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AssigneeGerber Systems Corporation
InventorsFreddie G. Schimanski, Jerome A. Majesty, Dana W. Seniff, Alan W. Menard
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In a light-tight photoplotter, a system handles sheets of photosensitive media from an initial supply location through the photoplotter and advances them to final a location. The system includes a loading device interposed between the supply location and a workpiece support surface on which surface a work operation is conducted on the involved media sheet. It further includes an off-loading device positioned at the opposite end of the workpiece support surface and the collecting location. The loading device includes a locating mechanism which allows the involved media to be precisely oriented on the workpiece support surface in registry with two orthogonally oriented coordinated axis. The system further permits loading and unloading of covered cassettes in daylight without exposing the media supply to light which might otherwise be cast onto it. The system further provides for the safety locking of stacked media within the photoplotter to prevent inadvertent removal.
An article handling system for use in a photoplotter for moving an article along a path of travel from an initial position corresponding to the location of a supply of such articles to a final position corresponding to a location where articles are collected, said system comprising:
In a photoplotter of the type which creates graphic information on photosensitive media in sheet form, a system for handling such media, including advancing the media through the photoplotter along a path of travel from an initial position corresponding to a location of a supply of such media to a final position corresponding to a location where the media is collected, said system comprising;
A method for advancing material in sheet form from one position along a given path to another position remote from said one position, along which path said article undergoes a work operation, said method comprising;
An article handling system for moving an article along a path of travel from an initial position to a final position, said system comprising:
An article handling system for moving an article along a path of travel from an initial position to a final position, said system comprising:
In a photoplotter of the type which creates graphic information on photosensitive media in sheet form, a system for advancing media through the photoplotter, said system comprising;
In a photoplotter of the type which creates graphic information on photosensitive media in sheet form, a system for advancing media through the photoplotter, said system comprising;
A method for advancing material in sheet form from one position along a given path to another position remote from said one position, along which path said article undergoes a work operation, said method comprising;
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