Patent ID: 6971280
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cam mechanism on a cylinder for a web-fed rotary printing machine, comprising: a cam disk assembly including first and second cam disks arranged coaxially, adjacent to one another and rotatable relative to one another; and a cam roller operatively connected to the cylinder for running on said cam disk assembly during rotation of the cylinder, said cam roller having an outer casing with two convex curvatures arranged adjacent to one another for respectively cooperating with said first and second cam disks, said convex curvatures running circumferentially around said cam roller and defining a depression therebetween, said depression substantially aligned with a region between said first and second cam disks, wherein the cylinder is a bodkin/folding-knife cylinder having a bodkin strip pivotal about an axis, said cam roller being drive-connected to said axis of said bodkin strip.