Device for tensioning a flexible printing plate mounted on a plate cylinder
US4785736A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 1987 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41P2227/43
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for tensioning a flexible printing plate mounted on a plate cylinder of a rotary printing machine having a device for pivoting the printing plate on the plate cylinder so as to provide a register correction, the printing plate having ends which are clamped in tensioning rails, include respective pivot levers via which the tensioning rails are articulatingly connected at both ends thereof, respectively, the pivot levers being pivotally mounted on a cylinder body, and a cam device for tipping and displacing the tensioning rails relatively to one another so that the printing plate is pivotable about a precisely defined pivot point.
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