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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1992
Robert C Kiamco, Wood Dale, IL (US);
C K Shah, Niles, IL (US);
Louis S Depa, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Rockwell International Corporation, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A locking device (12) for a printing press (10) having a cylinder (40) having an outer surface (44) and an elongated slot (46) adjacent the outer surface (44), with the slot (46) having a lower surface (48) and a pair of opposed first and second side surfaces (50 and 52) extending between the lower surface (48) of the slot (46) and the outer surface (44) of the cylinder (40), a slide block (54) having an outer surface (56) and being slidably received in the slot (46), with the slide block (54) being movable between a first inner position with the outer surface (56) of the slide block (54) being flush with the outer surface (44) of the cylinder (40), and a second outer position with the slide block (54) projecting above the outer surface (44) of the cylinder (40), a retaining member (20) rotatably mounted in the slide block (54) and having an elongated groove (22) and a blanket (68) having one end (70) received against the first surface (50) of the slot (46) and a second end (72) received in the groove (22) of the retaining member (20) when the slide block (54) is located in the second outer position with the blanket (68) extending peripherally around the outer surface (44) of the cylinder (40), and a device (16 and 18) for rotating the retaining member (20) to tighten and retain the blanket (68) on the blanket cylinder (40) and a device (80 and 92) for releasably locking the slide block (54) at the inner position.