- Patent Title: Method for conveying printing forms during the changeover of printing forms and printing machine having a printing tower and a vertically movable storage device
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Application No.: US14912936Application Date: 2014-06-11
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Publication No.: US09701105B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Karl Schäfer
- Applicant: KOENIG & BAUER AG
- Applicant Address: DE Wurzburg
- Assignee: Koenig & Bauer AG
- Current Assignee: Koenig & Bauer AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Wurzburg
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Priority: DE102013216661 20130822; DE102013216665 20130822
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/062064 WO 20140611
- International Announcement: WO2015/024681 WO 20150226
- Main IPC: B41F27/12
- IPC: B41F27/12 ; B41F27/00 ; B41F27/06 ; B41F7/12

Abstract:
A printing machine has a printing tower with a plurality of printing units arranged one above the other and a printing form changeover system having at least one vertically movable storage device for printing forms. A first machine plane, which is associated with one or a plurality of first printing units, is provided. A conveying system, which can move the vertically movable storage device from a loading position located in the region of the first machine plane to an advanced position which is vertically spaced apart, is provided. In addition to the vertically movable storage device, an additional storage device which is associated with the first printing unit of the printing tower is provided.
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