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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1988
Joseph Henderson, Long Beach, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
There is disclosed a storage and handling system for large flexible sheets such as printing plates. The system includes a rack which is of generally conventional construction having upright end standards or vertical posts that suspend at least one horizontal shelf. The shelf is provided with a plurality of horizontal tracks, each of which has a central, open channel along its bottom surface, to provide a slide receptacle. A T-bar is slidably and removably mounted in the open channel of each of these tracks. The T-bar has a plurality of apertures which are spaced, preferably at regular and predetermined distances, through its upright flange. These apertures receive removable two-ended hooks. The opposite ends of the hooks are inserted in apertures along one side edge of each of the printing plates. As the T-bar is completely removable from the rack, it also functions as a handling aid for the flexible printing plate, preventing the plate from bending or distorting and readily permitting a single operator to handle even the largest printing plates. A small rack is also provided as an accesory, having at least one track for temporarily mounting on the front of the storage rack, to provide a sheet handling station.