The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1987
Toshio Endo, Shiroishi, JP;
Mitsuo Sato, Shibata, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermally operated plate making apparatus with a capability of producing a plate which carries a plurality of images of a small-size original document side by side thereon by a continuous operation includes a document transport roller pair for transporting an original document, a reading device made up of optical elements a CCD image sensor and others for reading the document and sensors for sensing the transport conditions of the document, and a writing device made up of a thermal head for engraving an image of the document in a stencil and a stencil transport roller pair for transporting the stencil. A control device is provided for controlling the entire apparatus to engrave a plurality of document images in a plate making area of the stencil in a continuous manner. The control device comprises a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, etc.