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US 2010/0129190 A1Published application
Methods and apparatus for storing slip-sheets
OwnerJo A. L. Gromadzki, Martin C. Wightinventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for storing a slip-sheet removed from a stack of interleaved slip-sheets and printing plates. A materials handling system that separates a slip-sheet from a media stack that includes image recordable materials. A slip-sheet separates each of the image recordable materials from one another in the media stack. The slip-sheets removed from the stack are stored in a movable slip-sheet holder.
Claims17
A method for storing a slip-sheet, the method comprising:
- removing the slip-sheet from a media stack at a first position, the media stack including one or more slip sheets and one or more image recordable materials;
- moving the slip-sheet from the first position to a second position;
- moving a slip-sheet holder from a third position to a fourth position, the slip-sheet holder positioned at the fourth position being in the vicinity of the slip-sheet positioned at the second position, and
- depositing the slip-sheet into the slip-sheet holder positioned at the fourth position.
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