Patent ID: 7559731

Claim:
A depot for rolls of material which are intended for processing in a web-fed rotary printing machine, said depot comprising: a web-fed rotary printing machine; a first shelf block located remote from said web-fed rotary printing machine; a second shelf block located adjacent said web-fed rotary printing machine, said first and second shelf blocks extending parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction; a central shelf block located between, and spaced laterally from said first and second shelf blocks and extending parallel to said first and second shelf blocks in said longitudinal direction; a first corridor extending longitudinally between said first shelf block and said central shelf block; a second corridor extending longitudinally between said second shelf block and said central shelf block; at least one storage space in said central shelf block and adapted to be filled and emptied with said rolls of material for use in said web-fed rotary printing machine from both longitudinal sides; a first shelf serving element located in said first corridor, and adapted to fill and to empty said at least one storage space in said central shelf block and either the first shelf block or the second shelf block; a second shelf serving element located in said second corridor and adapted to fill and to empty said at least one storage space in said central shelf block and an other of the first shelf block or the second shelf block; a stock reception area for receipt of said rolls of material intended for processing in said web-fed rotary printing machine; a roll of material preparation circuit usable to prepare said rolls of material for processing in said web-fed rotary printing machine; a roll of material transport track extending from said stock reception area to said first shelf block, said roll of material transport track being outside of, and bypassing, said roll of material preparation circuit; and a preparation circuit transport track between said central shelf block and said roll of material preparation circuit.