Claims
- 1. Device for clamping and aligning a flexible printing plate on a plate cylinder of a printing machine, the device having two clamping rails disposed in a channel formed in and defined by side walls extending in a direction parallel to the axis of the plate cylinder for receiving therein a leading and trailing edge of a printing plate disposed on the periphery of the printing cylinder at which a beginning and an end of a sheet are printed, each of the two clamping rails being disposed adjacent and substantially parallel to each of the channel walls, respectively, guides disposed in the channel wherein the clamping rails are guidably movable generally in pheripheral direction of the plate, and clamping bolts cooperatively engaging and extending transversely to at least one of the clamping rails for clamping the printing plate in peripheral direction of the plate cylinder, comprising at least one clamping spring carried by the one clamping rail for biasing the one clamping rail in a direction of action of the tensile force of the flexible printing plate so as to hold the printing plate under pretensioning in a predetermined nominal position and free of play, the one clamping rail being the rail at which the leading edge of the printing plate is clamped, and said one clamping spring being disposed between the one clamping rail and the respective channel wall adjacent thereto, and two adjusting bolts provided in addition to the clamping bolts for setting said nominal position of the one clamping rail, said adjusting bolts carrying respective lock nuts for fixing the position thereof.
- 2. Device according to claim 1 wherein said clamping spring is constructed as a leaf spring and is located directly below the clamped printing plate and between the one clamping rail and the plate cylinder so as to prevent the one clamping rail from tilting when the printing plate is inserted, and including means for bolting said leaf spring to the one clamping rail so that it is secured against torsion and is suspended in stops bolted to a wall of the channel formed in the plate cylinder.
- 3. Device according to claim 1 including a cup spring disposed between the one clamping rail and the respective adjusting bolts for eliminating thread play during the setting of the one clamping rail in said nominal position.
- 4. Device according to claim 1 wherein the clamping bolts and said adjusting bolts are disposed at the same level in the one clamping rail.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 843,044, filed Mar. 24, 1986, now abandoned.
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