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US 5,847,901 AGranted
Apparatus for removing a plate holder from and/or returning it to an exchangeable magazine
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorAlexander Hirsch
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AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorAlexander Hirsch
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An apparatus for removing a plate holder from and/or returning it to an exchangeable magazine with at least one plate holder in which plate-shaped objects are deposited one in each. One side of the plate holders provided with a rack engaged by a feed gear actuable by a gearing in two directions of rotation alternately. The feed gear has a tooth-free, raised zone arranged thereon in such a way as to engage with a corresponding tooth-free zone on the rack of the plate holder at the beginning of the withdrawing movement. The feed gear is peripherally provided with a projection which is offset towards the raised zone and pushes the plate holder into a defined final position in the magazine. In this position, the feed gear and the rack of the plate holder are in a disengaged condition. The projection of the feed gear has a right-angled, radially projecting face co-operating with the front face of the plate holder.
Apparatus for removing and returning a plate holder adapted to receive a plate-shaped object, from and to an exchangeable magazine having at least one plate holder, comprising:
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