shallow angle to a cylinder tangent located at the point of flexure into the cylinder gap


14


and towards the clamping device


15


. The third cam mechanism includes a third cam


48


which is connected to the first protective flap


9


so as to be fixed against rotation relative thereto, is supported on a cam stop


49


belonging to the support


13


and is seated on a shaft formed by the hinge pins of the second swivel joint


11


.




In a departure from the illustrated exemplary embodiment, the third cam


48


and the first protective flap


11


could also be one and the same part.




The pressing device according to the invention functions as follows:




In a first step, a leading edge of the cylinder packing


5


is clamped firmly in a front clamping device of the cylinder


3


.




In a second step, the pressing roller


6


is set against the cylinder packing


5


resting on the circumferential surface of the cylinder


3


, by activating the operating cylinder


34


.




In a third step, the cylinder


3


is rotated slowly by the first electric motor


20


, so that the pressing roller


6


rolls on the cylinder packing


5


towards the rear clamping device


15


. When the cylinder


3


is located in the rotational position shown in

FIG. 1

, the rotation of the cylinder


3


is stopped again. At this time, the cylinder packing


5


wraps around the cylinder


3


from a leading edge of the cylinder gap


14


to as far as the rear or trailing edge of the cylinder gap


14


. In addition, the gap trailing edge


16


, which projects approximately tangentially over the trailing gap edge, is already located above the clamping pad


17


.




In a fourth step, the first protective flap


9


is displaced from the protective position


9


.


1


into the pressing position


9


.


3


, by rotating the third cam


48


with the aid of a socket wrench, which is inserted into a transverse hole formed in the hinge pin


50


of the first swivel joint


11


, which functions as a drive shaft for the third cam


48


. During this displacement of the first protective flap


9


into the pressing position


9


.


3


, the protective flaps


9


and


10


swivel about the second swivel joint


12


, and cause the cam contour of the third cam


48


to rise so that the finger protection device is forced away from the cam stop


49


.




The first protective flap


9


is kept in the pressing position


9


.


3


by a self-locking action of the second cam mechanism, i.e., by a friction lock or contact acting between the second cam


43


and the second cam follower element


44


. The operator thus has both hands free, in a fifth step, for displacing the clamping jaw


18


towards the clamping pad


17


and the trailing edge


16


resting on the latter and, in this manner, for clamping the trailing edge


16


between the clamping pad


17


and the clamping jaw


18


.




In a sixth step, the pressing roller


6


is lifted off the cylinder packing


5


again, and the first protective flap


9


is displaced back from the pressing position


9


.


3


into the protective position


9


.


1


.




In a seventh step, the rear clamping device


15


with the trailing edge


16


firmly clamped therein is displaced in a tensioning direction corresponding approximately to the circumferential direction of the cylinder


3


, so that the cylinder packing


5


is pulled taut.




Thereafter, the cylinder


3


is set into rotation again, and the cylinder packing


5


is inked by the applicator roller


4


, so that the cylinder packing


5


is then ready for printing.




The finger protection device functions as follows:




If the operator strikes the first protective flap


9


with his or her hand, the flap


9


is then swiveled out of the protective position


9


.


1


and about the first swivel joint


11


into a switching position


9


.


4


. In this regard, the second cam follower element


44


lifts off the second cam


43


, and the second switch


21


is switched over by a compressive force exerted on the second switch


21


by the rocker


24


.




Likewise, the second switch


21


is actuated by such a compressive force when the operator displaces the first protective flap


9


from the protective position


9


.


1


into the pressing position


9


.


3


or the maintenance position


9


.


2


, the second cam follower element


44


being moved out of the latching recess


45


and along the second cam


43


in both of the last-mentioned cases of the displacement.




The second cam


43


is provided with such a contour and, particularly, the configuration of the latching recess


45


between end points of the cam track and guide track, respectively, of the second cam


43


and within this cam track and guide track, respectively, is selected so that the second cam follower element


44


is movable out of the latching recess


45


in three directions corresponding to the settings of the positions


9


.


2


to


9


.


4


. The second cam follower element


44


is movable in the two directions extending towards the mutually opposing end points of the second cam


43


while maintaining the contact with the second cam


43


and, when lifted off the guide track and cam track, respectively, of the second cam


43


, is movable in the lifting direction approximately perpendicular to this guide track and cam track, respectively.




Regardless of which of the three positions


9


.


2


to


9


.


4


into which the operator attempts to displace the protective flap


9


, the actuation of the second switch


21


triggered thereby results in the switching-off by the second switch


21


of only the first electric motor


20


but not the second electric motor


22


, so that, although the rotation of the cylinder


3


is immediately stopped, the applicator roller


4


continues to rotate as before, so that the applicator roller


4


, for example, continues to roll on the non-illustrated dip roller and thus, even when the cylinder


3


is at a standstill, the printing ink or the varnish is prevented from drying out on the applicator roller


5


.




If the applicator roller


5


is set on or engaged with the cylinder


3


at the instant at which the latter is stopped by an emergency stop, the actuation of the second switch


21


has the effect of automatically disengaging or setting the applicator roller


5


off the cylinder


3


.




The slide


27


is supported on a supporting face


51


, into which the inner cone


29


is introduced, via a tip on the outer cone


30


when the first protective flap


9


is in the switching position


9


.


4


or the pressing position


9


.


3


, and the outer cone


30


is no longer inside the inner cone


29


.




If the first protective flap


9


is in the maintenance position


9


.


2


, the support for the slide


27


is then no longer provided by the supporting face


51


, and the action of the compressive force exerted on the second switch


21


by the rocker


24


is cancelled, so that the second switch


21


is switched back into the nonpressed switching position again from the pressed switching position by a spring belonging to the second switch


21


. Although the second switch


21


has been switched back, in this situation the first electric motor


20


cannot start up, and the cylinder


3


cannot rotate, because when the maintenance position


9


.


2


is set, the cam


23


holds the first switch


19


pressed, so that both electric motors


20


and


22


are deactivated by the first switch


19


. When the maintenance position


9


.


2


is set, the applicator roller


4


must namely also no longer rotate either.




At least one of the two switches


19


and


21


is therefore always pressed and switched into a switching position deactivating the first electric motor


20


, as long as the first protective flap


9


is out of the protective position


9


.


1


thereof.




In order to set the maintenance position


9


.


2


, the third cam


48


must be rotated into a rotary position wherein the third cam


48


no longer bears, with the cam contour thereof, on the cam stop


49


and, in that rotary position, the second cam follower element


44


is no longer in the latching recess


45


, so that the second spring


47


can swivel the protective flaps


9


and


10


about the second swivel joint


12


and, in this way, can displace the first protective flap


9


into the maintenance position


9


.


2


. A further latching recess


52


in the second cam


43


accommodates the second cam follower element


44


when the maintenance position


9


.


2


is set.



Claims
  • 1. In a printing press or varnishing machine having a cylinder with a circumferential surface, a pressing device, comprising:a pressing roller for rolling a cylinder packing or dressing onto the circumferential surface of the cylinder, said pressing roller and the cylinder jointly forming an inlet wedge or pocket; and a finger protection device including a first flap, a second flap and a swivel joint connected between said first and second flaps, said first flap being a pressing element for pressing the cylinder packing or dressing on the cylinder in a pressing position, and said first flap covering said inlet wedge or pocket in a protective position of said first flap.
  • 2. The pressing device according to claim 1, wherein said first flap is mounted for displacement into the pressing position, and said first flap bears on the cylinder packing or dressing in said pressing position.
  • 3. The pressing device according to claim 2, wherein said first flap is received in a cylinder gap formed in the cylinder, in said pressing position of said first flap.
  • 4. The pressing device according to claim 2, wherein the cylinder has a clamping device with a clamping pad, and said first flap holds the cylinder packing or dressing on the clamping pad, in said pressing position of said first flap.
  • 5. The pressing device according to claim 2, wherein said first flap holds the cylinder packing or dressing bent into a cylinder gap formed in the cylinder, in said pressing position of said first flap.
  • 6. The pressing device according to claim 1, which further comprises a guide track, a rolling element disposed on said first flap, and a spring for holding said rolling element in contact with said guide track in the protective position of said first flap.
  • 7. The pressing device according to claim 1, which further comprises a guide track, a sliding element disposed on said first flap, and a spring for holding said sliding element in contact with said guide track in the protective position of said first flap.
  • 8. The pressing device according to claim 6, wherein said first flap is mounted to swivel about said swivel joint from said protective position into a switching position, and said rolling element is lifted off said guide track by overcoming a force of said spring in said switching position.
  • 9. The pressing device according to claim 7, wherein said first flap is mounted to swivel about said swivel joint from said protective position into a switching position, and said sliding element is lifted off said guide track by overcoming a force of said spring in said switching position.
  • 10. The pressing device according to claim 6, wherein said rolling element is seated in a latching recess formed in said guide track in said protective position.
  • 11. The pressing device according to claim 7, wherein said sliding element is seated in a latching recess formed in said guide track in said protective position.
  • 12. The pressing device according to claim 6, wherein said guide track is a curved cam track of a cam, and said rolling element is a cam follower element.
  • 13. The pressing device according to claim 7, wherein said guide track is a curved cam track of a cam, and said sliding element is a cam follower element.
  • 14. A printing press, comprising:a cylinder with a circumferential surface; and a pressing device including: a pressing roller for rolling a cylinder packing or dressing onto said circumferential surface of said cylinder, said pressing roller and said cylinder jointly forming an inlet wedge or pocket; and a finger protection device including a first flap, a second flap and a swivel joint connected between said first and second flaps, said first flap being a pressing element for pressing the cylinder packing or dressing on said cylinder in a pressing position, and said first flap covering said inlet wedge or pocket in a protective position of said first flap.
  • 15. A varnishing machine, comprising:a cylinder with a circumferential surface; and a pressing device including: a pressing roller for rolling a cylinder packing or dressing onto said circumferential surface of said cylinder, said pressing roller and said cylinder jointly forming an inlet wedge or pocket; and a finger protection device including a first flap, a second flap and a swivel joint connected between said first and second flaps, said first flap being a pressing element for pressing the cylinder packing or dressing on said cylinder in a pressing position, and said first flap covering said inlet wedge or pocket in a protective position of said first flap.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
102 12 533 Mar 2002 DE
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