Patent ID: 9662924
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B41F,B41N,B41P

Claim:
1. An automatic handling and transport device for printing sleeve comprising: a holding support for printing sleeve that can be positioned in proximity with a sleeve-bearing shaft, axially co-aligning a printing sleeve axis with said sleeve-bearing shaft or with a centering member of a storage area; a clamping carriage equipped with gripping member and connected to a motorized carriage for a guided movement of said clamping carriage along said holding support between a gripping position in which said gripping member interact with said sleeve to hold or release said sleeve, and a transport position in which said holding support is partly or completely inserted into said sleeve; and a mobile handling unit carrying said holding support and prepared for spatial orientation and positioning thereof in relation to said sleeve-bearing shaft or in relation to said centering member of the storage area; wherein the holding support has at least one supporting inner core, which is firmly attached by one of its ends to a head of said mobile handling unit; and the holding support is coupled to said supporting inner core or to the body of said mobile handling unit through elastic or compressible adaptable support means, which provide relative movement of at least one of the two ends of said holding support with respect to the supporting inner core in at least a two-dimensional plane.