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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:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Marincic, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Aron Mirmelshteyn, Marblehead, MA (US);
Assignee:
Agfa Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41L 4/714 ; B65H 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41L 4/714 ; B65H 3/08 ;
Abstract
A vacuum system is provided including a vacuum source and plurality of suction cups coupled to the vacuum source, wherein at least one of the suction cups is coupled to the vacuum source using a non-constricted fitting, and wherein at least one of the suction cups is coupled to vacuum source using a fixed orifice fitting. The vacuum system is configured to pick a top printing plate from the stack of printing plates, such that each suction cup coupled to the vacuum source using a non-constricted fitting is configured to always engage the top printing plate.