Patent · US Expired

Clamping device for attaching printing plates in proper registry on the plate cylinder of printing machines

US5370051A · kind A · utility

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8References

7Claims

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Assignee

MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Helmut Schild · Rheinböllen, DE
Gerhard Augsberg · Seligenstadt, DE
Nikola Pupic · Heusenstamm, DE
Armin Schäfer · Remchingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 3, 1993
Grant date	Dec 6, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 3, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S101/36
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A clamping device for attachment of a printing plate having registry defining notches in the leading edge thereof in proper registry on the plate cylinder of a sheet-fed printing machine is provided. The clamping device includes a clamping rail disposed in an axis-parallel recess in the plate cylinder and has a closable plate receiving gap therein for fastening the leading edge of the printing plate to the clamping rail. A plurality of adjustable stops are disposed in the plate receiving gap of the clamping rail for abutting the corresponding registry defining notches in the leading edge of the printing plate for locating the printing plate on the cylinder in proper registry.

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