Patent ID: 7237484
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. A device for changing a dressing on a cylinder of a printing press comprising: a plurality of first pressing elements supported adjacent the cylinder and spaced apart in an axial direction of the cylinder; a plurality of second pressing elements supported adjacent the cylinder and spaced apart in said axial direction of the cylinder, said first and second pressing elements being spaced from each other in a circumferential direction of the cylinder, said first pressing elements leading and said second pressing elements trailing, in a production direction of rotation of the cylinder, on which several dressings are positioned side-by-side in said axial direction of the cylinder; and means for moving at least a partial number of said first pressing elements and at least a partial number of said second pressing elements against and away from at least one of the dressings on the cylinder independently of remaining ones of said plurality of first and second pressing elements.