Perfector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9446582-B2
Application number	US-201313933407-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2013
Priority date	Jul 3, 2012
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

A perfector includes: a printing unit that performs printing simultaneously on both surfaces of a paper sheet; detecting means for detecting printing conditions on both surfaces of the paper sheet; and transporting means for transporting the paper sheet to a delivery unit. The printing unit includes: a blanket impression cylinder that holds and transports the paper sheet; and a blanket cylinder in contact with the blanket impression cylinder. The transporting means includes: a transfer cylinder in contact with the blanket impression cylinder and receives the paper sheet from the blanket impression cylinder; and a delivery cylinder in contact with the transfer cylinder and receives the paper sheet from the transfer cylinder. The detecting means includes: a first checking camera that detects the printing condition on one surface of the paper sheet; and a second checking camera that detects the printing condition on the other surface of the paper sheet.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A perfector, comprising:
a printing unit configured to perform printing simultaneously on both surfaces of a sheet;
detecting means for detecting printing conditions on both surfaces of the sheet on which the printing is performed simultaneously; and
transporting means for holding and transporting the detected sheet to a discharging unit, wherein
the printing unit includes:
a first printing cylinder configured to hold and transport the sheet; and
a second printing cylinder disposed lateral to the first printing cylinder and being in contact with the first printing cylinder,

the transporting means includes:
a transfer cylinder being in contact with the first printing cylinder and configured to receive, from the first printing cylinder, the sheet on which printing is performed on both surfaces by the first printing cylinder and the second printing cylinder; and
a delivery cylinder in contact with the transfer cylinder and configured to receive the sheet from the transfer cylinder,

the detecting means includes:
a first checking camera configured to detect the printing condition on one surface of the sheet on the transfer cylinder; and
a second checking camera configured to detect the printing condition on the other surface of the sheet on the delivery cylinder,

the first checking camera is disposed to be capable of checking the sheet at a position away from a contact position between the first printing cylinder and the transfer cylinder by a distance equal to or more than a length of a maximum-size sheet from a leading end to a trailing end thereof, and
wherein the transfer cylinder is a double-size cylinder.

2. The perfector according to claim 1 , wherein the first checking camera is disposed on the discharging unit side of the transfer cylinder.

3. The perfector according to claim 2 , wherein
the perfector comprises:
a first washing device configured to wash a circumferential surface of the first printing cylinder; and
a second washing device configured to wash a circumferential surface of the second printing cylinder,

the first washing device is disposed to wash the circumferential surface of the first printing cylinder at a position downstream of a contact position between the first printing cylinder and the second printing cylinder in the rotating direction of the first printing cylinder and upstream of the contact position between the first printing cylinder and the transfer cylinder in the rotating direction of the first printing cylinder, and
the second washing device is disposed to wash the circumferential surface of the second printing cylinder at a position below the second printing cylinder.

4. The perfector according to claim 1 , wherein
the first printing cylinder is disposed on the discharging unit side of the second printing cylinder, and
the perfector comprises:
a workspace formed below the second printing cylinder; and
an opening configured to allow an operator to enter and exit the workspace.

5. The perfector according to claim 4 , wherein the second checking camera is disposed below the second printing cylinder.

6. The perfector according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a detecting device configured to detect a state where an entry into a workspace is possible or detect an entry of an operator; and
a controlling device configured to control a drive device of the perfector on the basis of a detection signal from the detecting device.

Assignees

• Komori Corp

Inventors

• Abe Yoichiro
• Kusaka Akehiro

Classifications

• B41F7/12

  using two cylinders one of which serves two functions, e.g. as a transfer and impression cylinder in perfecting machines · CPC title

• B41F35/006 Primary

  for impression cylinders · CPC title

• B41F33/0018 Primary

  Protection means against injury to the operator · CPC title

• B41F13/0024

  Frames · CPC title

• B41F33/12

  for starting or stopping the machine as a whole · CPC title