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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:
Jul. 07, 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 / ; B41L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1014151 ; 101477 ; 101483 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically feeding a printing plate to, or receiving a printing plate from, a printing plate cylinder in a rotary printing machine utilizes a plate storage compartment which is situated adjacent the plate cylinder. Several transport rolls are located between the storage compartment and the plate cylinder. A control computer is used to automatically actuate the transfer rolls, a drive for the plate cylinder and plate clamping and tensioning assemblies on the plate cylinder.