Patent ID: 6240845
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A device for fastening flexible printing plates to a plate cylinder of a rotary printing machine, wherein the plate cylinder has a channel for accommodating bent ends of the printing plate, the device comprising:a bore in the channel and being axially parallel to the plate cylinder;two segmented shafts pivotably arranged in said bore;a channel gap on the plate cylinder adapted to receive the bent ends of the printing plate;a region radially connecting said bore to said channel gap;lateral recesses disposed within said region at a distance from said channel gap;shaped elements formed on the bent ends of the printing plate which project in the channel in a direction of said recesses; anda leaf spring connected to each of said segmented shafts and being adapted to contact the bent ends of the printing plate inserted into the channel, wherein said shaped element of said ends of the printing plate can be moved into said recesses by bringing said leaf spring into contact with said bent ends after said ends are inserted into said channel gap, wherein said channel gap comprises a width, said width comprising of a thickness of the printing plate, a height of the shaped element of one end and a clearance needed for the insertion of the second bent end of the printing plate.