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US 5,188,027 AGranted
Printing apparatus with quickly changeable printing plate
AssigneeOffice Meccaniche G. Cerutti S.p.A.
InventorGiuseppe Fantoni
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Abstract
Printing apparatus with quickly changeable printing plate, the impression cylinder being mounted on the drive side of the machine and the remaining end of the impression cylinder being arranged to be freely floating in order to permit an unhindered attaching or fitting of the printing plate on the cylinder.
Claims3
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a frame including first and second opposed and spaced side walls;
- roller bearings mounted in each said side wall;
- an impression cylinder having opposite ends and bearing shaft extending from only one end thereof, said bearing shaft being rotatably mounted in said roller bearings to support said impression cylinder in a projecting cantilever-like manner from one of said side walls of said frame with the other of said ends of the impression cylinder completely free and open to permit a printing plate to be mounted and dismounted from said impression cylinder by sliding said printing plate over said other end of the impression cylinder;
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- drive means disposed between said side walls of said frame in driving engagement with said bearing shaft for driving said impression cylinder in rotation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.