Patents Assigned to Heidleberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft
  • Method and apparatus for feeding printing plates to a plate cylinder of a processing machine
    Patent number: 8181573
    Abstract: In an apparatus for feeding printing plates to a plate cylinder of a printing press, the printing plate is prealigned on stops outside the plate cylinder with a lateral offset and with an oblique skew. Then the printing plate is fed, in the thusly aligned position to the register pins of the plate cylinder, wherein the printing plate is finally aligned by lateral displacement and by a pivoting movement about the first register pin, until the printing plate bears with its receptacles against both register pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Heidleberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Greive, Rolf Hilpert, Alexander Knabe, Rainer Schmitt