Sheet-Like Member Holding Device of Printing Press

A sheet-like member holding device of a printing press, comprising:

• a gripper receiving portion disposed in a gap formed in an outer surface of a cylinder, and configured to grip a sheet as a printing product together with a gripper;
• a first holding unit disposed between the gripper receiving portion and a side wall extending in a radiation direction of the cylinder on an upstream side in a sheet convey direction in the gap, and configured to hold one end portion of a sheet-like member overlaid on the outer surface of the cylinder;
• and
• a second holding unit configured to hold the other end portion of the sheet-like member,
• wherein the sheet-like member includes, in the one end portion, a locking piece formed to have a thickness larger than that of a remaining portion,
• the first holding unit includes a space in which the one end portion of the sheet-like member is inserted while the sheet-like member extends inward in the radial direction of the cylinder from an outer surface side of the cylinder, and an abutment wall opposing the locking piece of the one end portion inserted in the space from the outside in the radial direction of the cylinder, and configured to restrict movement of the locking piece to the outside in the radial direction, and
• an end portion of the space in an axial direction of the cylinder is open to the outside.