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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2002
David B. Larsen, Woburn, MA (US);
Jeffrey Scott Carter, Osceola, IN (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for removing a slip sheet from the top of a stack of printing plates. The apparatus includes a wing for covering an end section of the slip sheet, an air manifold coupled to an end of the wing, the air manifold including a plurality of orifices for directing streams of air along an underside of the wing to lift the end portion of the slip sheet off of the printing plate and toward the underside of the wing, a plurality of idler rollers rotatably mounted about the air manifold, and a clamping bar mounted to the wing for selectively pinching the lifted end section of the slip sheet against the underside of the wing, thereby capturing the slip sheet.