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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ; B41U / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1014151 ;
Abstract
In a rotary printing press, an apparatus, for automatically mounting and removing printing plates comprises: a magazine associated with a main body and including a plate take-out unit for positioning a plurality of successive fresh printing plates in order, and a plate storage unit for temporarily storing a plurality of used printing plates; and a mechanical hand adapted for holding a printing plate and supported by a shaft of and an arm of the main body, the mechanical hand being actuated by the shaft and arm for reciprocating between the magazine and a peripheral surface of a plate cylinder.