Patent ID: 8413581
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: B41C,B41P,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method for handling printing plates, which comprises the steps of: providing a multiplicity of printing plates as a printing plate stack on at least one storage plane being a tray substantially without continuous lateral vertical boundaries on three sides; providing the storage plane in a first section of a device for handling the printing plates, the first section being a storage device; preventing vertical movements of the storage plane in the first section; moving the storage plane in a first direction horizontally from the first section into a second section with a transfer element for a complete transfer of a storage plane from the first section to the second section and vice versa, the second section being a lifting device having a lifting gear for moving the storage planes vertically at least into a first and a second position, and at least one of the lifting device and the storage device having a drawer for moving the storage plane horizontally out of one of the lifting device and the storage device; moving the storage plane vertically in the second section into one of the first position and the second position;