EP0530565B1 - Magazine for automatically exchanging printing plates - Google Patents

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EP0530565B1
EP0530565B1 EP92113872A EP92113872A EP0530565B1 EP 0530565 B1 EP0530565 B1 EP 0530565B1 EP 92113872 A EP92113872 A EP 92113872A EP 92113872 A EP92113872 A EP 92113872A EP 0530565 B1 EP0530565 B1 EP 0530565B1
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Nikolaus Dr. Spiegel
Hans-Georg Jahn
Hermann Beisel
Helmut Friedrich Jäger
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F27/00—Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports
    • B41F27/12—Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports for attaching flexible printing formes
    • B41F27/1206—Feeding to or removing from the forme cylinder

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  • the invention relates to a magazine for the automatic printing plate change, which can be brought into the plate changing position by pivoting about a horizontal axis.
  • Such a device is known from EP-A 435 410.
  • the magazine described therein can be pivoted from a position hanging in the aisle between the printing units into an inclined position, so that the lower end of the magazine is brought close to the surface of the plate cylinder. The plate is changed in this position.
  • the magazine is loaded with plates in its hanging position, i.e. within the printing press. Each plate must be fed individually.
  • the invention has for its object to facilitate the loading of the magazine with pressure plates and to make plate-friendly.
  • a cassette can be inserted into the magazine, which can accommodate a plurality of printing plates, which can be removed as required by a plate feed device, that the cassette is open on one side, so that the printing plates can be placed on their bottom, that the Cassette for fixing the position of the printing plates on its bottom has positioning pins in the region of the lower edge of the printing plates, and that finally the cassette is provided with lateral guides which can be inserted into vertical guides of the magazine.
  • the magazine with the insertable cassette allows several printing plates to be transported to the machine and pushed into the magazine at the same time.
  • the insertion and removal of the printing plates is therefore uncomplicated and can be carried out without damage, since the cassette has a bottom and elements for determining the position of the printing plates on the floor.
  • the cassette for inserting and removing the printing plates is open. As a result, particularly gentle treatment of the printing plates imaged on one side is possible because no relative movement of the printing plates to one another is required when inserting them.
  • Figure 1 shows a magazine 1, which is mounted on a printing unit and into which a cassette 2 can be inserted from above, which contains a plurality of printing plates 3.
  • the magazine 1 can be moved horizontally and pivoted about a pivot axis 5 such that the printing plates 3 can be removed by a plate feed device and can be fed to the plate cylinder for clamping.
  • positioning pins 9, which fix the printing plates in their position must be disengaged with respect to the uppermost printing plate.
  • a handle 6 serves as a handle for transporting the cassette.
  • Figure 2 shows the cassette 2 cut below an upper edge 11 with the handle 6. It has a bottom 10 and lateral U-shaped guides 7 which slide in corresponding vertical guides 12 of the magazine 1 when inserting and removing the cassette 2.
  • the pressure plates 3 are placed on the upper side of the base 10, the guides 7 serving as lateral boundaries.
  • Brackets 8 are attached to the guides 7 and can be pivoted in front of the pressure plates for securing for transport. Stops can be arranged in the magazine 1, which pivot the holders 8 away for better removal of the printing plates 3 when the cassette 2 is inserted.
  • the positioning pins 9 can be disengaged from the uppermost pressure plate by partial retraction or by lifting the pressure plate.

Abstract

The invention relates to a magazine (1) for automatically exchanging printing plates. A plurality of printing plates (3) can be provided for the plate exchange due to the fact that a cartridge (2) can be inserted in the magazine (1), which cartridge can accommodate a plurality of printing plates (3) which can be taken by a plate feed device as required. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Magazin für den automatischen Druckplattenwechsel, das durch Schwenken um eine horizontale Achse in die Plattenwechselposition verbringbar ist.The invention relates to a magazine for the automatic printing plate change, which can be brought into the plate changing position by pivoting about a horizontal axis.

Eine solche Vorrichtung ist aus der EP-A 435 410 bekannt. Das darin beschriebene Magazin ist aus einer im Gang zwischen den Druckwerken herabhängenden Position in eine geneigte Lage schwenkbar, so daß das untere Ende des Magazins nahe der Oberfläche des Plattenzylinders gebracht wird. In dieser Stellung erfolgt der Plattenwechsel. Die Beschickung des Magazins mit Platten geschieht in dessen herabhängenden Lage, also innerhalb der Druckmaschine. Dabei muß jede Platte einzeln zugeführt werden.Such a device is known from EP-A 435 410. The magazine described therein can be pivoted from a position hanging in the aisle between the printing units into an inclined position, so that the lower end of the magazine is brought close to the surface of the plate cylinder. The plate is changed in this position. The magazine is loaded with plates in its hanging position, i.e. within the printing press. Each plate must be fed individually.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, das Beschicken des Magazins mit Druckplatten zu erleichtern und plattenschonender zu gestalten.The invention has for its object to facilitate the loading of the magazine with pressure plates and to make plate-friendly.

Gelöst wird die Aufgabe dadurch, daß in das Magazin eine Kassette einschiebbar ist, welche mehrere Druckplatten aufnehmen kann, die nach Bedarf durch eine Plattenzuführvorrichtung entnehmbar sind, daß die Kassette einseitig offen ist, so daß die Druckplatten auf ihrem Boden ablegbar sind, daß ferner die Kassette zur Festlegung der Position der Druckplatten an ihrem Boden Positionierstifte im Bereich des unteren Randes der Druckplatten aufweist, und daß schließlich die Kassette mit seitlichen Führungen versehen ist, die in vertikale Führungen des Magazins einschiebbar sind.The object is achieved in that a cassette can be inserted into the magazine, which can accommodate a plurality of printing plates, which can be removed as required by a plate feed device, that the cassette is open on one side, so that the printing plates can be placed on their bottom, that the Cassette for fixing the position of the printing plates on its bottom has positioning pins in the region of the lower edge of the printing plates, and that finally the cassette is provided with lateral guides which can be inserted into vertical guides of the magazine.

Durch das Magazin mit der einschiebbaren Kassette können mehrere Druckplatten gleichzeitig zur Maschine transportiert und in das Magazin hineingeschoben werden. Das Einlegen und Entnehmen der Druckplatten ist dadurch unkompliziert und ohne Beschädigung durchzuführen, da die Kassette einen Boden und Elemente zur Festlegung der Position der Druckplatten auf dem Boden aufweist. Oberhalb des Bodens ist die Kassette zum Einlegen und Entnehmen der Druckplatten offen. Hierdurch ist eine besonders schonende Behandlung der einseitig bebilderten Druckplatten möglich, weil beim Einlegen keine Relativbewegung der Druckplatten zueinander erforderlich ist.The magazine with the insertable cassette allows several printing plates to be transported to the machine and pushed into the magazine at the same time. The insertion and removal of the printing plates is therefore uncomplicated and can be carried out without damage, since the cassette has a bottom and elements for determining the position of the printing plates on the floor. Above the floor, the cassette for inserting and removing the printing plates is open. As a result, particularly gentle treatment of the printing plates imaged on one side is possible because no relative movement of the printing plates to one another is required when inserting them.

Zweckmäßige Ausgestaltungen von Magazin und Kassette sind den Unteransprüchen zu entnehmen.Appropriate configurations of magazine and cassette can be found in the subclaims.

Die Erfindung wird anhand der Zeichnung erläutert, es zeigen:

Fig. 1
die Anordnung des Magazins an der Druckmaschine und
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eine Kassette in den Führungen des Magazins mit Druckplatten.
The invention is explained with the aid of the drawing, in which:
Fig. 1
the arrangement of the magazine on the printing press and
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a cassette in the guides of the magazine with printing plates.

Figur 1 zeigt ein Magazin 1, das an einem Druckwerk gelagert ist und in das von oben eine Kassette 2 einschiebar ist, die mehrere Druckplatten 3 enthält. Das Magazin 1 kann horizontal verschoben und um eine Schwenkachse 5 derart geschwenkt werden, daß die Druckplatten 3 durch eine Plattenzufuhrvorrichtung entnehmbar und dem Plattenzylinder zum Aufspannen zuführbar sind. Dazu müssen Positionierstifte 9, welche die Druckplatten in ihrer Lage fixieren, bezüglich der obersten Druckplatte außer Eingriff gebracht werden. Ein Handgriff 6 dient als Tragegriff für den Transport der Kassette.Figure 1 shows a magazine 1, which is mounted on a printing unit and into which a cassette 2 can be inserted from above, which contains a plurality of printing plates 3. The magazine 1 can be moved horizontally and pivoted about a pivot axis 5 such that the printing plates 3 can be removed by a plate feed device and can be fed to the plate cylinder for clamping. For this purpose, positioning pins 9, which fix the printing plates in their position, must be disengaged with respect to the uppermost printing plate. A handle 6 serves as a handle for transporting the cassette.

Figur 2 zeigt die Kassette 2 geschnitten unterhalb einer Oberkante 11 mit dem Griff 6. Sie weist einen Boden 10 und seitliche U-förmige Führungen 7 auf, die in entsprechenden vertikalen Führungen 12 des Magazins 1 beim Einschieben und Herausnehmen der Kassette 2 gleiten. Bei herausgenommener und mit dem Boden 10 auf einen Tisch gelegter Kassette, werden die Druckplatten 3 auf die obere Seite des Bodens 10 gelegt, wobei die Führungen 7 als seitliche Begrenzungen dienen. Halterungen 8 sind auf den Führungen 7 angebracht und können zur Sicherung für den Transport vor die Druckplatten geschwenkt werden. Im Magazin 1 können Anschläge angeordnet sein, die die Halterungen 8 zur besseren Entnahme der Druckplatten 3 beim Einschieben der Kassette 2 wegschwenken. An dem unteren Rand der Druckplatten 3 sind Löcher gestanzt, mit welchen die Druckplatten 3 in die Positionierstifte 9, welche am Boden 10 der Kassette 2 angeordnet sind, lagegenau eingesetzt und gehalten werden. Die Positionierstifte 9 können bezüglich der obersten Druckplatte durch teilweises Zurückziehen oder dadurch außer Eingriff gebracht werden, daß die Druckplatte angehoben wird.Figure 2 shows the cassette 2 cut below an upper edge 11 with the handle 6. It has a bottom 10 and lateral U-shaped guides 7 which slide in corresponding vertical guides 12 of the magazine 1 when inserting and removing the cassette 2. When the cassette is removed and placed on a table with the base 10, the pressure plates 3 are placed on the upper side of the base 10, the guides 7 serving as lateral boundaries. Brackets 8 are attached to the guides 7 and can be pivoted in front of the pressure plates for securing for transport. Stops can be arranged in the magazine 1, which pivot the holders 8 away for better removal of the printing plates 3 when the cassette 2 is inserted. Holes are punched on the lower edge of the printing plates 3, with which the pressure plates 3 in the positioning pins 9, which are arranged on the bottom 10 of the cassette 2, are inserted and held in the correct position. The positioning pins 9 can be disengaged from the uppermost pressure plate by partial retraction or by lifting the pressure plate.

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  1. Magazine for the automatic changing of printing plates, which magazine can be moved into the plate-changing position by swivelling about a horizontal axis, characterised in that into the magazine (1) there can be inserted a cassette (2) which can receive a plurality of printing plates (3), these being removable, as required, by a plate feeding device, in that the cassette (2) is open on one side so that the printing plates can be rested on its base (10), in that, in addition, the cassette (2) has positioning pins (9) in the region of the lower edge of the printing plates (3) for fixing the position of the printing plates (3) on the base (10) of said cassette (2) and in that finally the cassette (2) is provided with lateral guides (7) which can be inserted into vertical guides (12) of the magazine (1).
  2. Magazine according to Claim 1, characterised in that holding fixtures (8) are provided on the cassette (2) as transport protection, and can be swivelled in front of the printing plates (3), and in that in the magazine (1) there are disposed stops which, upon insertion of the cassette (2), swivel away the holding fixtures (8) for better removal of the printing plates (3).
  3. Magazine according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the upper edge (11) of the cassette (2) is provided with a handle (6).
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