Pin registration system for mounting different width printing plates

US6321651A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Agfa NV · BE

Inventors

• William W. Tice · Nashua, US
• Dennis W. Dodge · Amherst, US
• Thomas Marincic · Wilmington, US
• Christopher Evans · Kennesaw, US
• Roger L. Audet · Salem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2000
• Grant date: Nov 27, 2001
• Expiry date: May 15, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S101/36
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A pin registration system uses a plurality of registration pins having different thickness heads to align an edge of a printing plate when mounting the plate to a drum of an imaging system. The registration pins are optionally adjustable along the longitudinal axis of the drum. The registration system avoids the requirement to punch holes or notches in a printing plate and does not require adjusting the thickness of a common registration pin. The registration system allows printing plates having different widths to be mounted without necessitating adjustments of the registration pins.