JPH062404B2 - Automatic printing plate distributor on a rotary press - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION a. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention automatically and sequentially sorts printing plates sequentially made from a plate making machine up to a predetermined position on a predetermined plate cylinder of a predetermined printing unit in a rotary press room in which a large number of printing units are aligned. The present invention relates to a printing plate distribution, ie, assortment delivery device, which is carried and then unloaded.

b. 2. Description of the Related Art In general, the arrangement and number of printing plates attached to one plate cylinder are, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, two rows of a and b surfaces in the circumferential direction of the plate cylinder and one of the plate cylinders. With 4 rows in the axial direction, 4 sheets (a1 to a4) on the a side and 4 sheets (b1 to b on the b side)
4) A total of 8 printing plates are attached to the plate cylinder. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, the total number of printing plates attached to all plate cylinders of all 16 printing units is an enormous number of 8 × 2 × 16 = 256 sheets. After a large number of printing plates have been created in the plate making room,
It must be properly distributed to the desired position on the desired plate cylinder. Moreover, the distribution and sorting work of such a new printing plate needs to be swift, and especially in the case of newspaper printing, the swiftness is required to the maximum.

Conventionally, it takes a lot of time, labor, and labor cost because an operator selects a printing plate made from a plate, confirms the contents, and brings it to a predetermined plate cylinder.

On the other hand, the work of collecting used printing plates from each plate cylinder surface is only necessary to remove them from the plate cylinder surface, and then to carry them out to the same waste plate warehouse at an appropriate time. Nor is swiftness required.

Regarding the automatic attachment / detachment device that attaches and detaches the printing plate at a predetermined position on the plate cylinder, there is Japanese Patent Application No. 57-023791 by the same applicant prior to the patent application of the present application,
Also, regarding the printing plate feeding / discharging automatic device that carries in and supplies the printing plate from the outside toward the peripheral surface of the plate cylinder and further removes the printing plate from the peripheral surface of the plate cylinder and carries it out to the outside, the present patent application Prior to that, there is Japanese Patent Application No. 57-071697 by the same applicant.

c. OBJECT OF THE INVENTION The first object of the present invention is different from the above two prior patent applications, and in order to meet the demand for swiftness of distribution, apart from the collection of used printing plate, The purpose is to create and provide an automatic distribution device of a printing plate with a predetermined place of a printing unit.

A second object of the present invention is to automate a large amount of time required for the work up to now to speed up the work, and at the same time, reduce the labor of the worker and reduce the labor cost. It is to create and provide a device for surely distributing.

d. Configuration of the Invention According to the configuration of the present invention, the printing plate loading station is provided in the plate making chamber, while the printing plate unloading station is provided in the printing unit in the rotary press chamber, and each plate cylinder is provided between the loading station and the unloading station. An endless conveyor for transporting the printing plate is installed so as to make a loop through a side parallel to the axis of the A main line conveyor that connects the stations is provided, and a printing plate transfer station is provided between these conveyors. On the other hand, the destination display code is processed on the printing plate to be conveyed, and the code is read and read. The principle is to give an operation instruction to the station where the printing plate is to be unloaded.

If the number of printing units installed is large, sort them into groups and install a plurality of printing plate transporting conveyors independently for each group, and each of these conveyors starts at the loading station. Straight line method, or
While each group has its own local conveyor that goes around independently, a main line conveyor that connects these local conveyors and the loading station is provided, and a printing plate transfer station is provided between the above two systems of conveyors. The printing plate is distributed to desired printing units according to the mounting method.

e. Embodiments The constitution of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to newspaper printing examples.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, a rectangular soundproof room surrounded by a soundproof wall 16 is divided into left and right by a middle wall 17, and the left side is, for example, 16
Rotary press room 18 in which four printing units P1 to P16 and four folding machines F1 to F4 are aligned, and the right side is, for example, four plate making machines B1 to B1.
B4 is aligned with the plate making machine room 19. In FIG. 2, most of the plate making machine room 19 is omitted. An operation passage for an operator is pierced at the center of the rotary press room 18 in the longitudinal direction, and the printing units and the folding machines are respectively arranged on the left and right sides of the passage, and when designating a portion of each unit. The side near the passage is called the operating side OS, and the side away from the passage is called the driving side DS.

As shown in FIG. 10, one printing unit is provided with two plate cylinders, and the plate cylinder on the right side when viewed from the operating side OS is 20
R and the left plate cylinder is 20L.

Generally, the arrangement and the number of printing plates attached to one plate cylinder are two rows in the circumferential direction of the plate cylinder, a plane and b surface, and four columns in the axial direction of the plate cylinder (see FIG. 11). In the state, 4 pieces (a
1 to a4), and 4 sheets (b1 to b4) on the b side, a total of 8 printing plates are attached to the plate cylinder. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, when all 16 printing units are in operation, the total number of printing plates attached to all plate cylinders is an enormous amount of 8 × 2 × 16 = 256 sheets. The present invention is intended to be carried out fully automatically, quickly, and in an orderly manner, without manual labor of workers.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the margin portion provided along the edge of the printing plate 21, that is, in the non-printing portion 21a, which printing drum 21 is attached to which position of which plate cylinder, the destination display code 22 ( The address code) is processed. The code is first
As shown in the drawing, the code processing machines M1 to M4 are provided adjacent to the plate making machines B1 to B4, respectively. The code is processed by punching with a punching machine or by printing with a printing machine.

Those that are required to be displayed as the address code of the print version are a. Designation of printing units P1 to P16 b. Designation of left and right LR of plate cylinder c. Designation of the circumferential positions a and b of the plate cylinder, and d. This is the designation of axial positions 1 to 4 of the plate cylinder. Therefore, for example, the address of b1 of the plate cylinder 20R in FIG. 11 is displayed as P2 × R × b1, which means that it is the first circle from the axial operating side of the plate cylinder on the right side of the No. 2 printing unit. It is a printing plate to be mounted in direction b.

The printing plate 21 processed with the sorting code is transferred from the loading station 23 to an endless conveyor for transportation.

When only one transport conveyor is installed, and when only one main conveyor and one local conveyor are installed, the following selection is not required, but a plurality of such conveyors are provided as in the illustrated embodiment. Book (4 in Figure 1 C1-C
4, two MC1 and MC2 in FIG. 2) are installed, a reading device 26 for the destination display code 22 is provided immediately before the loading station 23, and the code is read by the device, and the printing plate is A transport conveyor to be loaded is designated, and the printing plate is loaded on the designated conveyor at a position similar to the platform on which the conveyor is loaded and unloaded.

When the number of printing units installed is large, each unit is sorted by installation area to form a group, and a transport conveyor is erected independently for each group.

In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the printing units P1 to P4 are the first conveyor C1 and the printing units P5 to P8 are the second conveyor C.
2, P9 to P12 are shared by the third conveyor C3, and P13 to P16 are similarly shared by the fourth conveyor C4, and all of the conveyors C1 to C4 correspond to the starting station. station
It adopts a direct transportation method that concentrates on 23.

On the other hand, in the embodiment of FIG. 2, an endless local conveyor LC1 in which a large number of printing units are organized into two small groups, for example, and each group makes one round
While the LC8 is installed, two endless main line conveyors MC1 and MC2 are installed and connected to the local conveyor, and a section where the two conveyors move in parallel is provided and a printing plate transfer station is provided in the section. It has a transfer type transfer mode in which 24 units are installed and transferred.

In this transfer system, the destination display code readers 27 are respectively installed immediately before the sections where the main conveyors MC1 and MC2 are parallel with the local conveyors LC1 to LC4 and LC5 to LC8, and the printing plates are transferred there. A command is given to the power transfer station 24.

Further, each of the conveyors C1 to C4 and LC1 to LC8 is provided with a section which is close to the plate cylinder and passes laterally parallel to its axis, and the printing plate unloading stations 25 are installed in the sections, respectively. Immediately before entering the section, destination display code readers 28 are provided, and a command is given to the unloading station 25 where the printing plates should be unloaded. The unloading station 25 has four rows b1 to b4 in the axial direction of the plate cylinder.
, And the unloading position is also specified by the command.

The printing plate 21 produced by the plate making machines B1 to B4 in the plate making chamber 19 in this manner is a predetermined printing unit P1 in the rotary press chamber 18.
~ P16, a predetermined circumferential direction a of a predetermined plate cylinder L or R
Alternatively, it is fully automatically distributed to the predetermined mounting positions in the axial directions 1 to 4 of b.

The above-mentioned operations are executed by various well-known automatic controls that are online in the computer, and the details thereof will be omitted. The configurations and operations of the stations 23, 24, 25 will be described below.

(A) Loading Station (FIGS. 5 to 8) The loading station 8 is composed of a loading section, an elevating section, and a swiveling section, and the loading section carries conveyors 29, 30 for carrying the printing plate 21.
And a stopper 31 that operates when waiting is required, and a stop positioning stopper 32, and the lifting unit includes an endless chain conveyor 33 that stands upright on one side of the conveyor 30 and a lifting plate 34 that is connected to the chain. The rotating part is equipped with a motor 35
The basic axis that is given 90 ° rotation from the neutral position to the left and right
36 and a soccer 38 that moves back and forth in the horizontal direction by the action of the air cylinder 37 on the base axis.

The printing plate 21 is first carried into the lower part of the loading station 24 by the action of the conveyors 29 and 30, and is positioned by the positioning stopper.
Stopped by 32.

When the subsequent printing plate is carried in on the conveyor 29 while the preceding printing plate is still on the conveyor 30, a waiting stopper 31 is provided to prevent the subsequent printing plate from entering.
Is activated and the subsequent printing plate is kept waiting at the entrance for the required time.

Next, an endless chain conveyor 33 is used to lift the elevator plate 34.
When the plate rises from the lower side to the upper side, the upper end of the lift plate 34 is hooked on the bent portion of the printing plate 21, and the printing plate is hung (see FIGS. 8A and 8B) and carried to the upper limit position ( (See FIG. 8C).

Then, the air cylinder 37 of the turning part is activated and the soccer 38
Moves forward, sucks and supports the printing plate 21, and then football
38 retreats. Since the lowering of the elevating plate 34 is started for a moment earlier than the retreating operation, the printing plate follows the soccer 38 and is retracted without being blocked (see FIG. 8E).

When the printing plate 21 is to be loaded on the transport conveyor C2 on the right side, it is turned 90 ° to the right by the drive of the motor 35. When the printing plate 21 is to be loaded on the left conveyor C3, it is rotated 90 ° to the left by the reverse rotation of the motor 35.

FIG. 8 (F) shows a state in which the motor 35 has swung toward the right conveyer C2, and FIG. 8 (G) is the same state view as seen from the line GG in FIG. 8 (F).

When the sucker 38 advances again by the air cylinder 37 at that position, the upper end bent portion of the printing plate 21 is caught by the gripper 39 of the transport conveyor C2, and sucking of the sucker is temporarily interrupted, and at the same time, the sucker 38 is sucked by the air cylinder 37. 38 retracts (see Figure 8I).

Thus, the loading of the printing plate 21 at the loading station 24 is completed.

The rotation of the motor 35 in the forward and reverse directions of 90 ° means that the printing plate is loaded.
The destination display code 22 processed on the 21 is determined by the designated code of the printing unit obtained by being read by the code reading device 26, 26, and the printing plate 21 is provided on the side of the conveyor that goes to the printing unit. It is being supplied.

(B) Unloading station (Figs. 9 to 12) Unloading stations 25 are independently set in four sets along the side parallel to the axis of the plate cylinder 20R or 20L (two sets are not shown in Fig. 11). ) It is provided. This consists of 4 rows (1
To 4) are provided corresponding to the mounting of the printing plate.

Each of the four sets of unloading stations is composed of a delivery claw 40 and a hanging claw 41. The delivery claws 40 form a pair in the front and rear, and they are common air cylinder 42 via a bell crank arm. It is connected to the rod of the
Projects from the lower part to the upper part of the front, and when the rod returns, it lays downwards. A printing plate positioning stopper 43 is attached to the front delivery claw. The hanging claw 41 is provided below the delivery claw 40 while being fixed to the side wall of the frame.

The printing plate 21 is carried by the gripper 39 of the conveyor C1 and advances, and when the printing plate 21 passes through the destination code readers 28, 28 provided immediately before it advances to the unloading station 25, the code is changed. Read.

As a result of the code reading, when it does not belong to the plate cylinder, the unloading station of the plate cylinder does not operate at all, so that the printing plate passes by the side of the plate cylinder.

As a result of the code reading, when belonging to the plate cylinder, the designated one of the four unloading stations is activated, and the other three are not activated.

The delivery claw 40 that has received the operation command causes the delivery claw 40 to project forward and upward from the standby posture of FIG. 12A by the action of the air cylinder 42 (see FIG. 12B). As the operation timing, a method of confirming the approach of the printing plate by using a limit switch or a photoelectric conversion device, or a method of converting the traveling distance of the conveyor C having a constant traveling speed into the number of pulses is used.

Just before the front edge of the printing plate 21 hits the front side stopper 43 of the delivery claw 40, the gripper 39 is opened by the action of a cam (not shown) by a timer, and the opening bends the upper bent portion of the printing plate 21. It falls on the claw 40 (see FIG. 12C).

The claw 40 that has received the printing plate 21 descends by the air cylinder 42 and transfers the printing plate 21 to the hanging claw 41 (see FIG. 12D).

(C) Transfer Station (Figs. 13 to 15) The station 24 for transferring the printing plate 21 from the main line conveyor MC system to the local conveyor LC system is a swing plate 44.
It is composed of a push-up claw 45 and an air blowing nozzle 46, and the inclined plate 44 is in an upright position directly below the main line conveyor MC1, and its tip is in an inclined position directly below the local conveyor LC2. It is operated by the air cylinder 47 via the crank lever, and the push-up claw 45 moves the inclined plate 44.
Is operated by an air cylinder 48 via a one-character lever so that the printing plate 21 drops from the moment when the printing plate 21 drops due to the opening of the gripper 39 of the main conveyor MC1 from the local conveyor LC2. In order to keep the printing plate 21 attached on the inclined plate 44 until it is hooked on the gripper 39, air is blown onto the printing plate 21 from diagonally above.

The printing plate 21 is carried by the gripper 39 of the main line conveyor MC1 and advances, and when the printing plate 21 passes through the destination code reading devices 27, 27 provided immediately before it advances to the transfer station 24, the code is changed. As a result, the transfer station 24 operates only when the destination is a destination belonging to the local conveyor LC2.

The inclined plate 44 that has received the operation command is displaced from the inclined posture (FIG. 15A) to the upright posture (FIG. 15B) by the action of the air cylinder 47, and at the same time as the displacement is completed, the main conveyor M
While the gripper 39 of C1 is opened, air blowing from the nozzle 46 is started (FIG. 15C).

Thereafter, the inclined plate 44 is inclined by the action of the air cylinder 47, and its displacement is stopped at the angle where the upper end of the inclined plate 44 is directed upwards (FIG. 15D).

Next, when the push-up claw 45 is pushed up by the action of the air cylinder 48, the lower end of the printing plate 21 is pushed up by the claw, so that the upper end of the printing plate 21 eventually reaches the gripper 39 of the local conveyor LC2. At this time, the gripper 39 is opened (see FIG. 15E), the upper bent portion of the printing plate 21 is hooked, and the gripper is closed (see FIG. 15F). Thus, the transfer of the printing plate is completed.

f. EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As described in detail above, the first aspect of the present invention relates to the distribution of the new printing plate to the peripheral surface of the plate cylinder and the discharge of the used printing plate.
As a result of omitting the latter, which does not handle both operations equally, gives the former superiority and omits the latter which is not required to be swift, it is possible to go straight into the conveyor for transporting the new printing plate to the side parallel to the axis of each plate cylinder. Since it was able to be installed like this, together with the reading of the destination code display processed on the new printing plate,
The new printing plate can be loaded and unloaded and distributed to the closest positions corresponding to the mounting positions of the respective plate cylinders, and in particular, it exerts a remarkable effect in the case of newspaper printing in which quick news coverage is a life.

Furthermore, in the second aspect of the present invention, the above concept is divided between the main conveyor and the local conveyor, and a transfer system for transferring a new printing plate from the former to the latter has been developed. We made it possible to respond promptly, to slow down the progress after transferring to a short-distance local conveyor, and prepare for unloading.

Furthermore, a third aspect of the present invention ensures that the single conveyor orthogonal system according to the first aspect of the present invention is arranged in parallel for each of a plurality of areas to ensure promptness of the printing plate carry-in even when there are a large number of printing units. While making it possible to distribute the printing plates in order.

Further, a fourth aspect of the present invention provides the effect of the second aspect of the invention even when a large number of printing units are provided by arranging the trunk line local transit system of the second aspect of the invention in parallel for each of the plural areas. I made it possible.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an explanatory plan view illustrating a specific embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory plan view illustrating a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. Is a plan view for explaining the printing plate used in the present invention, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 1 and FIG. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the printing plate loading station, Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken along line 6-6 of Fig. 5, Fig. 7 is a plan view of Fig. 5, and Fig. 8 is a sequential operation of the printing plate loading station. FIG. 9 is an enlarged side view seen from the line 9-9 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 10 is an enlarged side view seen from the line 10-10 in FIG.
The unloading station for printing plates is shown. FIG. 11 is a plan view seen from the line 11-11 of FIG. 10, and details of the right half are omitted. FIG. 12 is an explanatory view sequentially showing the operation of the printing plate unloading station, FIG. 13 is a longitudinal sectional view of the printing plate transfer station taken along the line 13 in FIG. 2 and FIG. 14 is FIG. FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line 14, and FIG. 15 is an explanatory view sequentially showing the operation of the printing plate transfer station. 16 ... Soundproof wall, 17 ... Middle wall, P1-P16 ... Printing unit, F1-F4 ... Folding machine, B1-B4 ... Plate making machine, 18 ... Rotary press room, 19 ... Plate making machine room, OS ... Operating side, DS ... Driving side, 20R ... plate cylinder on the right side as seen from the operating side, 20L ... plate cylinder on the left side as seen from the operating side, a1 to a4 and b1 to b4 ... Arrangement and number of printing plates attached to one plate cylinder, 21 ... printing plate, 21a ... margin part, 22 ... destination display code, M1 to M4 ... code processing machine, 23 ... loading station, C1 to C4 ... conveying conveyor, LC1 to LC8 ... local conveyor, MC1 to MC2 ... main line conveyor, 24 ... Transfer station, 25 ... Unload station, 26 ... Destination display code reader in loading section, 27 ... Destination display code reader in transfer section, 28 ... Destination display code reader in unload section, 29, 30 … Carry-in conveyor, 31, 32… Topper, 33 ... Chain conveyor, 34 ... Elevating plate, 35 ... Motor, 36 ... Base shaft, 37 ... Air cylinder, 38 ... Soccer, 39 ... Gripper, 40 ... Delivery claw, 41 ... Hanging claw, 42 ... Air cylinder, 43 … Stopper, 44… Inclined plate, 45… Push-up claw, 46… Air blowing nozzle, 47… Air cylinder, 48… Air cylinder.

Claims (32)

[Claims] 1. A printing plate loading station provided in a plate making chamber, a printing plate unloading station provided in a printing unit in a rotary press chamber, and an axis of each plate cylinder between the loading station and the unloading station. A single endless conveyor for transporting the printing plate, which is installed so as to make a loop through parallel sides, a destination display code processed on the printing plate, and the printing plate is unloaded by reading the code. An automatic distribution device of printing plates in a rotary press, which comprises control means for giving an operation instruction to a station to be performed. 2. As an example of a destination display code, discrimination of a printing unit to unload the printing plate, discrimination of right and left of a plate cylinder in the printing unit, and attachment of the plate cylinder in an axial direction and a circumferential direction. An automatic printing plate distributor in a rotary press according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a position distinction. 3. An automatic printing plate distributor in a rotary press according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a destination display code is attached to a margin of the printing plate. 4. The automatic printing plate distributor in a rotary press according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the destination display code is displayed by a perforation code. 5. An automatic printing plate distributor in a rotary press according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the destination display code is displayed by a printing means. 6. An automatic printing plate distributing device in a rotary press according to claim 1, wherein a destination display code processing machine is incorporated in the plate making machine. 7. An automatic printing plate distributor for a rotary press according to claim 1, wherein a destination display code processing machine is connected to a plate making machine. 8. An automatic printing plate distributor for a rotary press according to claim 1, wherein a destination display code processing machine is provided between the loading station and the plate making machine. 9. A printing plate loading station provided in a plate making chamber, a printing plate unloading station provided with a printing unit in a rotary press chamber, and an endless local for printing plate transportation installed so as to go around the unloading station. A conveyor, an endless trunk conveyor erected with a section parallel to the local conveyor so as to make a circuit between the above-mentioned loading station and the local conveyor, and a parallel section between the trunk conveyor and the local conveyor. Each printing plate transfer station provided, a destination display code processed on the printing plate, a station to which the printing plate is loaded by reading the code, a station to be transferred, and an unloading station. Automatic distribution of printing plates on a rotary press comprising control means for giving operating instructions to stations Location. 10. As an example of a destination display code, discrimination of a printing unit to unload the printing plate, discrimination of right and left of a plate cylinder in the printing unit, and attachment of the plate cylinder in an axial direction and a circumferential direction. 10. An automatic printing plate distributor in a rotary press according to claim 9, characterized in that it has position distinction. 11. A destination display code is attached to a margin of a printing plate, as claimed in claim 9 or 10.
An automatic printing plate dispenser for a rotary press according to paragraph. 12. An automatic printing plate distributor in a rotary press according to claim 9, 10, or 11, wherein the destination display code is displayed as a perforation code. 13. An automatic printing plate distributor in a rotary press according to claim 9, 10 or 11, wherein the destination display code is displayed by a printing means. 14. An automatic printing plate distributing device in a rotary press according to claim 9, wherein a destination display code processing machine is incorporated in the plate making machine. 15. An automatic printing plate distributing device in a rotary press according to claim 9, wherein a destination display code processing machine is connected to a plate making machine. 16. An automatic printing plate distributor for a rotary press according to claim 9, wherein a machine for processing the destination display code is provided between the loading station and the plate making machine. 17. A plurality of printing plate loading stations provided in a plate making chamber, a printing plate unloading station provided in a printing unit in a rotary press chamber, each printing unit group in which the printing units are classified according to installation, and A plurality of endless conveyors for transporting the printing plates, each of which is erected so as to make one cycle independently for each group between the plurality of loading stations and the unloading station in each of the printing unit groups, and processing on the printing plates An automatic printing plate distributing device in a rotary press, comprising: a destination display code that is displayed; and a control unit that reads the coat and gives an operation instruction to a station where the printing plate is to be loaded and a station where the printing plate is to be unloaded. 18. As an example of a destination display code, discrimination of a printing unit to unload the printing plate, discrimination of right and left of a plate cylinder in the printing unit, and attachment of the plate cylinder in an axial direction and a circumferential direction. 18. An automatic printing plate distributor in a rotary press according to claim 17, characterized in that it has a position distinction. 19. A destination display code is attached to a margin of a printing plate, as claimed in claim 17 or 18.
An automatic printing plate dispenser for a rotary press according to paragraph. 20. An automatic printing plate distributor in a rotary press according to claim 17, 18, or 19, wherein the destination display code is displayed by a perforation code. 21. A printing plate automatic distribution device for a rotary press according to claim 17, 18, or 19, wherein the destination display code is displayed by a printing means. 22. An automatic printing plate distributing device in a rotary press according to claim 17, wherein a destination display code processing machine is incorporated in the plate making machine. 23. An automatic printing plate distributor for a rotary press according to claim 17, wherein a machine for processing the destination display code is connected to a plate making machine. 24. An automatic printing plate distributor for a rotary press according to claim 17, wherein a machine for processing the destination display code is provided between the loading station and the plate making machine. 25. A printing plate loading station provided in a plate making chamber, a printing plate unloading station provided in a printing unit in a rotary press chamber, each printing unit group in which the printing unit is classified according to installation, and each printing. A plurality of endless local conveyors for transporting the printing plates, which are erected so as to go around the unloading stations in each group independently for each unit group, and one cycle between the loading station and the plurality of local conveyors. As described above, an endless trunk line conveyor provided with a section parallel to the local conveyor, a printing plate transfer station provided in each parallel section of the trunk conveyor and the local conveyor, and processing on the printing plate The specified destination display code and the step where the printing plate should be loaded by reading the code. And a control means for giving an operation instruction to the station to be transferred and the station to be unloaded, and an automatic printing plate distributing device in a rotary press. 26. As an example of a destination display code, discrimination of a printing unit to unload the printing plate, discrimination of right and left of a plate cylinder in the printing unit, and attachment of the plate cylinder in an axial direction and a circumferential direction. 26. An automatic printing plate distributor in a rotary press according to claim 25, characterized in that it has different positions. 27. The claim 25 or 26, wherein the destination display code is attached to a margin of the printing plate.
An automatic printing plate dispenser for a rotary press according to paragraph. 28. An automatic printing plate distributor in a rotary press according to claim 25, 26 or 27, wherein the destination display code is displayed by a perforation code. 29. An automatic printing plate distributor in a rotary press according to claim 25, 26 or 27, wherein the destination display code is displayed by a printing means. 30. An automatic printing plate distributor for a rotary press according to claim 25, wherein a destination display code processing machine is incorporated in the plate making machine. 31. An automatic printing plate distributor for a rotary press according to claim 25, wherein a machine for processing the destination display code is connected to a plate making machine. 32. An automatic printing plate distributor for a rotary press according to claim 25, wherein a machine for processing the destination display code is provided between the loading station and the plate making machine.