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Apparatus and method for printing plate cylinder--impression cylinder registration

US5083511A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1990
Grant dateJan 28, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41F13/14
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and method for printing plate cylinder--impression cylinder registration for a multi color flexographic press wherein pin means are provided on the plate cylinder gear and finger means provided on the impression cylinder gear and when the two come in contact upon rotation of the impression cylinder gear, the plate cylinder gear rotates through a small arc during which time the gears are brought into meshing engagements.

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