Appeal No. 1999-0291
Application No. 08/646,077
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for adjusting circumferential
register in a web-fed rotary printing press. Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. Method for adjusting the circumferential register in a web-fed rotary printing press
having a plate cylinder with a sleeve-shaped printing plate, comprising the steps of:
determining a speed difference between a speed of the sleeve-shaped printing
plate and a speed of the press; and
controlling a speed of a plate cylinder body which supports the sleeve-shaped
printing plate to reduce said speed difference.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Horst et al. (Horst) 3,915,090 Oct. 28, 1975
Schaffer 4,072,104 Feb. 7, 1978
Morgan 4,473,009 Sep. 25, 1984
Takeuchi et al. (Takeuchi) 4,694,749 Sep. 22, 1987
Palmatier et al. (Palmatier) 5,127,324 Jul. 7, 1992
Reichel 5,492,059 Feb. 20, 1996
Claims 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Palmatier and Reichel.
Claims 2-4, 12, and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Palmatier, Reichel, Takeuchi, and Horst.
Claims 7-9 and 15-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Palmatier, Reichel, Schaffer, and Takeuchi.
Claim 18 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Palmatier, Reichel, and Schaffer.
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