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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2000
Takeshi Asai, Ibaragi, JP;
Hirotaka Iida, Ibaragi, JP;
Komori Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plate exchanging apparatus in a rotary printing press, which removes an old plate from a plate fixing unit of a plate cylinder and inserts a new plate includes a plate holder and an actuator. The plate holder holds the new plate. The actuator performs one of moving and swinging operations of the plate holder in directions to come close to and separate from the plate cylinder. The actuator selectively positions the plate holder to a first position where the new plate is held in the plate holder, a second position where the new plate held by the plate holder is retreated from an old plate removal path, and a third position where the new plate is inserted into the plate fixing unit of the plate cylinder.