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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1999
Bertrum Scott Ramsay, Wolfeboro, NH (US);
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A method for automatically providing a printing plate to a plate cylinder includes the steps of aligning a first edge of a printing plate against a cylinder adjacent to a plate cylinder, moving the first edge of the printing plate into a gap in the plate cylinder, and wrapping the printing plate about the plate cylinder. The present invention also includes a device for attaching a printing plate to a plate cylinder comprising a first set of grippers for gripping a printing plate and aligning the printing plate against a cylinder adjacent to the plate cylinder, and a second set of grippers for moving the printing plate toward a gap in the plate cylinder. An offset printing press having the device is also disclosed.