Patent ID: 7094015
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A system for transporting residual rolls removed from at least one roll changer in a printing press comprising: at least one transportable residual roll container adapted to receive a plurality of residual rolls from the at least one roll changer; a discharge station adapted to remove said plurality of residual rolls from said at least one transportable residual roll container; a collecting container in said discharge station and into which said plurality of residual rolls from said at least one transportable residual roll container can be emptied, said collecting container having a storage capacity sufficient to receive said plurality of residual rolls from each of a plurality of said transportable residual roll containers, said collecting container being supported at a first level; a transportable residual roll container lifting device in said discharge station and adapted to lift said at least one transportable residual roll container to a second level higher than said first level; a transport vehicle adapted to transport said at least one transportable residual roll container between said discharge station and the at least one roll changer; and an underfloor rail system, said transport vehicle being supported for movement on said underfloor rail system.