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US 7,604,231 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for separating media combinations from a media stack
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsWilliam Yuen, Martin C. Wight
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for separating a media combination from a stack of interleaved slip-sheets and printing plates. A media combination is separated from a media stack, including image recordable materials and a slip-sheet, is separated. The media combination is gripped and flexed in a direction, and then flexed in a second direction.
Claims12
A method for moving a first combination of media from a media stack that includes one or more of combinations of media, the first combination of media being an uppermost combination of media in the media stack, the method comprising:
- moving at least one gripping member to a first position in the vicinity of the first combination of media;
- gripping a portion of the first combination of media with the at least one gripping member;
- bending the first combination of media along a first axis by moving the at least one gripping member to a second position, wherein the gripped portion of the first combination of media is moved away from the media stack;
- bending the first combination of media along a second axis by moving a flexing member into contact with the first combination of media, the second axis having a different orientation than the first axis;
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- wherein the first combination of media is repeatedly bent along the second axis.
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