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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2011
Applicant:
Torsten E. Schwipps, Oelixdorf, DE;
Inventor:
Torsten E. Schwipps, Oelixdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Esko-Graphics Imaging, GmbH, Itzehoe, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 5/00 (2006.01); B41F 13/10 (2006.01); B41F 27/10 (2006.01); B41C 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 27/105 (2013.01); B41C 1/1083 (2013.01); B41P 2227/20 (2013.01); B41P 2227/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and method are described for the easy and rapid loading and unloading of flexographic sleeves from flexographic processing machines. The device includes internal chucks that hold on to the end of a sleeve or sleeve adapter. The chucks are rotatably mounted within a flexographic processing machine to permit sleeve processing. In addition, the chucks may move to accommodate a large range of sleeve or adapter diameters and lengths. The method permits the loading and unloading of sleeves with a minimum amount of sleeve handling and without additional end pieces or adapters.