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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Helmut Puschnerat, Wachenheim, DE;
Peter Schroder, Hessheim, DE;
Assignee:
Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft, Wurzburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1014151 ; 101409 ;
Abstract
A plate end of a flexible printing plate is clamped or retained in a narrow slit in the surface of a plate cylinder. A rotatable spindle is situated adjacent a radial inner end of the cylinder slit. This spindle carries a group of pressure elements having pressure cams that are engageable with the plate ends during rotation of the spindle and which secure or clamp the plate ends in the narrow cylinder slit.