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US 9,452,601 B2Granted
Printing plate unit, plate cylinder apparatus for printer, and printing plate unit automatic mounting apparatus
AssigneeI. Mer Co., Ltd.
InventorMasayuki Izume
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Abstract
A printing plate unit automatic mounting apparatus 81 includes: a pressing member 96 inserted from a pressing member insertion opening 33 and pressing an inner slider 36 against a biasing force applied by a printing plate coupling member biasing apparatus 35, a retaining means 94 configured to retain and release the printing plate unit 1 by retaining and releasing a projecting portion 11a provided on the printing plate unit 1 and configured to serve as a gripping portion; and a drive apparatus 92 configured to move the retaining means 94 in an axial direction of a plate drive shaft.
Claims16
A printing plate unit to be demountably mounted on a printing plate mounting portion of a plate cylinder comprising:
- a printing plate having a plate portion provided on part of a surface of a sheet formed of a resilient material and engaging projecting ridges projecting on a rear surface side or a front surface side at both end portions in a longitudinal direction and extending in a width direction;
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- a printing plate coupling member coupling both end portions of the printing plate formed cylindrically in the longitudinal direction by engaging the both engaging projecting ridges of the printing plate formed cylindrically,
- wherein the printing plate coupling member is provided with a projecting portion projecting from the printing plate formed cylindrically in an axial direction and configured to serve as a gripping portion when being mounted and demounted with respect to the printing plate mounting portion,
- wherein the printing plate coupling member is provided with an inner clamping member and an outer clamping member configured to clamp both end portions of the printing plate formed cylindrically in the longitudinal direction from both inside and outside in a radial direction, and the projecting portion configured to serve as the gripping portion is provided on the inner clamping member, and
- wherein screw hole formed portions having a predetermined thickness are formed in the radial direction of the printing plate formed cylindrically at a plurality of positions on the inner clamping member, screw holes having a female screw are formed on the respective screw hole formed portions so as to penetrate the respective screw hole formed portions in the radial direction, screw insertion through holes which penetrate through the outer clamping member in the radial direction are formed at a plurality of positions on the outer clamping member corresponding to the screw holes, the plurality of clamping screw members are screwed into the screw holes so as to penetrate through the screw insertion through holes from the radially outward, retaining stoppers are provided at a distance radially inward from the screw hole formed portions of the clamping screw members projecting radially inward of the screw holes in a state in which the both clamping members are fixed by the clamping screw members, and permanent magnets are provided on the both clamping members in directions of interacting repulsively.
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A plate cylinder apparatus for a printer comprising:
- a printing plate unit to be demountably mounted on a printing plate mounting portion of a plate cylinder comprising:
- a printing plate having a plate portion provided on part of a surface of a sheet formed of a resilient material and engaging projecting ridges projecting on a rear surface side or a front surface side at both end portions in a longitudinal direction and extending in a width direction;
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- a printing plate coupling member coupling both end portions of the printing plate formed cylindrically in the longitudinal direction by engaging the both engaging projecting ridges of the printing plate formed cylindrically, wherein the printing plate coupling member is provided with a projecting portion projecting from the printing plate formed cylindrically in an axial direction and configured to serve as a gripping portion when being mounted and demounted with respect to the printing plate mounting portion;
- a plate drive shaft;
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- a printing plate mounting portion for mounting the printing plate unit to the plate drive shaft, wherein the printing plate mounting portion includes a cylindrical plate cylinder portion fixedly provided on the plate drive shaft and allows the printing plate unit to be mounted on an outer periphery thereof from a side of a distal end of the plate drive shaft, and the printing plate mounting portion further includes:
- a printing plate coupling member accommodating groove configured to accommodate the printing plate coupling member of the printing plate unit from the side of a distal end of the plate drive shaft;
- an axial direction positioning stopper portion to which a proximal end portion of the plate drive shaft of the printing plate coupling member is configured to abut;
- a printing plate coupling member guiding portion configured to guide the printing plate coupling member so as to be movable within a predetermined range in the radial direction of the plate cylinder portion;
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- a printing plate coupling member biasing apparatus configured to bias the printing plate coupling member radially outward of the plate cylinder portion,
- wherein a depression configured to avoid interference between a printing plate unit retaining apparatus configured to retain the printing plate unit and the plate cylinder portion at the time of mounting and demounting of the printing plate unit at a position radially opposing the printing plate coupling member accommodating groove at an end portion of the distal end of the plate drive shaft of the plate cylinder portion.
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A plate cylinder apparatus for a printer comprising:
- a printing plate unit to be demountably mounted on a printing plate mounting portion of a plate cylinder comprising:
- a printing plate having a plate portion provided on part of a surface of a sheet formed of a resilient material and engaging projecting ridges projecting on a rear surface side or a front surface side at both end portions in a longitudinal direction and extending in a width direction;
- and
- a printing plate coupling member coupling both end portions of the printing plate formed cylindrically in the longitudinal direction by engaging the both engaging projecting ridges of the printing plate formed cylindrically, wherein the printing plate coupling member is provided with a projecting portion projecting from the printing plate formed cylindrically in an axial direction and configured to serve as a gripping portion when being mounted and demounted with respect to the printing plate mounting portion;
- a plate drive shaft;
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- a printing plate mounting portion for mounting the printing plate unit to the plate drive shaft, wherein the printing plate mounting portion includes a cylindrical plate cylinder portion fixedly provided on the plate drive shaft and allows the printing plate unit to be mounted on an outer periphery thereof from a side of a distal end of the plate drive shaft, and the printing plate mounting portion further includes:
- a printing plate coupling member accommodating groove configured to accommodate the printing plate coupling member of the printing plate unit from the side of a distal end of the plate drive shaft;
- an axial direction positioning stopper portion to which a proximal end portion of the plate drive shaft of the printing plate coupling member is configured to abut;
- a printing plate coupling member guiding portion configured to guide the printing plate coupling member so as to be movable within a predetermined range in the radial direction of the plate cylinder portion;
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- a printing plate coupling member biasing apparatus configured to bias the printing plate coupling member radially outward of the plate cylinder portion,
- wherein the printing plate coupling member accommodating groove is formed on a groove formed surface provided on the outer periphery of the plate cylinder portion, the axial direction positioning stopper portion is provided at a proximal end portion of the plate drive shaft of the printing plate accommodating groove, the printing plate coupling member guiding portion is provided in the printing plate coupling member accommodating groove, and at least part of the printing plate coupling member biasing apparatus is provided at a biasing apparatus accommodating depression formed on a bottom of the printing plate coupling member accommodating groove.
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A printing plate unit automatic mounting apparatus for mounting and demounting a printing plate unit in a plate cylinder apparatus for a printer with respect to a printing plate mounting portion, the plate cylinder apparatus for a printer comprising:
- a printing plate unit to be demountably mounted on a printing plate mounting portion of a plate cylinder comprising:
- a printing plate having a plate portion provided on part of a surface of a sheet formed of a resilient material and engaging projecting ridges projecting on a rear surface side or a front surface side at both end portions in a longitudinal direction and extending in a width direction;
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- a printing plate coupling member coupling both end portions of the printing plate formed cylindrically in the longitudinal direction by engaging the both engaging projecting ridges of the printing plate formed cylindrically, wherein the printing plate coupling member is provided with a projecting portion projecting from the printing plate formed cylindrically in an axial direction and configured to serve as a gripping portion when being mounted and demounted with respect to the printing plate mounting portion;
- a plate drive shaft;
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- a printing plate mounting portion for mounting the printing plate unit to the plate drive shaft, wherein the printing plate mounting portion includes a cylindrical plate cylinder portion fixedly provided on the plate drive shaft and allows the printing plate unit to be mounted on an outer periphery thereof from a side of a distal end of the plate drive shaft, and the printing plate mounting portion further includes:
- a printing plate coupling member accommodating groove configured to accommodate the printing plate coupling member of the printing plate unit from the side of a distal end of the plate drive shaft;
- an axial direction positioning stopper portion to which a proximal end portion of the plate drive shaft of the printing plate coupling member is configured to abut;
- a printing plate coupling member guiding portion configured to guide the printing plate coupling member so as to be movable within a predetermined range in the radial direction of the plate cylinder portion;
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- a printing plate coupling member biasing apparatus configured to bias the printing plate coupling member radially outward of the plate cylinder portion,
- the printing plate unit automatic mounting apparatus comprising:
- a biasing apparatus pressing apparatus capable of movable between a normal position not working against a biasing force applied by the printing plate coupling member biasing apparatus and an operating position for applying a counter biasing force with respect to the biasing force applied by the printing plate coupling member biasing apparatus;
- a printing plate unit retaining apparatus configured to retain and release the printing plate unit by retaining and releasing a projecting portion provided on the printing plate unit and configured to serve as the gripping portion;
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- a retaining apparatus moving apparatus configured to move the printing plate unit retaining apparatus in the axial direction of the plate drive shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.