Patent ID: 9403355
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B41F,B41P

Claim Text:
1. A variable printing machine comprising: a printing cylinder exchangeably mounted on a main frame of the machine, the printing cylinder being exchangeable from one printing cylinder to another, and an impression cylinder mounted on said main frame so as to be movable towards and away from the printing cylinder, whereby said impression and printing cylinders can be brought into and held in contact with each other to effect printing, in which said printing cylinder comprises a shaft and a sleeve adapted to be fitted on the shaft so that the sleeve can be fitted on and can be extracted from the shaft, the machine including: a first end bearing member with which said shaft is rotatably supported at a first axial end portion of the shaft in a cantilever structure from said main frame to render said sleeve exchangeable from one sleeve to another, characterized in that the machine includes: a turning frame member having a second end bearing member for supporting a second axial end portion of said shaft rotatably, the turning frame member being mounted on said main frame so as to be turnable between said second end bearing member, relative to the turning frame member in the first position, being movable axially of the printing cylinder, while maintaining its position parallel to the turning frame member, between