US 11,752,757 B2
Transport cylinder, drying unit comprising this transport cylinder, and sheet-fed printing press comprising this drying unit
Thilo Hahn, Dettelbach (DE); Patrick Kress, Bad Mergentheim-Edelfingen (DE); Volker Scharkus, Veitshöchheim (DE); and Robert Stierman, Alphen aan den Rijn (NL)
Assigned to KOENIG & BAUER AG, Würzburg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/15,754
Filed by KOENIG & BAUER AG, Würzburg (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 19, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/051065
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 12, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/189048, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 105 926.7 (DE), filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211600 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B41F 21/10 (2006.01); B41F 21/05 (2006.01); B41F 21/12 (2006.01); B41F 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC B41F 21/05 (2013.01) [B41F 21/12 (2013.01); B41F 23/045 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport cylinder for transporting a sheet-format substrate, the transport cylinder comprising:
at least one channel extending at an outer surface of the transport cylinder in an axial direction of the transport cylinder;
at least one gripper, which is supported on a shaft, for holding the sheet-format substrate on the outer surface of the transport cylinder, the at least one gripper arranged in the at least one channel; and
a cover at the outer surface of the transport cylinder and covering the at least one channel, wherein the cover and/or the shaft supporting the at least one gripper comprise a cooling unit.