Patent ID: 6883426
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. A printing press for one-sided or two-sided printing of a sheet, comprising: a transfer cylinder disposed in a travel direction of the sheet between a first and a second impression cylinder, respectively, of two printing units; and a turning device including a sheet support assigned to said transfer cylinder for receiving the sheet thereon before the sheet is transferred to the second impression cylinder, and an inverting drum disposed in a travel direction of the sheet between said sheet support and the second impression cylinder, said inverting drum serving for picking up the sheet from said sheet support and transporting the sheet to the second impression cylinder; the sheet being transferred from the first impression cylinder to said transfer cylinder and from said transfer cylinder to the second impression cylinder during a one-sided printing operation; the sheet being transferred from said transfer cylinder to said sheet support and from said sheet support to the second impression cylinder through said inverting drum during a turning operation.