Blanket/plate mounting apparatus having one drive unit for automatically tightening the blanket/plate
AssigneeKomori Corporation
InventorToshihiko Ebina
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Abstract
A blanket/plate mounting apparatus includes a leading edge holding unit, trailing edge holding unit, and first drive unit. The leading edge holding unit is movably supported by a cylinder and holds the leading edge of a blanket/plate. The trailing edge holding unit is movably supported by the cylinder and holds the trailing edge of the blanket/plate. The first drive unit moves the leading edge holding unit and the trailing edge holding unit that respectively hold the leading edge and trailing edge of the blanket/plate mounted on the circumferential surface of the cylinder, thus tightening the blanket/plate.
Claims15
A blanket/plate mounting apparatus comprising:
- a leading edge holding unit which is movably supported by a cylinder and holds a leading edge of a blanket/plate;
- a trailing edge holding unit which is movably supported by said cylinder and holds a trailing edge of the blanket/plate;
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- a first drive unit which moves said leading edge holding unit and said trailing edge holding unit that respectively hold the leading edge and the trailing edge of the blanket/plate mounted on a circumferential surface of said cylinder, thus tightening the blanket/plate;
- wherein said leading edge holding unit comprises a first pivotal member that is pivoted by said fast drive unit while holding the leading edge of the blanket/plate,
- said trailing edge holding unit comprises a second pivotal member that is pivoted by said first drive unit while holding the trailing edge of the blanket/plate, and
- said first drive unit comprises an actuator that pivotally drives said first pivotal member and said second pivotal member selectively.
A blanket/plate mounting apparatus comprising:
- a leading edge holding unit (5) which holds a leading edge of a blanket/plate, said leading edge holding unit comprising a first pivotal member (10A) that is pivoted to fasten the blanket/plate while holding the leading edge of the blanket/plate;
- a trailing edge holding unit (6) which holds a trailing edge of the blanket/plate, aid trailing edge holding unit comprising a second pivotal member (10B) that is pivoted to fasten the blanket/plate while holding the trailing edge of the blanket/plate;
- an actuator (36) which pivotally drives said first pivotal member and said second pivotal member selectively so as to tension the blanket/cylinder as mounted on a circumferential surface of a cylinder;
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- a control unit which electrically controls an operation of said actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.