JPH11217118A - Press plate carrying and storing method and press plate carrying and storing device being used therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly efficient press plate carrying and storing method and a device being used therefor which quickly carries a press plate made by a plate making device without any use of human power to a printer side in a separated position without polluting and damaging it, and stores such a number of plates as being required by the printer side. SOLUTION: A press plate carrying and storing method is that, after a press plate 2 made by a plate making device is horizontally carried, a front end hook part of the plate 2 is hooked to a hook part 7 which moves up/down vertically by a vertical carrier part 5 and held by a swing prevention part 8 so as to be raised, a rear end hook part of the plate 2 is locked by a lock part 9, lowered by the vertical carrier part 5 along with the hook part 7, the swing prevention part 8, and the lock part 9 and stops in a lower position, the lock of the rear end hook part is released by a lock release part, and then the plate is laterally extruded into the storage part by an extrusion part to engage the front end hook part with a storage bar which is laid across the storage part and fixed to a rotatable conveyer surface, is suspended and stored in the storage bar in order.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing plate transport / storage method for transporting a printing plate produced by a plate making machine to a printing machine in a printing process for newspapers or the like, and a printing plate transport / storage device used for the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional plate making machine is placed at a distance from a printing press for performing printing, for example, a rotary press, and the produced printing plate is manually checked for its type, and is mounted on a floor at each of the separated positions. It was carried by hand.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, it is hard work to manually transport the printing plate to a rotary press arranged at the separated position, usually on each floor, and it is necessary to rely on humans to confirm the sorting. And was very inefficient. The present invention
The plate made by the plate making machine can be transported to the printing press at the remote position without contamination and damage without any manual operation, and the required number of printing presses can be stored at high efficiency, saving labor and cost. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a printing plate transport / storage method and a printing plate transport / storage device used for the method.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a printing plate made by a plate making machine is provided with:
After the horizontal conveyance, the front end hook of the printing plate is hooked on the hook moving vertically in the vertical direction by the vertical conveyance unit and is held by the detent unit, and the plate is raised, and the rear end hook of the printing plate is locked by the lock unit. Then, it is lowered by the vertical transport section together with the hooking section, the vibration-preventing section and the locking section, stops at the lower position, unlocks the rear end hook section by the unlocking section, and is laterally extruded into the storage section by the extruding section. The printing plate transporting and storing method is such that the front end hook portion is engaged with a storing bar fixed to a rotatable conveyor surface which is hung in the storing portion and is sequentially suspended and stored in the storing bar. According to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of narrow sliding plates which can be moved up and down by a fluid pressure cylinder below are provided between a plurality of rows of belt conveyors which are connected to the horizontal conveying section and are arranged in parallel in the traveling direction. A transfer section having a vertical transport section having parallel chains movable vertically and vertically, an engagement piece having a substantially U-shaped cross section which can be engaged with a front end hook section of a printing plate, and a plate-shaped pressing plate. The locking portion having the rear and front push plates fixed to the rear and middle portions of the left and right levers that can be swung and the locking portion having the hook portion, the locking portion having the rear and front push plates fixed to the swinging left and right levers are spaced from the upper part of the chain. A hanger portion, a lock release portion having a fluid pressure cylinder capable of pressing a roller abutting on the lever rear side at a position below the vertical transport portion, and a pusher capable of laterally pushing the printing plate. Has a hydraulic cylinder to operate An extruding portion, and a storage portion having a storage bar having a substantially U-shaped cross section on a side cross section which is fixed at the same pitch over the entire length of the belt conveyor surface and is engageable with the printing plate front end hook portion. A front end hook portion is hooked on the engagement piece to ascend, and a rear end hook portion is locked and lowered by the rear side and front side push plates. After the lock is released by the lock release portion, the pusher pushes the storage portion. The printing plate transport / storage device in which the front end hook portion of the printing plate is engaged with the storage bar by being pushed out in the horizontal direction to enable the storage to be suspended. According to the third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of narrow belt conveyors are arranged as horizontal transport units at intervals not in contact with a plurality of parallel roller conveyors downstream of the unloading unit of the plate making machine. A cam that is connected to a fluid pressure cylinder and is sandwiched between a lower roller and an upper roller with a gap, and has a shape corresponding to a height difference between a lower limit position and an upper limit position of the belt conveyor;
An elevating frame fixed to an upper end of a rod driven along the cam, the cam is moved by the operation of the fluid pressure cylinder, and the rod and the elevating frame are moved up and down to be conveyed by a roller conveyor of the horizontal conveying unit. The printing plate to be turned can be changed in the direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction, and a horizontal conveyor unit for standby is provided in which the same number of narrow belt conveyors are arranged on the downstream side by adjusting the upper limit position and height of the belt conveyor of the horizontal conveyor unit. The plate carrying and storing apparatus according to claim 2 can be provided. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the plate transporting and storing apparatus according to the second or third aspect is arranged such that the position of the vibration-preventing portion and / or the locking portion front push plate can be adjusted in the front-rear direction. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the sliding plate is made of a smooth plastic, and the plate transporting and storing apparatus according to any of the second to fourth aspects is provided.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the plate making machine side is defined as the upstream side, the storage section side of the plate carrying and storing apparatus of the present invention is defined as the downstream side, the downstream side is the front, the upstream side is the rear side, and the left and right are from the upstream side to the downstream side. It will be described as. FIG. 1 is an overall schematic perspective view showing an example of the plate carrying and storing apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a state of the printing plate transport / storage device of FIG. 1 before shifting from horizontal transport to vertical transport. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a completed state of hooking of the hanger portion of the plate carrying and storing apparatus of FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing an unlocked state of a hanger portion of the plate carrying and storing apparatus of FIG. FIG.
2A is a schematic perspective view showing a storage section of the plate transporting and storing apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is a schematic side view of a storage bar. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a printing plate used in the printing plate transport / storage device of FIG. 1. FIG. 7 is (a) a schematic side view and (b) and a partly detailed view of (a) of the horizontal transport unit of the plate transporting and storing apparatus of FIG. 1.
FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of a transfer section of the plate carrying and storing apparatus of FIG. In FIG. 1, a plate carrying and storing apparatus A according to the present invention.
Are connected to the unloading section 1 'of the plate making machine 1 for continuously manufacturing the printing plate 2, and sequentially from the upstream side, the horizontal transport section 3, the standby horizontal transport section 3', the transfer section 4, and the vertical transport section 5 The printing plate 2 is sequentially transported and stored in the directions of the arrows X, Y and Z so as to reach the storage unit 6 via the hanger unit 10, the lock release unit 11 and the pushing unit 12. As shown in FIG. 6, the printing plate 2 used in the printing plate transport / storage apparatus A of the present invention has front and rear ends of a rectangular flat plate surface 2a bent back, and hooks are formed for the device of the printing press. However, the front end hook portion 2b has one-step bending, and the rear end hook portion 2c has two-step bending, and has a normal thickness of 0.4 mm.
A printing plate is formed on the surface of the plate surface 2a by the plate making machine 1 and made of an aluminum plate, and is carried out in the horizontal arrow X direction by a carry-out section 1 'formed of a roller conveyor.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 7 (a), the horizontal transport section 3 of the plate making machine 1 is composed of a number of roller conveyor rows arranged in parallel in the arrow Y direction for transporting the printing plate 2 in the arrow X direction. The pulleys 3b, 3 arranged in parallel at the separated positions in the arrow X direction so as to be able to change the direction in the arrow Y direction orthogonal to
Each roller conveyor viewed from a plane between c (4 in this example)
A plurality of rows (in this example, 4
The belt conveyor 3a having a narrow width of the present invention is extended in the direction of the arrow Y in the longitudinal direction, the pulley 3b is driven in the direction of the arrow Q by the power from the motor 3d, and the belt conveyor 3a is movable in the direction of the arrow Y. With reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B, a description will be given of a lifting drive system of the belt conveyor 3a. FIG. 7 (b) is a partially detailed view of FIG. 7 (a), but since the side view is on the opposite side, the position of the motor 3d is switched left and right, and the arrow Y direction in both figures is opposite. It is shown.
The downstream roller conveyor 1'a of the unloading portion 1 'is supported by a rotatable shaft 1'c on front and rear support members 1'b and 1'b fixed to a frame, and the upstream side of the roller conveyor 1'a is located on the roller conveyor 1'a. The printing plate 2 conveyed from the plate making machine 1 is placed. The lower surface of the lower frame 3m has a hydraulic cylinder 3
i, which are connected to each other at two positions in front and rear of a height difference H between a lower limit position and an upper limit position sandwiched in a gap between the lower roller 3g and the upper roller 3f. A pair of plate-like cams 3h, four rods 3e driven along the cam surface of the plate-like cams 3h together with the upper and lower rollers 3f, and a middle frame 3k for guiding the rods 3e.
And a lifting frame 3j fixed to the upper end of each rod 3e. Pulleys 3b, 3c, a motor 3d and a belt conveyor 3a are mounted on the lifting frame 3j, and a hydraulic cylinder is provided. By the operation of 3i, the plate-like cam 3h is moved back and forth, the rod 3e is moved up and down, and the elevating frame 3j is moved up and down. As a result, the belt conveyor 3a can be moved up and down by the difference H between the lower limit position and the upper limit position. Here, the plate-like cams 3h may be arranged in parallel in the longitudinal arrow X direction at intervals in the longitudinal arrow X direction instead of the longitudinal arrow Y direction as shown in the figure so that the lifting frame 3j can be moved up and down. The standby horizontal transport unit 3 ′ is disposed downstream of the horizontal transport unit 3 so as to match the height of the belt conveyor 3 ′ a at the upper limit position of the belt conveyor 3 a, and is arranged in parallel with a pulley 3 ′ spaced apart in the arrow X direction. b, 3′c, a plurality of rows (four in this example) of belt conveyors 3′a are wound around, and the pulley 3′b is driven in the direction of arrow Q by the power from the motor 3′d, so that the belt conveyor 3 ′ a can be moved in the arrow Y direction.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 8, the transfer section 4 has a role of connecting the horizontal transfer section 3 'on the upstream side and the vertical transfer section 5 on the downstream side, and is provided downstream of the horizontal transfer section 3'. Pulleys 4b, 4c arranged in parallel with the belt conveyor 3'a with the height of the belt conveyor 4a spaced apart in the direction of the arrow X
A plurality of rows (four in this example) of belt conveyors 4a are stretched at intervals, and pulleys 4b are driven in the direction of arrow Q by power from a motor 4d.
a can be moved in the arrow Y direction. A pair of hydraulic cylinders 4e, 4e are fixed upward to the lower frame 4h, and the rods 4 of the hydraulic cylinders 4e, 4e are
A plurality of rows (four in this example) of long and narrow sliding plates 4g are fixedly connected to each other at the upper ends of the rods 4f, 4f in the direction of the arrow Y, and actuated by the fluid pressure cylinders 4c, 4c.
f is raised and lowered so that each sliding plate 4g can be moved up and down by the height difference h at the lower limit position and the upper limit position at the same time. 4g of sliding plate
It is preferable that the printing plate 2 is made of a smooth material having a small surface friction coefficient, for example, plastic so that the printing plate 2 is easily slipped.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4 and 8, the vertical transport section 5 includes a pair of sprockets 5c penetrating the floor F and extending vertically at the upper and lower ends of a gate-shaped frame 5a.
Chains 5b, 5b shown by chain lines are engaged with 5d, and the sprockets 5c or 5d are driven by a motor (not shown) so that the chains 5b, 5b can move in the vertical direction z or the opposite direction. The hanger portion 10 has a chain 5b, 5b, from which a hook portion 7, a vibration stop portion 8, and a lock portion 9 are sequentially arranged at intervals, and a space between the front end hook portion 2b and the rear end hook portion 2c of the printing plate 2. The distance between the hook 7 and the lock 9 is adjusted. The hook 7 is
An engaging piece 7a having a substantially U-shaped cross section that can be engaged with the front end hook portion 2b of the printing plate 2 and a left and right arm 7d that can swing about a shaft 7c as the axis. And a pressing plate 7b of a narrow plate shape over the entire width of the plate surface 2a. The engaging piece 7a has one protruding piece 71a in contact with the arms 7d and 7d, and the other protruding piece 72a has a tip portion slightly below the protruding piece 71a and is sandwiched between the pressing plate 7b and the pressing plate 7b. It has an inclined surface with which the front end hook portion 2b can be engaged. Anti-vibration part 8
The narrow plate-like body which abuts in the horizontal direction over the entire width of the printing plate 2 inside the plate surface 2a is provided so as to be position-adjustable by bolts forward and backward. The lock portion 9 is capable of swinging around a shaft 9c, and has left and right levers 9a having an inclined surface 9c at a rear end.
9a, a front push plate 9d of a narrow plate-like body whose position can be adjusted by bolts forward and backward from a support plate 9f having left and right ends fixed to middle portions of the levers 9a, 9a, and a rear upper portion of the levers 9a, 9a. And a rear-side pressing plate 9b of a narrow plate-like body fixed to the rear surface of the printing plate 2.
It is sandwiched between and lockable. The oscillating portion and / or the locking portion front push plate may be fixed without necessarily making the position adjustable in the front-rear direction, but it is preferable that the position can be adjusted to finely adjust the hanging posture of the printing plate 2. .

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 4, the unlocking section 11 is provided below the frame 5a at the lower position of the vertical transport section.
Is disposed at a position connected to the downstream side, and a pin 11 is provided at the rear end.
and a roller 11b at the front end, and a shaft 1 at the center.
A lever 11a that can swing about 1c as an axis, and a lever 11a having one end fixed to the frame and the other end being a pin 11d.
And a pair of fluid pressure cylinders 11e on the left and right. Although the details will be described later, when the printing plate 2, the hooking unit 7, the vibration-preventing unit 8 and the lock unit 9 reach the lower end by the lowering of the hanger unit 10, the fluid pressure cylinder 11e is operated, and the inclined surface 9e of the lever 9a is operated. And the roller 11b are in contact with each other. The extruding portion 12 is provided at a position below the frame 5a and connected to the storage portion 6, and traverses the printing plate 2 horizontally by a fluid pressure cylinder 12b (here, a rodless cylinder) in the direction of arrow X or in the opposite direction. And a pusher 12a in the form of a vertical plate that can be extruded.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 5, the storage section 6 has pulleys 6c and 6d arranged side by side in a rectangular parallelepiped frame 6g at spaced positions in a direction parallel to the direction X, and pulleys 6c and 6d.
The pulley 6c is driven in the direction of the arrow W by the power from the motor 6e, and the lower surface of the belt conveyor 6a is movable in the direction of the arrow Y. The storage bars 6b are fixed at a pitch p over the entire length of the surface of the conveyor 6a in the width direction in the arrow direction x.
The storage bar 6b has a substantially U-shaped side cross section, and one protruding piece 61a is fixed to the surface of the conveyor 6a, and the other protruding piece 62a has a front end portion with a slight gap from the surface of the conveyor 6a. It has a slope that can be engaged. By the pusher 12a, the printing plate 2 is fed in the arrow X direction to the storage bar 6b located at the most upstream position on the lower surface side of the conveyor 6a, and the front end hook portion 2b is engaged with the inclined surface of the protruding piece 62a,
By the movement of the conveyor 6a, the printing plate 2 can be suspended and moved in the direction of arrow Y by the number N of the storage bars 6b on the lower surface side of the maximum conveyor 6a. Plate 2 by pusher 12a
By adjusting the timing of the feeding of the conveyor 6a and the movement of the conveyor 6a by the motor 6e, the feeding position to the storage bar 6 can be adjusted. In FIG. 5A, the number N is displayed in a simplified manner, but is not limited to this number, and is selected according to the needs of the printing press, for example, 15 or 30.

The hydraulic cylinders 3i, 4e, 11e, 1
The cylinder 2b can use a cylinder such as an air pressure or a hydraulic pressure, but the air pressure is most convenient. FIG. 1 shows a layout in which the plate transporting and storing apparatus A is disposed above and below the floor F, but the present invention is not limited to this. Depending on the arrangement of the plate making machine 1 and the storing section 6 and the building layout, The carry-out section 1 ′, the horizontal transport section 3, and the standby horizontal transport section 3 ′ of the plate making machine 1 can be appropriately selected or added and arranged, and the hanger section 10 can be arranged by appropriately adjusting the length. it can.

Next, the printing plate transport / storage method of the present invention will be sequentially described based on the operation procedure of transport / storage of the printing plate 2 by the printing plate transport / storage device A. The printing plate 2 made of a printing plate on the surface of the plate surface 2a by the plate making machine 1 is carried out in the horizontal arrow X direction by a number of roller conveyor rows of the carrying-out section 1 ', and reaches the downstream roller conveyor 1'a. The fluid pressure cylinder 3i of the horizontal transfer unit 3 operates to move the plate-like cam 3h forward to raise the rod 3e and the lifting frame 3j,
As a result, the belt conveyor 3a is raised from the lower limit position by the height difference H, and the printing plate 2 is transferred onto the belt conveyor 3a, and then transported in the horizontal arrow Y direction. Next, the printing plate 2 is transferred onto the belt conveyor 3'a of the standby horizontal transport unit 3 'on the downstream side, and it is checked whether the preceding printing plate 2 on the downstream transfer unit 4 is full or empty. To instruct the motor 3'd to carry or drive. When the preceding plate 2 is empty, the motor 3'd starts driving, and the plate 2 is transferred onto the belt conveyor 4a of the transfer unit 4, and the transfer unit 4 engages with the hook 7 of the hanger unit 10. After reaching the position where the front end hook portion 2b abuts on the mating piece 7a and stops, the fluid pressure cylinder 4e starts operating and raises the rod 4f. As a result, the slide plate 4g is raised from the lower limit position to a height h.
Then, the plate 2 is moved upward and the part after the center of the printing plate 2 is transferred onto the slide plate 4g. Next, the sprocket 5c or 5d is started to be driven by the motor, and the chains 5b and 5b are raised in the direction opposite to the arrow Z direction.
Are engaged and suspended. At that time, the chain 5b, 5b is further raised in the direction opposite to the arrow Z direction while the plate 2 is held down by the vibration stopper 8 in the middle so as not to be displaced, and the plate 2 becomes a sliding plate having a small friction coefficient. While sliding on 4 g, the protrusion 72 a is pulled by the engagement between the front end hook portion 2 b and the rear end hook portion 2 c reaches the lock portion 9. Here, the front end hook portion 2b of the printing plate 2 is pressed by the push plate 7b to close the hook portion 7, and the rear end hook portion 2c is sandwiched between the front push plate 9d and the rear push plate 9b. After the closed state, the hook 7, the vibration stopper 8, and the lock 9 of the hanger 10 are lowered in the direction of the arrow z by driving the chains 5 b, 5 b.

The hanger 10 is lowered, and the printing plate 2 is engaged with the hook 7
And descends toward the unlocking section 11 on the lower floor. When the fluid pressure cylinder 1 reaches the lock release portion 11
1e, the inclined surface 9e of the lever 9a and the roller 11b come into contact with each other, and the pressure is applied to the rear end pressing plate 9b of the rear end hook portion 2c.
Is released, and the printing plate 2 is in a state where the front end hook 2b is hung by the engagement piece 7a. Next, the extruder 1
Activate the second hydraulic cylinder 12b and pusher 12
a, the printing plate 2 is pushed out in the direction of the arrow X, and the front end hook portion 2b of the printing plate 2 is suspended by engaging the front end hook portion 2b with the inclined surface of the projecting piece 62a of the storage bar 6b on the lower surface side of the conveyor 6a of the storage portion 6. 6a is moved by the pitch p in the direction of the arrow Y, and waits for the next printing plate 2 to be extruded from the extruding section 12. Thereafter, the same operation is repeated, and the printing plates 2 can be suspended and stored by the number N of the storage bars 6b on the lower surface side of the maximum conveyor 6a.
As described above in detail, the printing plate transport / storage method of the present invention and the printing plate transport / storage device used in the printing plate transport / storage device can be used without any manual operation. Side, and the number required by the printing press can be stored.

[0014]

According to the plate carrying and storing method of the present invention and the plate carrying and storing device used in the method, the plate produced by the plate making machine can be quickly moved to the separated position without contamination or damage without manual operation. It can be conveyed to the printing press side, and can store the number required by the printing press side, which is a great contribution to labor and cost savings.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic perspective view showing an example of a plate carrying and storing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a state of the printing plate transport / storage device of FIG. 1 before shifting from horizontal transport to vertical transport.

3 is a schematic perspective view showing a completed state of hooking of a hanger portion of the plate carrying and storing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing an unlocked state of a hanger portion of the plate carrying and storing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing (a) a storage section of the plate transporting and storing apparatus of FIG. 1, and (b) a schematic side view of a storage bar.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of a printing plate used in the printing plate transport / storage device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 (a) of a horizontal transport portion of the plate transporting and storing apparatus of FIG. 1;
It is a schematic side view, and is a partial detailed view of (b) and (a).

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of a transfer section of the plate carrying and storing apparatus of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Plate making machine 1 'carry-out part 1'a Roller conveyor 1'b Support member 1'c-axis 2 Printing plate 2a Plate surface 2b Front end hook part 2c Rear end hook part 3 Horizontal conveyance part 3' Standing horizontal conveyance part 3a, 3 ' a, 4a, 6a Belt conveyor 3e, 4f Rod 3f Upper roller 3g Lower roller 3h Cam 3i, 4e, 11e, 12b Fluid pressure cylinder 3j Lifting arm 3k Middle frame 3m Lower frame 3n Guide 4 Transferring part 5 Vertical transport part 5a Frame 5b Chain 5c, 5d Sprocket 6 Storage part 6b Storage bar 61a, 62a, 71a, 72a Projection piece 7 Hook part 7a Engagement piece 7b, 9b, 9d Push plate 7c, 9c, 11c Shaft 7d Arm 8 Anti-vibration part 9 Lock part 9a, 11a Lever 10 Hanger part 11 Unlock part 11b Roller 11d Pin 12 Extrusion 12a Pusher A plate transport storage device F floor Q, X, Y, Z-direction

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. After a printing plate made by a plate making machine is horizontally conveyed, the vertical end of the printing plate is held by a hook portion which moves vertically in a vertical direction by a vertical conveyance section, and the plate is held up by a vibration stopper. Then, lock the rear end hook portion of the printing plate with a lock portion,
Next, the hook is lowered by the vertical transport unit together with the hooking unit, the vibration preventing unit, and the lock unit, and stopped at the lower position. After the lock of the rear end hook unit is unlocked by the unlocking unit, the extruding unit is laterally pushed out into the storage unit. A printing plate transport / storage method, wherein the front end hook portion is engaged with a storage bar fixed to a rotatable conveyor surface, which is suspended in the storage portion, and is sequentially suspended and stored in the storage bar. 2. A transfer section having a plurality of narrow sliding plates which can be moved up and down by a hydraulic cylinder below between a plurality of rows of belt conveyors which are connected to a horizontal conveying section and are arranged in parallel in the traveling direction at intervals. A vertical transport unit having a parallel chain movable vertically and vertically, and a hook having an engagement piece having a substantially U-shaped cross section and a plate-shaped pressing plate which can be engaged with a front end hook of the plate. A plate-like body damping portion and a lock portion having rear and front push plates fixed to the rear and middle portions of the swingable left and right levers are arranged at a distance from above the chain. A hanger portion, an unlocking portion having a fluid pressure cylinder capable of pressing a roller abutting on the rear side of the lever at a position below the vertical transport portion, and a fluid pressure actuating a pusher capable of pushing the printing plate in a lateral direction. An extrusion section having a cylinder; A storage section having a storage bar having a substantially U-shaped side cross-section, which is fixed at the same pitch over the entire length of the belt conveyor surface and can engage with the printing plate front end hook portion. After being hooked on the engaging piece, the rear end hook portion is locked and lowered by the rear side and front side push plates, and the lock is released by the lock release portion. After that, the pusher is pushed laterally into the storage portion. The plate front end hook portion is engaged with the storage bar so that the plate can be suspended and stored. 3. A plurality of narrow belt conveyors are arranged as horizontal transport units at intervals not in contact with a plurality of parallel roller conveyors on the downstream side of the unloading unit of the plate making machine. A cam having a shape adapted to a height difference between a lower limit position and an upper limit position of the belt conveyor, which is sandwiched between a lower roller and an upper roller which are connected and spaced,
An elevating frame fixed to an upper end of a rod driven along the cam, the cam is moved by the operation of the fluid pressure cylinder, and the rod and the elevating frame are moved up and down to be conveyed by a roller conveyor of the horizontal conveying unit. The printing plate to be turned can be changed in the direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction, and a horizontal conveyor unit for standby is provided in which the same number of narrow belt conveyors are arranged on the downstream side by adjusting the upper limit position and height of the belt conveyor of the horizontal conveyor unit. 3. The printing plate transport / storage device according to claim 2, wherein: 4. A front and back position of a vibration-preventing part and / or a locking part front-side push plate is adjustable.
Or the printing plate transport / storage device according to 3. 5. The printing plate transport / storage device according to claim 2, wherein the sliding plate is made of a smooth plastic.