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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger L. Audet, Salem, NH (US);
Salvator J. Calascibetta, Haverhill, MA (US);
Assignee:
Agfa Corporation Law & Patent Department, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 1/908 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 1/908 ;
Abstract
An apparatus which is capable of storing a plurality of printing plates includes a sleeve having one open end which receives the printing plates and a handle connected to the sleeve. The sleeve comprises two mutually-opposed surfaces which enclose all but one edge of each received printing plate. The edges are enclosed such that all of the edges, but one, are unexposed external to the apparatus and such that the one edge which is exposed is only partially exposed. The sleeve also includes a plurality of stiffening members therein for maintaining substantial rigidity thereof.