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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
May. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bernhard Walter Muth, Veitshochheim, DE;
Assignee:
Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft, Wurzburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101486 ; 1014151 ; 101477 ; 101D / ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for axially positioning a flexible plate on a surface of a cylinder, that is divided into several axially spaced segments, utilizes a plate transport arrangement to transfer plates from a plate preparation device to the plate cylinder. The plate is axially shiftable during transport and arrives at the plate cylinder in proper axial position.