Device for holding and feeding a printing plate to a printing cylinder of a printing machine

A device for holding and feeding a printing plate to a plate cylinder of a printing machine, comprising a holding device and a member having a supporting surface, the printing plate being disposable by one edge thereof on said supporting surface and being holdable in a predefinable alignment by said holding device, a mounting for movably supporting said holding device on the printing machine for moving said holding device from a rest position into a feeding position, a guide element having at least one guide surface, said guide element being movably mounted on said holding device and being movable with respect to said holding device from a rest position into a feeding position, said guide surface, in said feeding position, defining a feeding direction for feeding a printing plate to the plate cylinder, and a lever device connected to said guide element for operatively connecting said guide element to the printing machine, said guide element being movable automatically from said rest position into said feeding position by movement of said holding device from said rest position into said feeding position.