Goss Graphic Systems Limited

Tony Hollings

Stuart Michael Gahan

Bob Goodman

Apparatus for removing printing plates () having leading and trailing edges located in a lock-up slot in a plate cylinder () of a rotary printing press, from said plate cylinder () is disclosed. The apparatus comprises means for extracting the trailing edge from a lock-up slot which is also operable to partially extract the leading edge from a lock up slot. The apparatus further includes an extraction member for engaging, as the printing cylinder rotates, a portion of the leading edge () of the printing plate protruding from the lock up slot () following its partial extraction, to complete the removal of the printing plates from the printing cylinder and leave the removed plates, hanging by their leading edge (), on the extraction member. A method of loading printing plates onto a plate cylinder () is also disclosed.

Printing plate unloading apparatus and method

A printing plate module is disclosed. The module comprises a printing plate support member () having means to locate printing plates () in a predetermined position thereon and, engagement means () on the plate support member for the releasable engagement of the printing plate support member () with a printing press during a plate loading operation to locate printing plates () located on the plate support member () in a predetermined position relative to a plate cylinder () of the press. The invention also discloses a printing apparatus and, a method of loading printing plates onto a plate cylinder of a printing unit.

Printing press including plate support member and plate loading module

A printing plate module is disclosed. The module comprises a printing plate support member () having means () to locate printing plates () in a predetermined position thereon and, engagement means () on the plate support member for the releasab a engagement of the printing plate support member () with a printing press during a plate loading operation to locate printing plates () located on the plate support member () in a predetermined position relative to a plate cylinder () of the press. The invention also discloses a printing apparatus and, a method of loading printing plates onto a plate cylinder of a printing unit.

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Tony Hollings