Patent ID: 6969016

Claim:
A dampening water spraying device for a dampening arrangement for spraying dampening water from a nozzle onto a printing plate surface or onto a peripheral surface of a roller leading to the printing plate, the spraying device comprising: a nozzle for spraying dampening water; a nozzle holder including, an end surface connectable to said nozzle, and an outer peripheral portion provided with at least one groove; and a nozzle fixing member including, an opening portion adapted to expose at least a spout of said nozzle, and an inner peripheral portion provided with an adjustable nozzle attachment/detachment moving portion opposed to and engageable with said groove, said nozzle fixing member being adapted to be fastened to said nozzle holder while clamping said nozzle between said nozzle fixing member and said nozzle holder; wherein said nozzle fixing member includes an outer peripheral portion provided with a handhold portion for making it possible to manually rotate said nozzle fixing member; and wherein said nozzle fixing member is capable of fixing said nozzle to said nozzle holder by manually rotating said nozzle fixing member in one direction relative to said nozzle holder, and is capable of detaching said nozzle from said nozzle holder by manually rotating said nozzle fixing member in the other direction relative to said nozzle holder.