Patent ID: 7367265

Claim:
A method for mounting a dressing on a cylinder of a printing press including: providing a dressing having a dressing length; providing a dressing leading end located on said dressing at an end of said dressing leading, in a production direction of rotation of the cylinder; providing a beveled suspension leg, with an opening angle, at said dressing leading end; providing at least one dressing end receiving opening in a surface of said cylinder and having a first, leading edge and a second, trailing edge; moving said dressing tangentially with respect to a surface of said cylinder and in said production direction of rotation of said cylinder; placing said dressing leading end resting against said surface of the cylinder at a contact point located after, in said production direction of rotation of said cylinder, said second trailing edge of said at least one dressing end receiving opening; using a relative motion between said dressing leading end and said cylinder for reducing a distance between said contact point and said dressing end receiving opening to zero; exerting a radial force on said dressing leading end, said radial force including a force resulting from a weight of said dressing and excluding any external bending force imparted to said plate; and causing said dressing leading end to fall into said at least one dressing end receiving opening in response to said radial force resulting from said weight of said dressing and acting on said dressing leading end.