Device, method and printing press for multiple printing of printing substrate sheets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11207880-B2
Application number	US-201917277047-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2019
Priority date	Oct 10, 2018
Publication date	Dec 28, 2021
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for printing sheets of printing substrate (02), having a first printing nip (12) which is formed between a first cylinder (19; 19*) that acts as a transport cylinder (19; 19*) and a second cylinder (18), and in which the printing substrate sheets (02) can be printed on one or on both sides with one or more collected print image segments, and having a second printing nip (11) lying downstream in the printing substrate path, which printing nip is disposed at a level lying below the first printing nip (12) and is formed between a third cylinder (17) that acts as a transport cylinder (17) and a fourth cylinder (16), and in which the printing substrate sheets (02) can be printed on one or on both sides with one or more collected print image segments, wherein the printing substrate sheets (02) can be conveyed via at least one rotating transport means (33; 38; 39) along a transport path from the cylinder (19; 19*) that acts as a transport cylinder (19; 19*) of the first printing nip (12) to the cylinder (17) that acts as a transport cylinder (17) of the second printing nip (11), wherein on the transport path, downstream of the cylinder (19; 19*) that acts as a transport cylinder (19; 19*) of the first printing nip (12) and upstream of the cylinder (17) that acts as a transport cylinder (17) of the second printing nip (11), at least one first electrode (37; 41) directed toward the outer circumference of the at least one rotating transport means (33) is arranged in an angular segment lying in the transport path for the printing substrate sheets (02) in such a way that when an electric voltage is applied, a printing substrate sheet (02) being guided past the electrode (37; 41) can be electrostatically charged.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for printing sheets of printing substrate ( 02 ), having a first printing nip ( 12 ) which is formed between a first cylinder ( 19 ; 19 *) that acts as a transport cylinder ( 19 ; 19 *) and a second cylinder ( 18 ), and in which the printing substrate sheets ( 02 ) can be printed on one or on both sides with one or more collected print image segments, and having a second printing nip ( 11 ) lying downstream in the printing substrate path, which second printing nip is disposed at a level lying below the first printing nip ( 12 ) and is formed between a third cylinder ( 17 ) that acts as a transport cylinder ( 17 ) and a fourth cylinder ( 16 ), and in which the printing substrate sheets ( 02 ) can be printed on both sides with one or more collected print image segments, wherein the printing substrate sheets ( 02 ) can be conveyed via at least one rotating transport device ( 33 ; 38 ; 39 ) along a transport path from the cylinder ( 19 ; 19 *) that acts as a transport cylinder ( 19 ; 19 *) of the first printing nip ( 12 ) to the cylinder ( 17 ) that acts as a transport cylinder ( 17 ) of the second printing nip ( 11 ), characterized in that on the transport path, downstream of the cylinder ( 19 ; 19 *) that acts as a transport cylinder ( 19 ; 19 *) of the first printing nip ( 12 ) and upstream of the cylinder ( 17 ) that acts as a transport cylinder ( 17 ) of the second printing nip ( 11 ), at least one first electrode ( 37 ; 41 ) directed toward an outer circumference of the at least one rotating transport device ( 33 ) is arranged in an angular segment lying in the transport path for the printing substrate sheets ( 02 ) in such a way that when an electric voltage is applied by the at least one first electrode, a printing substrate sheet ( 02 ) being guided past the at least one first electrode ( 37 ; 41 ) can be electrostatically charged.

2. The device according to claim 1 , characterized in that a first electrode of the at least first electrode ( 37 ) is arranged directed toward the outer circumference of a downstream one of the at least one rotating transport device ( 33 ), and which first electrode is positioned immediately downstream of the transport cylinder ( 19 ; 19 *) of the first printing nip ( 12 ).

3. The device according to claim 2 , in that an upstream one of the at least one electrode ( 41 ) is provided directed toward the outer circumference of an upstream one of the at least one rotating transport device ( 39 ), and which is positioned immediately upstream of the transport cylinder ( 17 ) of the second printing nip ( 12 ) in the transport path.

4. The device according to claim 1 , characterized in that a first electrode of the at least first electrode ( 37 ) lies no more than 60° downstream of the point at which sheets are received by the at least one rotating transport device ( 33 ; 38 ; 39 ) from the cylinder ( 19 ; 19 *) upstream thereof, as viewed in the production direction of rotation.

5. The device according to claim 1 , in that a first electrode of the at least first electrode ( 37 ) is provided directed toward the outer circumference of an upstream one of the at least one rotating transport device ( 39 ), and which is positioned immediately upstream of the transport cylinder ( 17 ) of the second printing nip ( 12 ) in the transport path.

6. The device according to claim 1 , characterized in that an upstream one of the at least one first electrode ( 41 ) is provided, directed toward the outer circumference of the at least one rotating transport device ( 33 ; 39 ), and in that the upstream electrode ( 41 ) lies no more than 90° upstream of the point of sheet delivery from the at least one rotating transport device ( 33 ; 38 ; 39 ) to the cylinder ( 17 ) downstream thereof, as viewed in the production direction of rotation.

7. The device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one first electrode ( 37 ; 41 ) is one of arranged spaced at least 40 mm from the at least one rotating transport device ( 33 ; 39 ) transporting the printing substrate sheets ( 02 ) and is arranged to charge the printing substrate sheets ( 02 ) electrostatically without contact.

8. The device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one first electrode is assigned a blower device ( 43 ; 44 ), which is one of integrated into said at least one first electrode and is arranged upstream of the at least one first electrode ( 37 ; 41 ) in the transport path at a maximum angle of 25° in the circumferential direction of the transport means ( 33 ; 39 ).

9. The device according to claim 1 , characterized in that one of the transport path runs from top to bottom between the first and second printing nips ( 12 ; 11 ) and in that the cylinders ( 19 ; 19 *) and the at least one rotating transport device that bring about the transport path between the first and second printing nips ( 12 ; 11 ) are arranged in one of a single-part frame and a multi-part frame such that the at least one rotating transport device ( 33 ; 39 ) formed by a transport drum ( 33 ; 39 ) receives the printing substrate sheet ( 02 ) upstream from a transport cylinder ( 19 ; 19 *), the axis of rotation of which transport drum one of lies above that of the at least one transport device ( 33 ; 39 ), and delivers the printing substrate sheet downstream to the transport cylinder ( 19 ; 19 *), the axis of rotation of which transport cylinder lies below that of the at least one rotating transport device ( 33 ; 39 ), and in that the first printing nip ( 12 ) and the second printing nip device ( 11 ) are provided at different heights in a printing tower ( 03 ; 03 *).

10. The device according to claim 1 , characterized in that one of the second printing nip ( 11 ) is formed by two printing couples ( 06 ; 07 ) cooperating as a blanket-to-blanket printing nip ( 11 ), at least one of which is configured as a collect printing couple ( 06 ; 07 ) comprising multiple forme cylinders ( 21 ; 22 ), and in that the first printing nip ( 12 ) is formed by at least one printing couple ( 08 ; 09 ), which is configured as a collect printing couple ( 08 ; 09 ) having multiple forme cylinders ( 21 ; 22 ) and cooperates with one of a pure impression cylinder ( 19 *) and with a further printing couple ( 09 ; 08 ), which is likewise configured as a collect printing couple ( 08 ; 09 ) having multiple forme cylinders ( 21 ; 22 ).

11. The device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the cylinders ( 18 ; 19 ; 19 *) that form the first printing nip ( 12 ) and the cylinders ( 16 ; 17 ) that form the second printing nip ( 11 ) are arranged one above the other in one of a frame and in two sub-frames arranged one above the other.

12. A printing press, for the printing of printing substrate sheets ( 02 ), comprising a device according to claim 1 , characterized by one of a sheet feeder ( 01 ) located upstream of the printing nips ( 11 ; 12 ) in the printing substrate path and a pile delivery ( 04 ) provided downstream, and by the arrangement of the printing nips ( 11 ; 12 ) in a printing nip group ( 03 ; 03 *) configured as a printing tower ( 03 ; 03 *).

13. A method for printing sheets of printing substrate ( 02 ) in at least a first printing nip ( 12 ) and in at least a second printing nip ( 11 ), which second printing nip is spaced apart from the first printing nip ( 12 ) in a transport path of the printing substrate sheets ( 02 ) and lies at a level below the first printing nip ( 12 ), wherein the printing substrate sheets ( 02 ) are printed on one side or on both sides with one or more collected print image segments in the first of the at least two

Assignees

• Koenig & Bauer Ag

Inventors

• Kersten Thomas
• Kress Patrick
• Lanig Martin
• Schwitzky Volkmar

Classifications

• B41F21/005 Primary

  Electrostatic holding down devices · CPC title

• B41F13/0024

  Frames · CPC title

• B41F11/02 Primary

  for securities (security printing B41M3/14) · CPC title