Patent ID: 7814831
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. A printing module provided with a frame, an impression roller, a plate cylinder assembly comprising a plate cylinder which is provided with a print image and which, in use, with interposition of a substrate to be printed, abuts against the impression roller, and an anilox roller arranged adjacent to the plate cylinder, such that a desired amount of ink is transferred by the anilox roller to the plate cylinder, the plate cylinder assembly being provided with a stationary shaft on which the plate cylinder is rotatably bearing-mounted, while on opposite sides of the plate cylinder a support is fixedly connected with the stationary shaft, the printing module comprising two receiving units disposed on opposite sides of the plate cylinder, which are connected with the frame, in which receiving units rest the supports when the plate cylinder assembly in the operative position is mounted in the printing module, while fixation means are provided for fixating the plate cylinder assembly in the receiving units, wherein the fixation means are situated substantially under the plate cylinder assembly, wherein the fixation means comprise two rods which, at an upwardly directed end, are provided with a hook, the two hooks, on opposite sides of the plate cylinder, engaging the stationary shaft of the plate cylinder assembly when the plate cylinder assembly is in the operative position, and wherein the engaged hooks are oriented to exert a downward force on the stationary shaft for pressing the plate cylinder assembly into the receiving units.