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US3276362A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Adjustment lock for printing press rollers

Assignee: Winkler Fallert and Co AG Maschinenfabrik
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Filing: 1964-06-03
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Granted: 1966-10-04
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Expires: 1984-06-03
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Grunig Hans

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 23:26
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41F; B41F13/00; B41F13/08; B41F13/20; B41F31/00; B41F31/30; B41F31/304

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 252 words
A LOCKING ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT, FOR PRINTING PRESS ROLLERS OF THE LIKE, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL TRUNNION ARRANGED TO BE FIXEDLY SECURED RELATIVE TO THE PRESS FRAME, THE INNER END OF SAID TRUNNION HAVING A DIAMETRIC SLOT ARRANGE TO CONFORMINGLY SLIDABLY RECEIVE THE BEARING MEANS OF A PRESS ROLLER; AN ECCENTRIC SLEVE ROTATABLY MOUNTED AROUND THE EXTERNAL PERIPHERY OF SAID TRUNNION AND HAVING A CIRCULAR SURFACE PORTION ON ITS AXIALLY INNER END ECCENTRIC TO SAID TRUNNION AND EXTENDING AXIALLY OF SAID SLOTTED INNER END OF SAID TRUNNION FOR SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT WITH A BEARING MEANS IN SAID SLOT TO ADJUST SAID BEARING MEANS ALONG SAID SLOT RESPONSIVE TO RELATIVE ROTATION OF SAID SLEEVE ON SAID TRUNNION ADJUSTED POSITION THE SIDE SURFACES OF SAID SLOT CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGING DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE PORTIONS OF SAID BEARING MEANS THROUGHOUT THE RANGE OF ADJUSTMENT; SAID SLEEVE CIRCULAR PORTION HAVING A PERIPHERALLY EXTENDING SLOT OPENING AXIALLY THROUGH THE INNER END OF SAID SLEEVE AND OF AN ARCUATE EXTENT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID DIAMETRIC SLOT WHEREBY, WHEN SAID SLEEVE IS ANGULARLY ADJUSTED TO A PREDETERMINED POSITION IN WHICH SAID SLOTS ARE RADIALLY ALIGNED, A BEARING MEANS MAY BE INSERTED INTO AND REMOVED FROM SAID DIAMETRIC SLOT; AND POSITION SETTING MEANS ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE ON SAID TRUNNION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ADJUSTED POSITION OF SAID SLEEVE AND COOPERABLE WITH SAID SLEEVE TO RE-SET THE ADJUSTED POSITION OF THE LATTER WHEN SAID SLEEVE HAS BEEN MOVED FROM ITS ADJUSTED POSITION TO SAID PREDETERMINED POSITION AND THEN RETURNED TOWARD SAID ADJUSTED POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 252 words
A LOCKING ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT, FOR PRINTING PRESS ROLLERS OF THE LIKE, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL TRUNNION ARRANGED TO BE FIXEDLY SECURED RELATIVE TO THE PRESS FRAME, THE INNER END OF SAID TRUNNION HAVING A DIAMETRIC SLOT ARRANGE TO CONFORMINGLY SLIDABLY RECEIVE THE BEARING MEANS OF A PRESS ROLLER; AN ECCENTRIC SLEVE ROTATABLY MOUNTED AROUND THE EXTERNAL PERIPHERY OF SAID TRUNNION AND HAVING A CIRCULAR SURFACE PORTION ON ITS AXIALLY INNER END ECCENTRIC TO SAID TRUNNION AND EXTENDING AXIALLY OF SAID SLOTTED INNER END OF SAID TRUNNION FOR SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT WITH A BEARING MEANS IN SAID SLOT TO ADJUST SAID BEARING MEANS ALONG SAID SLOT RESPONSIVE TO RELATIVE ROTATION OF SAID SLEEVE ON SAID TRUNNION ADJUSTED POSITION THE SIDE SURFACES OF SAID SLOT CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGING DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE PORTIONS OF SAID BEARING MEANS THROUGHOUT THE RANGE OF ADJUSTMENT; SAID SLEEVE CIRCULAR PORTION HAVING A PERIPHERALLY EXTENDING SLOT OPENING AXIALLY THROUGH THE INNER END OF SAID SLEEVE AND OF AN ARCUATE EXTENT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID DIAMETRIC SLOT WHEREBY, WHEN SAID SLEEVE IS ANGULARLY ADJUSTED TO A PREDETERMINED POSITION IN WHICH SAID SLOTS ARE RADIALLY ALIGNED, A BEARING MEANS MAY BE INSERTED INTO AND REMOVED FROM SAID DIAMETRIC SLOT; AND POSITION SETTING MEANS ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE ON SAID TRUNNION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ADJUSTED POSITION OF SAID SLEEVE AND COOPERABLE WITH SAID SLEEVE TO RE-SET THE ADJUSTED POSITION OF THE LATTER WHEN SAID SLEEVE HAS BEEN MOVED FROM ITS ADJUSTED POSITION TO SAID PREDETERMINED POSITION AND THEN RETURNED TOWARD SAID ADJUSTED POSITION.

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