Patent ID: 6510791
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A web-fed rotary printing press comprising:a plurality of bridge printing units, said plurality of bridge printing units including at least an uppermost bridge printing unit and a lowermost bridge printing unit, said plurality of bridge printing units defining a generally vertical course of travel of a web traveling through said plurality of bridge printing units in a production direction extending from said uppermost bridge printing unit to said lowermost bridge printing unit, first and second forme cylinders and first and second cooperating transfer cylinders in each of said plurality of bridge printing units, said first and second cooperating transfer cylinders in each of said plurality of bridge printing units contacting opposite sides of a web traveling through said plurality of bridge printing units and between said first and second cooperating transfer cylinders in each of said plurality of bridge printing units to print the opposite sides of the web; and one of said first and second cooperating transfer cylinders in said lowermost one of said plurality of bridge printing units being a deflection cylinder, said deflection cylinder changing a direction of travel of the web from said generally vertical course of travel to a generally horizontal course of travel to a downstream, in a direction of web travel, located web receiving installation.