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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glenn Alan Guaraldi, Kingston, NH (US);
Warren Hess Jarrard, Rochester, NH (US);
Assignees:
Heidelberger Harris Inc., Dover, NH (US);
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft, Heidelberg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101477 ; 1014151 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for mounting a printing plate on a printing unit cylinder's surface, the printing unit cylinder having an open passage in a retaining area of the printing unit cylinder. Within the open passage a lock-up bar is slidably mounted. The lock-up bar includes an element for retaining at least one edge of the printing plate. A tucking device assigned to the printing unit cylinder has a tucker bar substantially covering the retaining area of the printing plate.