Patent · US Expired

Device for feeding a printing plate to a plate cylinder of a printing press

US5479858A · kind A · utility

13Cited by

8References

8Claims

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Hermann Beisel · Walldorf, DE
Christian Compera · Sonneberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 1995
Grant date	Jan 2, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41F27/1206
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Device for feeding a printing plate to a plate cylinder of at least one printing unit of a printing press, the plate cylinder having a clamping device formed with clamping surfaces for clamping a leading edge of the printing plate therein, includes at least one element for holding and guiding the printing plate, the one element being a readily rotatable roller having an outer cylindrical surface which, in a plate-changing position, is disposed substantially tangentially to a straight line disposed between the roller and the one printing unit, the straight line extending parallel to the clamping surfaces of the clamping device, passing between the clamping surfaces and leaving the one printing unit in an upwardly inclined direction.

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