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Printing cylinder sleeve application apparatus and method

US4823693A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 29, 1988
Grant dateApr 25, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 29, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49863
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

To prevent shifting of an eccentric (12, 33) about a bearing (8, 26), which it surrounds to provide for adjustable positioning of a printing cylinder (3) in a printing machine, upon release of the eccentric from a sidewall (1) of a printing machine to permit placing a sleeve (15) over the cylinder, the eccentric, in accordance with the invention, is locked in position to the shaft of the cylinder, or to the sidewall, or a releasable jaw of the machine prior to release of the eccentric from clamp holding position between holding jaws (13, 27, 28) which, in operation, retain the eccentric in position on the machine.

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