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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt Lötsch, Wiesenbach, DE;
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 3/106 ; B41F 1/316 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 3/106 ; B41F 1/316 ;
Abstract
A cylinder for receiving a printing form, the cylinder being formed with a gap having gap edges, which projects into the interior of the cylinder, the gap extending in a direction of generatrices of the cylinder and serving for guiding ends of a printing form therethrough, includes device for tautening the printing form on a jacket surface of the cylinder, at least one of the gap edges having a curvature for attaining tensioning forces which are constant over at least approximately the entire width of the printing form.