Process and device for carrying away printing plates from a printing machine

US5443006A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Hermann Beisel · Walldorf, DE
• Peter T. Blaser · Dielheim, DE
• Dieter Hauck · Eberbach, DE
• Rudolf Hutzenlaub · Mannheim, DE
• Helmut Jager · Remchingen, DE
• Hans-Georg Jahn · Wiesenbach, DE
• Robert Muller · Mörlenbach, DE
• Anton Rodi · Leimen, DE
• Nikolaus Spiegel · Walldorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 1994
• Grant date: Aug 22, 1995
• Expiry date: May 12, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41F27/1206
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device in the form a magazine is disclosed for carrying away used printing plates from the plate cylinder of a printing machine. The device applies in particular to the automatic exchange of printing plates. The device has an arrangement for carrying away the plates with (first) holders for each printing plate capable of being activated. The (first) holders are arranged on a (first) carriage that can be moved along a (first) guide substantially over the whole length of the device, inside the magazine.