Digital printing machine having a printing bar for inkjet printing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9878564-B2
Application number	US-201715454131-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2017
Priority date	Mar 9, 2016
Publication date	Jan 30, 2018
Grant date	Jan 30, 2018

Abstract

A digital printing machine includes a printing bar for inkjet printing. The printing bar is mounted to be movable into a working position and into a retracted position. An adjustable roll and a spring-mounted roll form a first assembly and are disposed opposite one another. A rail forms a second assembly and is located between the adjustable roll and the spring-mounted roll when the printing bar is in the working position and is not located between the adjustable roll and the spring-mounted roll when the printing bar is in the retracted position. One of the two assemblies is disposed on the printing bar and the other of the two assemblies is separate from the printing bar.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A digital printing machine, comprising:
a printing bar for inkjet printing, said printing bar being mounted for movement into a working position and a retracted position;
an adjustable roll and a spring-mounted roll being disposed opposite one another and forming a first assembly;
a rail forming a second assembly;
said rail being located between said adjustable roll and said spring-mounted roll when said printing bar is in said working position;
said rail not being located between said adjustable roll and said spring-mounted roll when said printing bar is in said retracted position; and
one of said assemblies being disposed on said printing bar and the other of said assemblies being separate from said printing bar.

2. The digital printing machine according to claim 1 , which further comprises a gear rack combined with said rail and a gearwheel combined with said adjustable roll.

3. The digital printing machine according to claim 2 , wherein said gearwheel is in meshing engagement with said gear rack when said printing bar is in said working position, and said gearwheel is disengaged from said gear rack when said printing bar is in said retracted position.

4. The digital printing machine according to claim 1 , which further comprises an adjustment device for adjusting said adjustable roll towards and away from said spring-mounted roll.

5. The digital printing machine according to claim 4 , wherein said adjustment device is an eccentric.

6. The digital printing machine according to claim 2 , which further comprises:
a further adjustable roll; and
a transmission connecting said gearwheel to said further adjustable roll, causing said two adjustable rolls to be jointly drivable by said gear rack through said gearwheel.

7. The digital printing machine according to claim 6 , wherein said transmission is a bevel gear mechanism including bevel gears.

8. The digital printing machine according to claim 1 , wherein said rail is clamped between said adjustable roll and said spring-mounted roll when said printing bar is in said working position.

Assignees

• Heidelberger Druckmasch Ag

Inventors

• Mueller Andreas
• Wolf Burkhard
• Renner Jochen
• Zapf Matthias
• Ehrbar David
• Moehringer Markus
• Steinmetz Ralf
• Haeussler Manfred

Classifications

• B41J25/304 Primary

  Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface · CPC title

• B41J2202/15

  Moving nozzle or nozzle plate · CPC title

• B41J2/2146

  for line print heads · CPC title

• B41J2202/21

  Line printing · CPC title

• B41J2/155

  for line printing · CPC title