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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:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
James M. Argiros, Exeter, NH (US);
Jonathan D. Savage, Wilmington, MA (US);
Nicholas D'Alleva, Litchfield, NH (US);
Assignee:
Agfa Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/10 ; B41F 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/10 ; B41F 2/100 ;
Abstract
In an external drum imaging system, a plate locating mechanism and method for operation of same are provided for automatically locating printing plates of various sizes in a staging position so as to be mounted on a predetermined position on external drum of the imaging system. The predetermined position in a particular embodiment is substantially center-justified on the external drum to help prevent artifacts in the recorded image.