Patent ID: 6612239
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
Apparatus for fastening a tension-mounted covering on a printing-unit cylinder of a printing machine, said cylinder having an axis and at least one cylinder gap comprising a bore extending in the axial direction, said tension-mounted covering comprising a flexible carrier plate having a leading bent leg and a trailing bent leg, said legs being insertable in said cylinder gap, said apparatus comprisinga first spindle which can be pivotably mounted in said bore of said cylinder, said first spindle having a bore and a plurality of axially spaced radial recesses which intersect said bore of said first spindle, first pivotable tongues fastened to said first spindle for tensioning one of said leading bent leg and said trailing bent leg, a second spindle pivotably mounted in said bore of said first spindle, and second pivotable tongues fastened to said second spindle and passing through said recesses of said first spindle for tensioning the other of said leading bent leg and said trailing bent leg.