Apparatus for marking and ordering plate blanks, and load and receiving magazines therefor
US9156638B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R13/105
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for marking indicia on a plate blank where plate blanks are successively presented from a load magazine and moved to a printing station where the indicia is marked thereon and produce a finished plate. The finished plate is then moved into a receiving magazine where it is added to a stack of previously finished plates in a predetermined order corresponding the order in which the finished plates are produced. Also provided herein as a load magazine for presenting and having dispensed therefrom successive single plate blanks at a load magazine opening and a receiving magazine for receiving and stacking finished plates in a predetermined order.
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