(19)
(11) EP 1 318 015 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.02.2004 Bulletin 2004/06

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.06.2003 Bulletin 2003/24

(21) Application number: 02026977.5

(22) Date of filing: 04.12.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B41F 5/24, B41F 13/30
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO

(30) Priority: 06.12.2001 IT VR20010130

(71) Applicant: OF.E.M. Srl
37036 S.Martino Buon Albergo (Verona) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Venturini, Gabriele
    37033 Montorio (Verona) (IT)

(74) Representative: Reniero, Cirillo Silvano 
Reniero, Bergamini & Partners s.r.l., 21, Via A. Sciesa
37122 Verona
37122 Verona (IT)

   


(54) Printing assembly for quick sleeve replacement in flexographic printers


(57) The invention relates to a printing assembly suitable for quickly replacing the sleeves and the inking and printing cylinders in a flexographic printing machine provided with a central drum and controlled by an electronic control unit (EC). The printing assembly comprises a frame (13, 14) supporting an inking sleeve carrying cylinder (18) and a printing sleeve carrying cylinder (20) displaceable close to the central drum (4). The frame (13, 14) comprises a first side (14) on which the said inking sleeve-carrying cylinder and printing sleeve carrying cylinder are overhangingly mounted for rotation about their axes of rotation at a respective end thereof, and a second side (13) spaced from the first side (14) and having a removable support (13a, 13b) for the other end of each of the inking sleeve carrying cylinders and printing sleeve-carrying cylinders so that a sleeve (19,19a) and/or one of or both inking sleeve-carrying cylinder and printing sleeve-carrying cylinder (18, 20) can be replaced after their respective removable support (13a, 13b) has been moved away.






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