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Apparatus for tensioning copy masters

US6002469A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

Bernhard Lorenz · Marzling, DE
Georg Kurzmaier · Greifenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 1998
Grant date	Dec 14, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03B27/6285
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for tensioning copy masters is described which has a guide for guiding the copy masters in a film transport direction (E). To place the copy masters under tension in a transverse direction (D) perpendicular to the film transport direction (E), the apparatus of the invention has a transverse tensioning device which includes clamping arrangement for clamping the copy masters. This clamping arrangement has a press-on member and a counter bearing, with the copy masters clamped between the press-on member and the counter bearing. The counter bearing of the invention is movable in the tensioning direction (D) perpendicular to the film transport direction (E).

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