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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1998
Takeaki Nakano, Higashi Katsushika-gun, JP;
Kazuya Iyokawa, Higashi Katsushika-gun, JP;
Komori Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plate replacing system has a cassette capable of accommodating a new printing plate. The cassette is held at a fulcrum supported by a frame. A front end of the cassette turns about the fulcrum, and can contact and be retracted from a plate cylinder. Inside the cassette, an automatic mounting mechanism including long and short links and an air cylinder is provided for deforming the new plate so as to make a leading edge of the new plate bend. There is a gripping support side surface of a gap in the plate cylinder, which is parallel to the bend while moving a holding member, such as suction pads, which holds the leading edge of the new plate, from a waiting position to an inserting position.