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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1993
Werner Weber, Sandhausen, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
Clamping device for fastening a flexible printing form on a jacket surface of a cylinder includes a structure defining a groove formed in and across a jacket surface of a cylinder for receiving a leading end of a printing form therein, a structure defining a cylinder gap formed axially parallel in the jacket surface of the cylinder for receiving therein a trailing end of the printing form bent with an obtuse angle, a turnable clamping shaft disposed axially parallel in the cylinder and having at least one resilient element fastened thereto, the one resilient element being movable with respect to the trailing end of the printing form, the structure defining the cylinder gap including a leading lateral surface formed in the cylinder and provided with an edge engageable by the trailing end of the printing form, the one resilient element having two legs, one of which, in an unclamped condition of the clamping device, extends freely into the gap.