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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1993
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
Sheet-fed offset printing machine for automated changing of a printing plate having a plate cylinder for carrying a printing plate, the plate cylinder being formed with a gap extending in axial direction thereof, a blanket cylinder formed with a gap extending in axial direction thereof disposed in cooperative engagement with the plate cylinder, and a clamping device disposed in the plate-cylinder gap and including a pair of movably disposed clamping rails defining therebetween a clamping slot located within the cross-sectional contour of the blanket cylinder, includes an insertion device for inserting, into the clamping slot defined by the clamping rails, a bent edge of a printing plate disposed on the plate cylinder, the bent edge being located at a trailing end of the printing plate, the insertion device being disposed in the gap formed in the blanket cylinder and having a thrust body formed with a thrust surface movable radially out of the cross-sectional contour of the blanket cylinder against the trailing end of the printing plate on the plate cylinder.