US4766809A
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Multicolor perfecting press
Assignee: KBA Notasys SA
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Filing: 1985-12-09
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Granted: 1988-08-30
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Expires: 2005-12-09
Abstract
Abstract According to the machine and method, one of the paper sides is printed with a collect print image with juxtaposed colors by means of a typographic plate cylinder inked by a collecting cylinder inked in turn by selective color inking cylinders of which the number corresponds to the number of colors, and on the other side an image with superposed colors and designs by means of offset plate cylinders contacting an offset blanket cylinder and of which the number corresponds to the number of colors and designs of the image. For this purpose the machine comprises another blanket cylinder contacting the typographic plate cylinder and pressed against the offset blanket cylinder, the paper passes between this cylinder and the other blanket cylinder. The multicolor collect print side may be completed by at least one monochrome wet offset print. In additional embodiments, the geometrical arrangement of the blanket cylinders is changed to enable additional printing units to contact the other blanket cylinder. Moreover the typographic plate cylinder may be converted to an image transfer cylinder, while the selective color inking cylinders are converted to offset plate cylinders.
Inventors
- 👤 Gualtiero Giori
- 👤 Manuel Hernandez
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 20:24
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41M; B41M3/00; B41M3/14; B41F; B41F5/00; B41F5/04; B41F5/16; B41F9/00; B41F9/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
283 words
Rotary multicolor printing machine for the simultaneous printing of both sides of a paper in web or sheet form, more particularly for printing the safety background of fiduciary documents, which comprises a first blanket cylinder contacting a plurality of offset plate cylinders each inked by an inking device in a different color, the number of said offset plate cylinders corresponding to the number of colors and designs of the first image to be printed on one side of the paper, said first image consisting of superposed colors and designs, and comprising a second blanket cylinder operating as a color collecting cylinder contacting a plurality of selective color inking cylinders and a typographic plate cylinder, said typographic plate representing the complete design of the second image to be printed on the other side of the paper, said selective color inking cylinders, of which the number corresponds to the number of colors of said second image and wherein the relief areas correspond to the portions of this image to be colored in the different colors, being each linked by an inking unit in a different color and applying an image with juxtaposed colors to said collecting cylinder inking in turn said typographic plate cylinder, a third blanket cylinder, contacting said typographic plate cylinder and receiving therefrom the image with juxtaposed colors, said third blanket cylinder having the same diameter as said first blanket cylinder, and being pressed against said first blanket cylinder, said paper passing between said first and third blanket cylinders so as to be printed simultaneously on both sides with said first and second images, respectively; further comprising at least one additional printing unit, the plate cylinder thereof contacting the third blanket cylinder.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
283 words
Rotary multicolor printing machine for the simultaneous printing of both sides of a paper in web or sheet form, more particularly for printing the safety background of fiduciary documents, which comprises a first blanket cylinder contacting a plurality of offset plate cylinders each inked by an inking device in a different color, the number of said offset plate cylinders corresponding to the number of colors and designs of the first image to be printed on one side of the paper, said first image consisting of superposed colors and designs, and comprising a second blanket cylinder operating as a color collecting cylinder contacting a plurality of selective color inking cylinders and a typographic plate cylinder, said typographic plate representing the complete design of the second image to be printed on the other side of the paper, said selective color inking cylinders, of which the number corresponds to the number of colors of said second image and wherein the relief areas correspond to the portions of this image to be colored in the different colors, being each linked by an inking unit in a different color and applying an image with juxtaposed colors to said collecting cylinder inking in turn said typographic plate cylinder, a third blanket cylinder, contacting said typographic plate cylinder and receiving therefrom the image with juxtaposed colors, said third blanket cylinder having the same diameter as said first blanket cylinder, and being pressed against said first blanket cylinder, said paper passing between said first and third blanket cylinders so as to be printed simultaneously on both sides with said first and second images, respectively; further comprising at least one additional printing unit, the plate cylinder thereof contacting the third blanket cylinder.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
Machine according to claim 1 wherein the plate cylinder of the additional printing unit carries an intaglio printing plate which is not wiped.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
Machine according to claim 1 wherein the plate cylinder of the additional printing unit carries an offset printing plate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
Machine according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the additional printing unit(s) is mounted so that it can be spaced from the third blanket cylinder into a rest position if no additional print is desired.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
101 words
Machine according to claim 1 wherein the first, second and third blanket cylinders are mounted substantially vertically with respect to one another, two additional printing units being mounted to cooperate with the third blanket cylinder, a first additional unit mounted on one side of the third blanket cylinder and a second additional unit mounted on the other side of the third blanket cylinder, said paper passing horizontally between said first and third blanket cylinders so as to be printed simultaneously on both sides with said first and second images, respectively, completed by two additional color prints from said additional printing units.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A machine according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the additional printing units comprises an intaglio plate which is not wiped.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
103 words
Machine according to claim 1 wherein the second and third blanket cylinders are mounted on a first side, with the second blanket cylinder being mounted substantially vertically above the third blanket cylinder, and the first blanket cylinder is mounted horizontally adjacent to and contacting the third blanket cylinder, three additional printing units are mounted to cooperate with the third blanket cylinder, and wherein the paper passes vertically between the first and third blanket cylinders, so as to be printed simultaneously on both sides with said first and second image, respectively, completed by a plurality of additional color prints from said additional printing units.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A machine according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the additional printing units comprises an intaglio plate which is not wiped.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
216 words
Rotary multicolor indirect printing machine for simultaneous recto-verso printing, more particularly for printing the safety background of fiduciary papers and notably banknotes, comprising a first blanket cylinder cooperating with a plurality of plate cylinders each inked by its own inking device; a second blanket cylinder cooperating with a plurality of plate cylinders each inked by its own inking device; a third blanket cylinder pressed against said first blanket cylinder and operating with at least one plate cylinder inked by its own inking device; a convertible cylinder that is convertible into a plate cylinder or an image transfer cylinder, said convertible cylinder contacting said second and said third blanket cylinders, the paper being fed between said first and said third blanket cylinders; the diameter of the three blanket cylinders being a whole multiple of the diameter of said convertible cylinder and of said plate cylinders, whereby: in a first mode of operation, the plate cylinders cooperating with said second blanket cylinder carry selective color inking plates and the convertible cylinder carries a collect printing plate, and in a second mode of operation, said last mentioned plate cylinders carry offset printing plates and said convertible cylinder is an image transfer cylinder having a smooth layer for transferring the offset image from said second to said third blanket cylinder.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
216 words
Rotary multicolor indirect printing machine for simultaneous recto-verso printing, more particularly for printing the safety background of fiduciary papers and notably banknotes, comprising a first blanket cylinder cooperating with a plurality of plate cylinders each inked by its own inking device; a second blanket cylinder cooperating with a plurality of plate cylinders each inked by its own inking device; a third blanket cylinder pressed against said first blanket cylinder and operating with at least one plate cylinder inked by its own inking device; a convertible cylinder that is convertible into a plate cylinder or an image transfer cylinder, said convertible cylinder contacting said second and said third blanket cylinders, the paper being fed between said first and said third blanket cylinders; the diameter of the three blanket cylinders being a whole multiple of the diameter of said convertible cylinder and of said plate cylinders, whereby: in a first mode of operation, the plate cylinders cooperating with said second blanket cylinder carry selective color inking plates and the convertible cylinder carries a collect printing plate, and in a second mode of operation, said last mentioned plate cylinders carry offset printing plates and said convertible cylinder is an image transfer cylinder having a smooth layer for transferring the offset image from said second to said third blanket cylinder.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
Printing machine of claim 9 wherein the three blanket cylinders are disposed at least substantially vertically one above the other, the path of the paper through the machine being at least substantially horizontal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
56 words
Printing machine of claim 10 wherein all the inking devices are disposed on two pairs of movable superposed inking carriages on either side of the blanket cylinders, the lower carriages carrying the inking devices for printing one side of the paper, the upper carriages carrying the inking devices for printing the other side of the paper.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
61 words
Printing machine of claim 10 wherein the inking devices are disposed on two movable inking carriages on either side of the blanket cylinders, each carriage carrying both the inking devices for printing one portion of the image on one side of the paper and the inking device for printing one portion of the image on the other side of the paper.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
60 words
Printing machine according to claim 9 preferably a web fed printing machine, wherein the first and the third blanket cylinders are disposed horizontally, adjacent to each other, the third blanket cylinder, the convertible cylinder and the second blanket cylinder being disposed at least approximately vertically in mutual superposed relationship, the path followed by the paper being at least approximately vertical.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
43 words
Printing machine according to claim 13 wherein the inking devices associated with the first blanket cylinder are disposed on a first movable inking carriage and the inking devices associated with the other two superposed blanket cylinders are disposed on another movable inking carriage.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
Printing machine according to claim 13 wherein the two blanket cylinders engaging the convertible cylinder are each inked by at least three plate cylinders.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
48 words
Printing machine according to claim 9 wherein at least one of said plate cylinders, preferably one of the plate cylinders cooperating with the first blanket cylinder and one of the plate cylinders cooperating with the third blanket cylinder, carries an intaglio printing plate moistened by a dampening device.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
200 words
A method of printing for the simultaneous printing of both sides of a paper in web or sheet form, particularly for printing fiduciary documents, each side being printed by a different method, comprising the steps of: providing first, second and third blanket cylinders, the first blanket cylinder contacting a plurality of offset plate cylinders, the second blanket cylinder operating as a color collecting cylinder and contacting, on one side, a plurality of color selective inking cylinders and contacting on the other side a typographic plate cylinder also in contact with the third blanket cylinder, the third blanket cylinder contacting the first blanket cylinder, pressing paper between the first and the third blanket cylinders; printing a first side of the paper by offset printing; simultaneously printing on a second side of the paper by collect printing wherein a safety background design is printed by contacting a plurality of selective color inking cylinders to the second blanket cylinder, which in turn inks a typographic plate cylinder which transfers an image to the third blanket cylinder and wherein a main design is printed on the second side of the paper by contacting the third blanket cylinder with at least one additional printing unit.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
200 words
A method of printing for the simultaneous printing of both sides of a paper in web or sheet form, particularly for printing fiduciary documents, each side being printed by a different method, comprising the steps of: providing first, second and third blanket cylinders, the first blanket cylinder contacting a plurality of offset plate cylinders, the second blanket cylinder operating as a color collecting cylinder and contacting, on one side, a plurality of color selective inking cylinders and contacting on the other side a typographic plate cylinder also in contact with the third blanket cylinder, the third blanket cylinder contacting the first blanket cylinder, pressing paper between the first and the third blanket cylinders; printing a first side of the paper by offset printing; simultaneously printing on a second side of the paper by collect printing wherein a safety background design is printed by contacting a plurality of selective color inking cylinders to the second blanket cylinder, which in turn inks a typographic plate cylinder which transfers an image to the third blanket cylinder and wherein a main design is printed on the second side of the paper by contacting the third blanket cylinder with at least one additional printing unit.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
63 words
A method according to claim 17 further comprising printing on the first side of the paper a safety background design and a main design, the safety background design being printed by contacting a plurality of dry offset plate cylinders to the first blanket cylinder, the main design being printed by a wet offset, notably using an intaglio printing plate which is not wiped.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method according to claim 17 wherein the at least one additional printing unit comprises a wet offset, notably using an intaglio printing plate which is not wiped.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method according to claim 17 comprising movably mounting the at least one additional printing unit so that it may be moved out of contact with the third blanket cylinder to a rest position.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 17 wherein the three blanket cylinders are mounted substantially vertically, comprising contacting the third blanket cylinder with at least two additional printing units and passing the paper, after printing, directly to a drying unit.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
82 words
A method according to claim 17 wherein the three blanket cylinders are arranged so that the second blanket cylinder is mounted substantially vertically above the third blanket cylinder and the first blanket cylinder is mounted horizontally adjacent to the third blanket cylinder, comprising contacting the third blanket cylinder with at least three additional printing units, whereby preferably at least one of said at least three additional printing units including printing by wet offset, notably using an intaglio plate which is not wiped.
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