Flexographic plate mounting apparatus and method
CA 1210991 A · Owner: Collins, James F. · Inventors: Collins, Billy; Collins, James F.
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In printing with flexographic plates it is essential that each plate be accurately positioned on the plate cylinders. The mounting apparatus and method of this invention provide a register cylinder on which the flexographic plate is positioned by registration pins. The plate cylinder on which the flexographic plate is to be mounted is positioned in a predetermined rotational position on a mounting so that it can be moved towards and away from the register cylinder. The register cylinder is then rotated to a predetermined position and the plate cylinder brought into abutment with the flexographic plate and register cylinder. The registration pins are then retracted and both cylinders rotated …
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- Granted September 9, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 9, 2003.
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