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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2002
Thomas Marincic, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Aron Mirmelshteyn, Marblehead, MA (US);
Joseph Lyons, Wilmington, MA (US);
Thomas Marincic, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Aron Mirmelshteyn, Marblehead, MA (US);
Joseph Lyons, Wilmington, MA (US);
Agfa Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for supporting and feeding printing plates in an imaging system. The apparatus includes a vacuum system for picking up an edge of a top printing plate from a stack of printing plates, and a peeling system including a pair of rotatable belts, a plurality of plate feed beams attached to, and extending between, the pair of rotatable belts, and a drive system for rotating the pair of rotatable belts to displace the plurality of plate feed beams between the top printing plate and an underlying printing plate in the stack of printing plates, thereby peeling the top printing plate from the stack of printing plates.