Patent ID: 7934452

Claim:
A plate storage device for use with a forme cylinder of a rotary printing press, said plate storage device comprising: a plurality of storage compartments in said plate storage device and arranged spaced at a distance from one another, each one of said plurality of spaced storage compartments having at least one opening area facing the forme cylinder of the rotary each one of said plurality of spaced storage compartments being adapted to store at least one of a used printing forme removed from the forme cylinder of the rotary printing press and a new printing forme to be loaded on the forme cylinder of the rotary printing press; at least one plate storage device positioning device, said at least one plate storage device positioning device being adapted to selectively adjust said at least one opening area of each one of at least two of said plurality of spaced storage compartments facing the forme cylinder, in each one of said opening area's operating state of engagement against the forme cylinder, into the same spatial position relative to the forme cylinder, at different points in time; and at least one printing forme conveyor device selectively engagable with at least two of said printing forrmes stored in at least one of said plurality of spaced storage compartments, said at least one plate storage device positioning device being usable to selectively adjust said spaced storage compartments relative to said at least one printing forme conveyor device.