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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Erich G Wieland, Wurzburg, DE;
Assignee:
Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft, Wurzburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ; B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101216 ; 1014151 ; 101486 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically changing a printing plate on a rotary printing machine utilizes two adjacent storage compartments which are located beside the peripheral surface of a plate cylinder. A first printing plate's trailing edge is released from the plate cylinder and is guided into a first one of the storage compartments. This first plate is fed into the first storage compartment and a second plate is directed out of the second storage compartment and is attached to the surface of the plate cylinder.