Patent · US Expired

Pin registration system for mounting different width printing plates

US6604465B2 · kind B2 · utility

12Cited by

5References

31Claims

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Assignee

Agfa NV · BE

Inventors

William W. Tice · Nashua, US
Dennis W. Dodge · Amherst, US
Thomas Marincic · Wilmington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 10, 2001
Grant date	Aug 12, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 10, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03F9/00
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A center justified pin registration system uses a plurality of pairs 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. 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. An alternate embodiment employs a plurality of pairs of registration pins having uniform thickness heads.

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