Device for positioning a magazine for automatically changing printing plates

Device for movably positioning in a plurality of positions a magazine for automatically changing printing plates mounted on a plate cylinder in a printing machine for changing the printing plate of the plate cylinder, replacing the printing plates of the magazine, servicing the printing machine and normal operation, comprising means for mounting the magazine, including a vertical guide wherein the magazine is displaceable, and a horizontal shaft about which the magazine is swivelable, and drive means for displacing and swiveling the magazine, the magazine having means for replacing the printing plates thereon from above.

Device for movably positioning in a plurality of positions a magazine for automatically changing printing plates mounted in a plate cylinder in a printing machine having a printing unit for changing the printing plate of the plate cylinder, replacing the printing plates of the magazine, servicing the printing machine and normal operation, comprising means for mounting the magazine, including a vertical guide wherein the magazine is displaceable, and a horizontal shaft about which the magazine is swivelable, drive means for displacing and swiveling the magazine, and means for displacing the magazine so far upwardly into a servicing position that the printing unit is accessible for all servicing operations.

Device for movably positioning in a plurality of positions a magazine for automatically changing printing plates mounted on a plate cylinder in a printing machine for changing the printing plate of the plate cylinder, replacing the printing plates of the magazine, servicing the printing machine and normal operation, comprising means for mounting the magazine, including a vertical guide wherein the magazine is displaceable, and a horizontal shaft about which the magazine is swivelable, and drive means for displacing and swiveling the magazine, wherein the plate cylinder having a plate clamping and tensioning apparatus, and the magazine being movable by said displacing and swiveling means into a plate-changing position extending substantially tangentially to the plate cylinder, the printing plates, in said plate-changing position, being insertable into and removable from the plate clamping and tensioning apparatus of the plate cylinder, and including locking means for locking the magazine against vertical displacement and in the plate-changing position.

Device for movably positioning in a plurality of positions a magazine for automatically changing printing plates mounted on a plate cylinder in a printing machine for changing the printing plate of the plate cylinder, replacing the printing plates of the magazine, servicing the printing machine and normal operation, comprising means for mounting the magazine, including a vertical guide wherein the magazine is displaceable, and a horizontal shaft about which the magazine is swivelable, and drive means for displacing and swiveling the magazine, said vertical guide comprising respective fixed rails vertically disposed at opposite sides of the magazine, and respective displaceable vertical rails running in said fixed rails, said horizontal shaft being held in the respective displaceable rails on the opposite sides of the magazine, and including locking means for locking said shaft in a vertical position of the magazine.

Device for movably positioning in a plurality of positions of a magazine for automatically changing printing plates mounted on a plate cylinder in a printing machine for changing the printing plate of the plate cylinder, replacing the printing plates of the magazine, servicing the printing machine and normal operation, comprising means for mounting the magazine, including a vertical guide wherein the magazine is displaceable, and a horizontal shaft about which the magazine is swivelable, and drive means for displacing and swiveling the magazine, the plate cylinder having a Schmitz ring at respective ends thereof, and the magazine comprising two rollers each located opposite the respective Schmitz ring at the ends of the plate cylinder, said rollers, in the plate-changing positions, being in running contact with the Schmitz ring.

Device for movably positioning in a plurality of positions a magazine for automatically changing printing plates mounted on a plate cylinder in a printing machine for changing the printing plate of the plate cylinder, replacing the printing plates of the magazine, servicing the printing machine and normal operation, comprising means for mounting the magazine, including a vertical guide wherein the magazine is displaceable, and a horizontal shaft about which the magazine is swivelable, drive means for displacing and swiveling the magazine, and respective vertically extending fixed racks disposed at opposite sides of the magazine, respective gears connected by a connecting shaft and runningly engaging in said racks, and bearing means on the magazine for said connecting shaft.