Automatic loader for unexposed printing plates

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5367360
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08140922

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An automatic loader loads multiple sizes of unexposed printing plates into an exposure unit without using cassettes. The cardboard shipping container is used as a cassette by removing the front wall. Plates are lifted and loaded by a vacuum system. Paper used to separate plates in shipping container is removed by two sets of motorized rollers. The top rollers slide the paper off the plate while the bottom rollers completely remove the separating paper from the shipping box in order to avoid jamming and allow the shipping box to be re-closed. Shipping container is used with the active side of the plates facing down in order to protect plates from accidental exposure.

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CREO INCBURNABY BRITISH COLUMBIA V5G 4M1

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Henthorne, Timothy J Vancouver, CA 1 18
McIlwraith, Lon W Delta, CA 4 31

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