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AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsGunnar Behrens, Lars Paulsen
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The invention includes a method and a device for transferring storage containers, especially cassettes for printing plates, in order to reliably and accurately receive both manually inserted cassettes and cassettes from upstream transport systems and upstream storage devices, such as MCLs. The invention enables these cassettes to be supplied to other devices constructed, for example, for separating printing plates. The storage containers are aligned in a holder provided for them, and are positioned and secured against inadvertent withdrawal. In this case, the transport of the storage containers within the device is carried out in a damped manner and can be assisted automatically. A pneumatic drive system is preferably used for this purpose.
A method for transferring a storage container into a device, the method which comprises:
A device for transferring a storage container, the device comprising:
The device according to claim, 5 in combination with the storage container, wherein the storage container is a cassette for printing plates.
The device according to claim, 5 in combination with a mechanism for separating flat elements of the storage container, wherein the device transfers the storage container into the mechanism for separating the flat elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.