Device for drawing a web into a printing press

A device for connecting a printing material web to a draw-in element of a rotary printing press, said device comprising:

• a reinforcement element having an attachment end adapted to be secured to an end of the printing material web, and a coupling end adapted to be engagable with the draw-in element of the rotary printing press, said attachment end and said coupling end of said reinforcement element being spaced from each other in a conveyance direction of the printing material web;
• a plurality of spaced catches on a side of said attachment end of said reinforcement element facing a first side of the end of the printing material web, said plurality of catches being adapted to interlockingly penetrate the printing material web to secure said attachment end of said reinforcement element to the end of the printing material web;
• and
• a counter element adapted to be placed adjacent a second side of the end of the printing material web and opposite from said plurality of catches, said counter element having a plurality of spaced catch receiving openings, said plurality of spaced catches and said plurality of catch receiving openings being engageable to clamp the end of the printing material web therebetween.