Charles E Aaron

42145252, Jul 29, 1980

Nov 13, 1978

5/960220

Charles Aaron - West Caldwell NJ

Midland-Ross Corporation - Cleveland OH

B41F 506
B41F 516
B41F 1702

101181

Disclosed is a printing machine incorporating a compact serpentine arrangement for supporting one or more printing belts in printing relation with a path for a printable web. The belt support arrangement herein disclosed has great utilizing in a belt printing machine wherein a plurality of belts are required in the printing of a single web to not only conserve space but to render equipment at the printing stations more accessible, and to enable the envelopment of a large portion of the periphery of each plate cylinder by the associated belt passing therearound.

45385165, Sep 3, 1985

Aug 13, 1981

6/292390

Charles Aaron - West Caldwell NJ

Somerset Technologies, Inc. - New Brunswick NJ

E16H 5500
B41F 504

101219

A printing belt extends around a rotatable cylinder having independently rotatable belt drive sprockets at the opposite ends thereof. A torque-assist drive connected with the cylinder is selectively operable for imparting supplemental traction to the belt for preventing relative slippage between the belt and drive sprockets.

41694139, Oct 2, 1979

Feb 21, 1978

5/879342

Charles Aaron - West Caldwell NJ

Midland-Ross Corporation - Cleveland OH

B41F 506
B41F 510
B41F 516

101223

A belt-type printing machine, having a stationary web-handling assembly, including a pair of impression rolls, and a plurality of belt-supporting assemblies which are mobile and separable from the web-handling assembly, is disclosed. The belt-supporting assemblies each carry a plate support roll and an endless conveyor belt to which a number of printing plates are bonded. The belt-supporting assemblies are each stabilized in a printing position adjacent the web-handling assembly, by locking the plate roll adjacent an impression roll to form between the rolls, a nip through which the web and belt pass. The rolls are locked together in such a way that the rolls of the belt-supporting assembly and web-handling assembly are driven, in unison. A pair of mobile, belt-supporting assemblies are provided for each impression roll of the web-handling assembly, so that one of the belt-supporting assemblies can be removed to a remote location for rebelting while the other is in operation.