Patent · US Expired

Mechanism for transporting and positioning printing masters

US4453708A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 2, 1981
Grant dateJun 12, 1984
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2701/1928
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A mechanism for transporting and positioning printing plates in a processing unit comprising a plate holder for storing printing plates which are to be transported to an exposure table, said plate holder being pivotable between a horizontal position and a vertical position and abutting a pair of roller guides when it is in its vertical position, a horizontally displaceable suction means for grasping the foremost printing plate of a supply of plates in the plate holder by its uncoated reverse side, and for transporting the printing plate to a position above a gripping device, and opposed positioning means arranged above this gripping device, at least one of these positioning means being displaceable toward the other to position and maintain a printing plate in a predetermined desired position.

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