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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
Oskar Deshefi, Heidelberg, DE;
Ivo Richter, Heidelberg, DE;
Joachim Zarges, Mannheim/Friedrichsfeld, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A device for holding and feeding a printing plate to a plate cylinder of a printing machine includes a holding device and a member having a supporting surface, the printing plate being disposable by one edge thereof on the supporting surface and being holdable in a predefinable alignment by the holding device, a mounting for movably supporting the holding device on the printing machine so that the holding device is movable from a rest position into a feeding position, a guide element having at least one guide surface, the guide element being movably mounted on the holding device and being movable from a rest position into a feeding position, the guide surface, in the feeding position, defining a feeding direction for feeding a printing plate to the plate cylinder, and a lever device via which the guide element is operatively connected to the printing machine, the guide element being movable automatically from the rest position into the feeding position by movement of the holding device.