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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Motter Printing Press Co., York, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ; B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1014151 ;
Abstract
A plate lockup for locking a plate on a rotary cylinder of a printing press in which a pair of deflectable springs carried by the rotary cylinder are deflectable by an actuator interposed between them. The actuator deflects one spring to facilitate lockup of a trailing end of a printing plate and then deflects the other spring to clamp a lead end of a printing plate against a lead end register carried by the printing press.