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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth Waldo Brown, Barrington, NH (US);
Jared Paul Eaton, Stratham, NH (US);
Lev Zlatin, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberge, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 2/714 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 2/714 ;
Abstract
A plate cylinder has a cylinder body having a cylinder body outer surface for a first image to be printed and a first end, and a shell having an inner surface circumferentially disposed about the first end and having a gap for holding a printing plate, the shell being axially and circumferentially moveable with respect to the first end and having a shell outer surface for a second image to be printed, the inner surface having at least one projection directed inwardly, the gap extending into the projection.