Patent ID: 7082875
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. A dust collection apparatus of a printing press, comprising: sheet transport means equipped with sheet holding means for holding a printed sheet; powder spraying means for spraying a powder toward a printed surface of said sheet being transported by said sheet transport means; blowing means, provided downstream of said powder spraying means in a sheet transport direction, for blowing air nearly parallel to said printed surface of said sheet being transported and toward an upstream side in said sheet transport direction; first suction means, provided upstream of said blowing means in said sheet transport direction, for sucking said powder along with air blown by said blowing means, said first suction means being provided downstream of said powder spraying means in said sheet transport direction; and a casing-shaped cover, whose surface that opposes the sheet being transported is open, and which covers the powder spraying means, wherein the blowing means and the first suction means are disposed outside the cover.