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US 4,281,922 AGranted
Plate feeding apparatus for printing apparatus
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorNobuo Matsumoto
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AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorNobuo Matsumoto
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A printing in which printing plates are transferred from an endless belt to a printing station and automatically aligned on a printing base plate and a flexible transparency is aligned with the printing plate. A transfer mechanism is provided between the endless conveyor belt and the printing station including a frame member rotatable about a position adjacent to the endless belt. Transfer and control rollers are provided to direct and incoming printing plates through the transfer mechanism to the printing station while maintaining proper alignment thereof. During the printing operation, the transfer mechanism is rotatable to a position which blocks light from a new printing plate upon the endless conveyor belt. A torque amplifying mechanism is provided for detaching the flexible printing sheets from above the printing plates in the printing station.
A plate feeding apparatus for feeding printing plates to a printing apparatus one after another in synchronization with the operation of the printing apparatus comprising feeding-out means engageable with the printing apparatus while a printing plate is being transferred from the feeding-out means to the printing apparatus and disengageable therefrom during printing of said printing plate, a front-end stopper means projectable from a base plate during feeding of said printing plate and retractable into said base plate during printing of said printing plate, and rear-end guide means provided at an end of the feeding-out means adapted to be received in an aperture in said base plate.
A plate feeding apparatus for feeding printing plate to a printing apparatus comprising:
A PS plate feeding apparatus comprising front-end positioning means provided in a delivery path of a PS plate comprising electrode means, transferring means for changing from a high delivery speed to a low delivery speed when the PS plate reaches a predetermined position with respect to the front-end positioning means, and feeding-out means for transferring the PS plate positioned by the front-end positioning means to succeeding process station, said feeding-out means being selectively coupled to and separated from the succeeding process station.
A close contact printing device comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.