Patent ID: 7156022
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: B41F,B41P

Abstract:
1. A method for supplying dressings to a cylinder of a printing press including: providing a dressing storage device; positioning said dressing storage device adjacent to the cylinder; providing a first dressing storage assembly in said dressing storage device providing a second dressing storage assembly in said dressing storage device locating said first and second dressing storage assemblies spaced vertically apart from each other in said dressing storage device; providing a plurality of dressings, each with a dressing length, to be supplied sequentially to the cylinder from said dressing storage device; supporting said dressings to be supplied sequentially to the cylinder along their length and out of contact with each other in said dressing storage device; initially changing a position of at least one of said dressings from a vertically upper one of said dressing storage assemblies to a vertically lower one of said dressing storage assemblies in said dressing storage device; and subsequently supplying said at least one dressing to the cylinder from said vertically lower dressing storage assembly of said dressing storage device.