Patent ID: 7966933

Claim:
A clamping mechanism for a printing plate, comprising a clamping element that is integrated into a lockup slot of a plate cylinder for clamping a leading end and/or a trailing end of the printing plate, and an actuating element that is integrated into the lockup slot of the plate cylinder, wherein the clamping element is transferable by the actuating element between a first position, in which the clamping element is able to clamp the leading end and/or the trailing end of the printing plate, and a second position, in which the clamping element is able to release the leading end and/or the trailing end of the printing plate, wherein the clamping element is adjustable exclusively in a radial direction of the plate cylinder and the actuating element is adjustable exclusively in an axial direction of the plate cylinder in such a way that, depending upon a relative axial position of the actuating element with respect to the clamping element, the clamping element is displaceable either radially outwardly due to a spring force of a clamping spring for clamping the leading end and/or the trailing end of the printing plate or is displaceable radially inwardly against the spring force of the clamping spring for releasing the leading end and/or the trailing end of the printing plate, and wherein the actuating element is assigned first bearings, which, when there is an axial adjustment of the actuating element relative to the clamping element, roll off guide curves assigned to the clamping element.