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US 5,560,298 AGranted
Method and apparatus for mounting a flexible plate
AssigneeKoenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsPeter Krokolinski, Helmut Puschnerat
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Abstract
A fastening leg of a fastening edge of a trailing end of a flexible plate is inserted into a cooperating mounting slit in a cylinder by utilization of a plate trailing end inserting device. The trailing end of the flexible plate is caused to arc outwardly prior to insertion of the fastening leg into the mounting slot. This causes the effective length of the plate to be shortened.
Claims16
A method of mounting a flexible plate on a cylinder including:
- providing said flexible plate having a plate leading end with a leading end fastening edge and a plate trailing end with a trailing end fastening edge, said trailing end fastening edge having an opening angle with respect to said flexible plate of at least 90.degree.;
- locating a plate fastening edge receiving mounting slit on a peripheral surface of said cylinder;
- inserting said plate leading end fastening edge in said mounting slit;
- rolling said plate partially onto said peripheral surface of said cylinder;
- defining a separating line where a yet to be rolled on portion of said plate is free from said cylinder, said yet to be rolled on portion of said plate extending from said separating line to said plate trailing end fastening edge having a first chord length;
- bending said yet to be rolled on portion of said plate and shortening said first chord length and making said first chord length equal to a second chord length from said separating line to said mounting slit;
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- moving said plate trailing end fastening edge into said mounting slit.
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A device for mounting a flexible plate on cylinder comprising:
- a plate leading end with a leading end fastening edge and a plate trailing end with a trailing end fastening edge on said plate;
- a plate leading and trailing end fastening edge receiving mounting slit on a peripheral surface of said cylinder;
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- a plate end inserting device having a guide face, a feed carriage, and an inserting slider, said guide face being disposed extending radially and axially with respect to said cylinder, said feed carriage being movable along said guide face, and said inserting slider being disposed to be movable in a direction of said mounting slit in said cylinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.