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US 4,408,530 AGranted
Automatic printing plate exchange system
AssigneeMitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTadashi Yano, Noriyuki Hoshino
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AssigneeMitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTadashi Yano, Noriyuki Hoshino
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An improved automatic printing plate exchange system is described herein, which comprises plate holding means adapted to be mounted to a printing plate while presenting a resilient effect as a whole and having anchor-shaped engaging sections along its front and rear edges, send-out means for sequentially sending out plates, which have been preliminarily arrayed in a predetermined order, up to a predetermined position, conveyor means for receiving the plate sent out from said send-out means by engaging with the anchor-shaped engaging section of said plate holding means and conveying the plate up to a predetermined position above a printing section, a printing cylinder on which said plate can be mounted, and delivery means for receiving the plate from the conveyor means by engaging with the anchor-shaped engaging section and delivering the plate to said printing cylinder.
An automatic printing plate exchange system comprising plate holding means adapted to be mounted to a printing plate while presenting a resilient effect as a whole and having anchor-shaped engaging sections along its front and rear edges, send-out means for sequentially sending out plates, which have been preliminarily arranged in a predetermined order, up to predetermined position, conveyor means for receiving the plate sent out from said send-out means by engaging with the anchor-shaped engaging section of said plate holding means and conveying the plate up to a predetermined position above a printing section, a printing cylinder on which said plate can be mounted, and delivery means for receiving the plate from the conveyor means by engaging with the anchor-shaped engaging section and delivering the plate to said printing cylinder.
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