Eastman-kodak Company

Mark Silverman

Pavel Korolik

Tamir Olpak

Moshe Beres

Shay Regev

An apparatus for aligning and inserting a plate stack () into an automatic plate loader () in a predefined position. A plate pallet () carries the plate stack. A plate pallet adapter () adapted to carry the plate pallet, a centering element () attached to the plate pallet adapter aligns the plate stack in a center position relative to the plate pallet adapter. A guiding unit () is attached to the plate pallet adapter, configured to align to the plate pallet and guide the plate pallet adapter into the automatic plate loader. In one embodiment, a plate adapter positioning sensor () is configured to sense and notify () an operator when the pallet adapter reaches the predefined position ().

Limiting plate shifting within a plate pallet

A plate pallet alignment and loading apparatus () for originally packed plate pallet () into a printing plate imaging device () includes plate pallet adaptor () wherein the originally packed plate pallet () is placed on top; plate pallet position detectors () attach to the plate pallet adaptor (); a pallet alignment and loading apparatus () loads the plates from the originally packed plate pallet () into the printing plate imaging device; interleaf removal system () separates separation paper sheets placed between the plates; and plate pallet position correction actuators () corrects the plate pallet position in respect to the plate loading system () in response to pallet position results read from the plate pallet position detectors.

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Tel Aviv, Israel

Mark Silverman