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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
May. 03, 1996
Jeffrey Mallows, Hertfordshire, GB;
Richard William Easton, Hertfordshire, GB;
David George Hare, Hertfordshire, GB;
Steven James Rust, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Gary Stamp, Bedfordshire, GB;
Crosfield Electronics Limited, Herts, GB;
Abstract
Apparatus for feeding flexible sheet (2) onto an inwardly facing curved surface (6) of an imagesetter comprises a feed system (3,4,7,8) for feeding the sheet from an input side onto and along the surface towards an output side. The feed system is also adapted to exert a force in the plane of the sheet (2) to cause the sheet to flex into conformity with the surface (6) and to form a ridge near one side. A monitoring system (12) monitors for formation of the ridge as an indication that the sheet conforms to the curved surface.