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US3276365A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Printing plate clamping device for a printing press

Assignee: Roland Offsetmaschinenfabrik Faber and Schleicher AG
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Filing: 1964-10-29
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Granted: 1966-10-04
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Expires: 1984-10-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Langer Karl

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 05:46
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41F; B41F27/00; B41F27/12; B41F27/1218; B41F27/1225; B41F27/1237

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 202 words
A DEVICE FOR TAUTLY CLAMPING A BENDABLE PRINTING PLATE ABOUT THE CYLINDER OF A PRINTING PRESS, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A CYLINDER HAVING A LENGTHWISE PERIPHERAL SLOT, A SHAFT ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID SLOT, SAID SHAFT HAVING SEVERAL LENGTHWISE PERIPHERAL TEETH, A CLAMPING BAR FITTED BETWEEN SAID SHAFT AND ONE SIDE WALL OF THE SLOT PARALLEL TO SAID WALL, SAID BAR HAVING ON ITS SIDE FACING THE SHAFT LENGTHWISE TEETH ENGAGED WITH THE SHAFT TEETH FOR DISPLACING THE BAR IN ITS PLANE BY ROTATION OF THE SHAFT, THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BAR BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT AND DEFINING A NARROW GAP WITH THE ADJACENT SLOT WALL, ONE END OF SAID PLATE BEING INSERTED INTO SAID GAP BETWEEN THE FLAT SIDE OF THE BAR AND SAID ADJACENT SLOT WALL FOR CLAMPING SAID PLATE END BETWEEN SAID BAR AND SAID WALL AND THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID PLATE BEING INSERTED BETWEEN THE COACTING TEETH OF THE SHAFT AND THE BAR IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID TEETH, ROTATION OF THE SHAFT IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION DISPLACING THE BAR AND SAID OPPOSITE PLATE END DEEPER INTO SAID SLOT WHILE SAID ONE PLATE END REMAINS SUBSTANTIALLY STATIONARY IN REFERENCE TO THE BAR THEREBY TENSIONING THE PLATE ABOUT THE CYLINDER.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 202 words
A DEVICE FOR TAUTLY CLAMPING A BENDABLE PRINTING PLATE ABOUT THE CYLINDER OF A PRINTING PRESS, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A CYLINDER HAVING A LENGTHWISE PERIPHERAL SLOT, A SHAFT ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID SLOT, SAID SHAFT HAVING SEVERAL LENGTHWISE PERIPHERAL TEETH, A CLAMPING BAR FITTED BETWEEN SAID SHAFT AND ONE SIDE WALL OF THE SLOT PARALLEL TO SAID WALL, SAID BAR HAVING ON ITS SIDE FACING THE SHAFT LENGTHWISE TEETH ENGAGED WITH THE SHAFT TEETH FOR DISPLACING THE BAR IN ITS PLANE BY ROTATION OF THE SHAFT, THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BAR BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT AND DEFINING A NARROW GAP WITH THE ADJACENT SLOT WALL, ONE END OF SAID PLATE BEING INSERTED INTO SAID GAP BETWEEN THE FLAT SIDE OF THE BAR AND SAID ADJACENT SLOT WALL FOR CLAMPING SAID PLATE END BETWEEN SAID BAR AND SAID WALL AND THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID PLATE BEING INSERTED BETWEEN THE COACTING TEETH OF THE SHAFT AND THE BAR IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID TEETH, ROTATION OF THE SHAFT IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION DISPLACING THE BAR AND SAID OPPOSITE PLATE END DEEPER INTO SAID SLOT WHILE SAID ONE PLATE END REMAINS SUBSTANTIALLY STATIONARY IN REFERENCE TO THE BAR THEREBY TENSIONING THE PLATE ABOUT THE CYLINDER.

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