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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1987
Takamichi Nishihama, Shiga, JP;
Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Shiga, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for positioning and holding a photosensitive material comprises: a case provided movably in a back-and-forth direction on a transparent plate held on a table frame of a copying apparatus; an overlay sheet to be spread over the photosensitive material, having one end fixed to a rear end of the transparent plate and another end held by a sheet roller in the case in a yieldable and retractable manner; stopper members provided on the table frame for placing the case in a desired position in the back-and-forth direction; contact members held by the case for positioning the photosensitive material in a transverse direction, with which at least two right-angled edges of the photosensitive material are brought into contact; and an evacuating device for evacuating air trapped between the overlay sheet and the transparent plate after positioning of the photosensitive material.