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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1986
Filed:
May. 09, 1985
Minehiro Sakata, Hachiouji, JP;
Tamio Iwamoto, Hachiouji, JP;
Takeo Kadoi, Nishitama, JP;
Seiichi Honma, Hino, JP;
Yousuke Igarashi, Tachikawa, JP;
Iwatsu Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An exposure device for a platemaking apparatus has: a plate material feed unit consisting of a suction mechanism for feeding and stopping a plate material on an exposure unit, conveyor belts, drive motors and the like; two shielding curtains respectively rolled at two ends of the exposure unit and selectively extended on the exposure unit; shielding curtain drive units for independently driving the two shielding curtains; a setting unit for setting exposure conditions of a document image to be formed on the plate material; and a control unit for controlling the motors of the plate material feed unit and the shielding curtain drive units in a given relationship in response to the conditions set in the setting means, wherein an identical document image is formed on different positions of a single plate material a plurality of times.