Patent · US Expired

Proofing machine

US4721383A · kind A · utility

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14References
8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 21, 1987
Grant dateJan 26, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 21, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B27/04
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is disclosed in accordance with this invention a proofing machine in which the means for exposing the proof paper comprises a light carriage adapted to be moved by the operator to an open position for loading proof paper and negatives and a closed position where the exposure is initiated and thereafter automatically terminated at the end of the exposure cycle and there is provided means for exposing a plurality of proofs of the same size simultaneously as well as to accommodate proofs of different size comprising a plurality of separate and selectively usable vacuum systems and systems of locator pins.

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