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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Komori Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ; B41L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1014151 ; 101477 ;
Abstract
A plate replacing apparatus for a printing press having plate lockup devices for fixing the two ends of a plate located in a gap of the circumferential surface of a plate cylinder and wound around the circumferential surface includes an old plate holding mechanism and a new plate holding mechanism. The old plate holding mechanism receives and holds an old plate removed upon release of the plate lockup devices and pivotal movement of the plate cylinder. The new plate holding mechanism removes the old plate and feeds a new plate to the plate cylinder.