Patent ID: 6240267
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B41F,B41P

Abstract:
A printing apparatus, including a cylinder mounted in side walls and having a sleeve-shaped sheath that can be replaced through an opening in a side wall, comprising:a detachably attached sheath having a portion that projects laterally from the cylinder on the side toward the opening is provided on an enveloping surface of the cylinder;a holding apparatus, which can be set against and moved away from the interior of the projecting portion of the sheath, is provided for the sheath, the holding apparatus being physically integrated with a bearing element of the cylinder, wherein the bearing element is displaceable in the direction of the rotation axis of the cylinder by an amount which is greater than a width of the enveloping surface; andin order to replace the sheath, the bearing element can be positioned in a location which uncovers the opening.