公开(公告)号：US20240140743A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US17973718

申请日：2022-10-26

Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company

Inventor： Tamir Olpak ,  Alon Levy

IPC: B65H3/06 ,  B65H3/08 ,  B65H3/40

CPC classification number: B65H3/06 ,  B65H3/0816 ,  B65H3/40 ,  B65H2405/351 ,  B65H2405/52 ,  B65H2701/1928

Abstract: A printing plate picking mechanism includes a plate cassette stacking mechanism having an array of plate cassettes, each plate cassette adapted to hold a plurality of printing plates separated by intervening sheets of paper. A plate cassette movement mechanism is adapted to move a selected plate cassette to a printing plate loading position. A plate picker is adapted to contact and hold the leading edge of the topmost printing plate and transport it to plate transport pinch rollers. A paper picking unit includes a paper picker adapted to contact and hold a leading edge of a topmost sheet of paper in the selected plate cassette, and a plate guide positioned above the paper picker to guide the printing plate held by said plate picker. A vertical alignment system is adapted to vertically align the plate picker and the paper picking unit with the selected plate cassette.