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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1996
Werner Weber, Sandhausen, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A device for tensioning printing formes (or 'printing plates') on a forme (or 'plate') cylinder of a rotary printing machine, including a stretching shaft extending through a gap formed in the cylinder, the stretching shaft holding receiving elements and, opposite thereof, clamping surfaces gripping the trailing end of a printing plate, with individual tensioning elements being mounted side by side on the stretching shaft, and the stretching shaft being stretchable, via adjusting elements, linearly in axial direction in order to optimally tension the trailing end of the printing plate independently of a possible stretching of the printing plate.