US 7,540,239 B2
	Web-fed rotary printing unit
Alfons Baintner, Aystetten (Germany); Karl-Heinz Bienert, Edenhausen (Germany); Norbert Dylla, Stadtbergen (Germany); and Max Eder, Mering (Germany)
Assigned to manroland AG, Offenbach am Main (Germany)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/180,173.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2004 034 050 (DE), filed on Jul. 13, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0016357 A1, Jan. 26, 2006
Int. Cl. B41F 33/00 (2006.01); B41F 7/00 (2006.01); B41F 13/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 101—174  [101/171; 101/178; 101/181; 101/183]

11 Claims

1. A web fed rotary printing unit comprising a plurality of cylinders including a first cylinder assigned a first adjustable drive motor and a second cylinder assigned a second adjustable drive motor, the first and second cylinders of the printing unit each consisting of a cylinder from the group consisting of a form cylinder, a transfer cylinder, a counter pressure cylinder, an inking mechanism roller or a dampening mechanism roller, a mechanical drive connection between the first and second cylinders that is movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein when the mechanical drive connection is in the engaged position the first drive motor is operable as a master drive and the second drive motor is controllable as a slave drive that depends on the first drive motor and when the mechanical drive connection is in the disengaged position the first drive motor drives the first cylinder and the second drive motor drives the second cylinder and the first and second drive motors are controllable independently.