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Printing plate mounting arrangement

  • US 4,368,668 A
  • Filed: 05/15/1981
  • Issued: 01/18/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Arrangement for mounting printing plates on the plate cylinder of an offset machine printing station, comprising at least two arms mountable at opposite lateral sides of a printing station and each having a free end portion;

  • engaging means for engaging a trailing edge portion of a printing plate to be installed on a plate cylinder of the printing station, said engaging means comprising a rail, and a plurality of plate-engaging devices mounted on said rail;

    releasable holding means releasably connectable with said engaging means; and

    connecting means for yieldably connecting said holding means to said free end portions of said arms, said plate-engaging devices each including support means depending from said rail, abutment means spaced from and opposite said support means and provided with a friction-promoting layer, slots in said support means inclined downwardly and in direction towards said abutment means and the layer, and an elastically yieldable roller shiftable in said slots towards and away from said layer.

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