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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1996
Jacques Metrope, Laigneville, FR;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Heidelberg Harris SA, Montataire Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A device for securing printing forms on the circumference of a printing form cylinder, wherein a leading edge and a trailing edge of a printing form are receivable in a gap formed in the printing form cylinder and, in a clamped or locked-up state of the printing form, engage respective side faces defining the gap, including a rotatable cross-bar received in the gap, and a clamping element for acting upon one of the edges of the printing form, the clamping element being secured to the cross-bar, further includes a protrusion formed on a side wall having one of the faces defining the gap of the printing form cylinder, the clamping element being cooperable with the protrusion for clamping a printing form edge in a tangential direction to the printing form cylinder during a clamping or locking process.