公开(公告)号：US20060245870A1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-02

申请号：US11415763

申请日：2006-05-02

申请人： Laurence Blake ,  Philip Rombult ,  Libor Krupica ,  David Larsen ,  James Folsom ,  Ross Freeman ,  Roger Jacques ,  Robert Ring ,  Gerald Smith

发明人： Laurence Blake ,  Philip Rombult ,  Libor Krupica ,  David Larsen ,  James Folsom ,  Ross Freeman ,  Roger Jacques ,  Robert Ring ,  Gerald Smith

IPC分类号： B65B69/00

CPC分类号： B65H1/266 ,  B41C1/1083 ,  B65H1/14 ,  B65H3/0816 ,  B65H3/44 ,  B65H3/54 ,  B65H2301/42256 ,  B65H2405/332 ,  B65H2405/35 ,  B65H2511/10 ,  B65H2511/20 ,  B65H2511/40 ,  B65H2701/1719 ,  B65H2701/18264 ,  B65H2701/1928 ,  B65H2801/21 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G03F7/2014 ,  G03F7/2055 ,  G03F7/24 ,  B65H2220/01 ,  B65H2220/02 ,  B65H2220/11

摘要： An apparatus is provided for positioning a plurality of cassettes within an automated printing plate handler. In a plate handler, a plurality of cassettes each contain a supply of printing plates for delivery to an automatic plate-recording device. The apparatus includes a separate support table for supporting each of the plurality of cassettes within the plate handler and an elevator device for moving each of the support tables along a vertical axis of the automated plate handler. The automated plate handler is configured to automatically position a selected cassette in a first position to facilitate removal of the cassette from the handler. The plate handler further includes a platform, which substantially forms an extension of the support table supporting the selected cassette in the first position. The platform provides a second position, at which the selected cassette is to be one of, loaded or unloaded. The selected cassette may be filled with a new supply of plates on the platform or the selected cassette may be removed from the platform and replaced by another cassette.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于将多个盒定位在自动印版处理器内的装置。 在板处理机中，多个盒每个都包含用于传送到自动板记录装置的印版供应。 该装置包括用于支撑板处理器内的多个盒中的每一个的单独的支撑台和用于沿着自动板处理器的垂直轴移动每个支撑台的升降装置。 自动化板处理器被配置为将所选择的盒自动定位在第一位置以便于从处理器移除盒。 板处理器还包括平台，其基本上形成支撑台的支撑台的第一位置的延伸部。 该平台提供第二位置，在该位置，所选择的盒式磁带将被装载或卸载。 所选择的盒可以在平台上填充新的板供应，或者所选择的盒可以从平台移除并被另一个盒替换。

公开(公告)号：US20130279647A1

公开(公告)日：2013-10-24

申请号：US13453203

申请日：2012-04-23

申请人： Libor Krupica ,  Wei Ye

发明人： Libor Krupica ,  Wei Ye

IPC分类号： G01N23/04 ,  H04B10/00 ,  H01Q5/00

CPC分类号： A61B6/032 ,  A61B6/56 ,  A61B6/563 ,  G01N23/046 ,  G01N2223/419 ,  H01Q1/36 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q3/005 ,  H01Q3/04 ,  H01Q5/25

摘要： Among other things, one or more data-links for transferring information between a stationary unit and a movable (e.g., rotating) unit, or between two movable units without contact between the units is provided. A transmitting antenna of a data-link comprises at least two capacitive conducting portions, a first portion configured to conduct signals having a first frequency range (e.g., a higher frequency range) and a second portion configured to conduct signals having a second frequency range (e.g., a lower frequency range). The second portion is comprised of a plurality of members (e.g., conductive plates) arranged to create a substantially continuous electrically conductive structure (e.g., although respective members may not be in physical contact with adjacent members). In this way, a loss of capacitance in a transition between two adjacent members is reduced to provide for transferring information at lower frequencies where a higher capacitance is desirable, for example.

摘要翻译： 其中，提供了用于在固定单元和可移动（例如，旋转）单元之间或在两个单元之间没有接触的两个可移动单元之间传送信息的一个或多个数据链接。 数据链路的发射天线包括至少两个电容性导电部分，第一部分被配置为传导具有第一频率范围（例如较高频率范围）的信号，以及第二部分，被配置为传导具有第二频率范围 例如，较低的频率范围）。 第二部分由布置成产生基本上连续的导电结构的多个构件（例如，导电板）组成（例如，尽管各个构件可能不与相邻构件物理接触）。 以这种方式，减少了两个相邻元件之间的转换中的电容损失，以提供例如在更高电容的较低频率下传送信息。

公开(公告)号：US06726433B1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-27

申请号：US09615931

申请日：2000-07-13

申请人： Laurence S. Blake ,  Philip A. Rombult ,  Libor Krupica ,  David B. Larsen ,  James C. Folsom ,  Ross A. Freeman ,  Roger A. Jacques ,  Robert S. Ring ,  Gerald L. Smith

发明人： Laurence S. Blake ,  Philip A. Rombult ,  Libor Krupica ,  David B. Larsen ,  James C. Folsom ,  Ross A. Freeman ,  Roger A. Jacques ,  Robert S. Ring ,  Gerald L. Smith

IPC分类号： B65H100

CPC分类号： B65H1/266 ,  B41C1/1083 ,  B65H1/14 ,  B65H3/0816 ,  B65H3/44 ,  B65H3/54 ,  B65H2301/42256 ,  B65H2405/332 ,  B65H2405/35 ,  B65H2511/10 ,  B65H2511/20 ,  B65H2511/40 ,  B65H2701/1719 ,  B65H2701/18264 ,  B65H2701/1928 ,  B65H2801/21 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G03F7/2014 ,  G03F7/2055 ,  G03F7/24 ,  B65H2220/01 ,  B65H2220/02 ,  B65H2220/11

摘要： An apparatus is provided for positioning a plurality of cassettes within an automated printing plate handler. In a plate handler, a plurality of cassettes each contain a supply of printing plates for delivery to an automatic plate-recording device. The apparatus includes a separate support table for supporting each of the plurality of cassettes within the plate handler and an elevator device for moving each of the support tables along a vertical axis of the automated plate handler. The automated plate handler is configured to automatically position a selected cassette in a first position to facilitate removal of the cassette from the handler. The plate handler further includes a platform, which substantially forms an extension of the support table supporting the selected cassette in the first position. The platform provides a second position, at which the selected cassette is to be one of, loaded or unloaded. The selected cassette may be filled with a new supply of plates on the platform or the selected cassette may be removed from the platform and replaced by a another cassette.

公开(公告)号：US5785312A

公开(公告)日：1998-07-28

申请号：US569378

申请日：1995-12-08

申请人： Libor Krupica ,  Peter Austin ,  Edward L. Kelley

发明人： Libor Krupica ,  Peter Austin ,  Edward L. Kelley

IPC分类号： G03D3/08 ,  G03B27/46 ,  G03D3/13 ,  G03D13/00 ,  H04N1/00 ,  B65H5/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/0032 ,  G03D13/003 ,  H04N1/00127 ,  H04N1/00567 ,  H04N1/0057 ,  H04N1/00591 ,  H04N1/00602 ,  H04N1/00618 ,  H04N1/00657 ,  H04N1/00679 ,  H04N2201/0063

摘要： A dual buffer internal to an imaging device uses a one-way, over-running clutch system to buffer multiple sheets of media between an internal drum recorder and a processor. The one-way over-running clutch system is incorporated into a drive system of a plurality of rollers that transport the media. An input set of rollers and an output set of rollers are driven independently to allow for two sheets of media to be buffered simultaneously and at different speeds if desired. The buffer is mounted pivotally within the imaging device to allow access into the imaging device and to allow installation of a take-up cassette as an alternative to the buffer.

摘要翻译： 成像装置内部的双缓冲器使用单向超跑离合器系统在内部鼓式记录器和处理器之间缓冲多张介质。 单向超跑离合器系统结合到传送介质的多个辊的驱动系统中。 独立地驱动输入的一组辊和一组输出辊，以允许两页介质被同时缓冲，并且如果需要，以不同的速度进行缓冲。 缓冲器枢转地安装在成像装置内，以允许进入成像装置并且允许安装作为缓冲器的替代的卷取盒。

公开(公告)号：US06278511B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-21

申请号：US09223580

申请日：1998-12-30

申请人： Libor Krupica ,  Peter Austin

发明人： Libor Krupica ,  Peter Austin

IPC分类号： G03B2900

CPC分类号： G03D15/027

摘要： A conventional imagesetting system includes an imagesetter for transferring an image onto media, a wet chemical processor for processing the imaged media, an enclosed dryer section for drying the media by circulating air thereabout, and extraction rollers for extracting the media from the enclosed dryer section. An improved imagesetting system further includes: an apparatus for drying and lifting the media after extraction from the enclosed dryer section by blowing air along an underside of the extracted media; a stacking surface for stacking the extracted, dried media, where the stacking surface is formed by one or more external surfaces of the imagesetter and the processor and the stacking surface has at least one sloped section; and an indent which extends the stacking surface beneath the extraction rollers in a direction opposite to a direction of movement of the media being extracted, so that the indent prevents binding of trailing edges of the media by accepting sections of the media which abut the trailing edges onto the stacking surface proximate to the indent.

摘要翻译： 常规的图像设置系统包括用于将图像转印到介质上的图像设备，用于处理成像介质的湿化学处理器，用于通过在其周围循环空气来干燥介质的封闭干燥器部分，以及用于从封闭的干燥器部分提取介质的提取辊。 改进的图像设置系统还包括：用于通过沿着所提取的介质的下侧吹送空气从所述封闭的干燥器部分提取之后干燥和提起介质的设备; 用于堆叠提取的干燥介质的堆叠表面，其中堆叠表面由成像器和处理器的一个或多个外表面形成，并且堆叠表面具有至少一个倾斜部分; 以及将取出辊下方的堆叠表面沿着与正在抽出的介质的移动方向相反的方向延伸的凹口，使得凹口通过接收介质的后缘来抵抗介质的后缘，从而接合后缘 到靠近凹口的堆叠表面上。

公开(公告)号：US6113346A

公开(公告)日：2000-09-05

申请号：US693712

申请日：1996-08-07

申请人： Laurence S. Blake ,  Philip A. Rombult ,  Libor Krupica ,  David B. Larsen ,  James C. Folsom ,  Ross A. Freeman ,  Roger A. Jacques ,  Robert S. Ring ,  Gerald L. Smith

发明人： Laurence S. Blake ,  Philip A. Rombult ,  Libor Krupica ,  David B. Larsen ,  James C. Folsom ,  Ross A. Freeman ,  Roger A. Jacques ,  Robert S. Ring ,  Gerald L. Smith

IPC分类号： B41C1/00 ,  B41C1/10 ,  B65H1/26 ,  B65H3/00 ,  B65H3/08 ,  B65H3/44 ,  B65H3/54 ,  G03F7/20 ,  B65G65/00

CPC分类号： B65H1/266 ,  B41C1/1083 ,  B65H1/14 ,  B65H3/0816 ,  B65H3/44 ,  B65H3/54 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G03F7/2014 ,  G03F7/2051 ,  G03F7/2055 ,  B65H2301/42256 ,  B65H2405/332 ,  B65H2405/35 ,  B65H2511/10 ,  B65H2511/20 ,  B65H2511/40 ,  B65H2701/1719 ,  B65H2701/18264 ,  B65H2701/1928 ,  B65H2801/21 ,  G03F7/2053 ,  G03F7/24

摘要： The primary function of the optional handler is to make plates available on demand to the imaging engine. A multitude of plates are stored inside cassettes and these cassettes are loaded into the handler. There may be up to four cassettes residing in the handler. Inside a cassette there may be a protective interleaf sheet, sometimes called a slip sheet, between each plate which is removed by the handler and discarded. The handler receives commands from the engine control sequencer which provides instructions as to what cassette needs to be accessed to make a plate available to the picker mechanism so the plate may be conveyed to the imaging engine. Conversely the handler provides status information to the engine to make full interaction with the system possible.

摘要翻译： 可选处理器的主要功能是使成像引擎可以根据需要提供板。 多个板被存储在盒内，这些盒被装载到处理器中。 处理中可能有四个盒子。 在盒子内部，可以在每个板之间存在由处理器移除并丢弃的每个板之间的保护性插页，有时称为滑动片。 处理器接收来自引擎控制定序器的命令，其提供关于需要访问什么盒以使板可用于选择器机构的指令，使得板可以被传送到成像引擎。 相反，处理程序会向引擎提供状态信息，以便与系统进行充分的交互。

公开(公告)号：US5769301A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-23

申请号：US736234

申请日：1996-10-23

申请人： Thomas K. Hebert ,  Mark E. Tellam ,  Libor Krupica ,  Peter Austin ,  Edward L. Kelley

发明人： Thomas K. Hebert ,  Mark E. Tellam ,  Libor Krupica ,  Peter Austin ,  Edward L. Kelley

IPC分类号： B41J15/04 ,  G03B27/32 ,  G03B27/53 ,  G03D13/00 ,  H04N1/00 ,  B65H20/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/00591 ,  G03D13/003 ,  H04N1/0057 ,  H04N1/00602 ,  H04N1/00618

摘要： A media transport bridge is an integral media transport device within an internal drum laser imagesetter that transports media from an imaging area in the drum to an external processor or intermediate buffer. Five pairs of rollers transport the film over the drum. A first stage of the bridge includes a first pair of rollers driven independently so that the first stage is removable and replaceable with a take-up cassette if desired. A friction drive within the imagesetter is adaptable to drive either the first stage or the take-up cassette when installed. Upon removal of the first stage, an automatic adjustment of the bridge is performed to balance the pivotally mounted bridge. The media is moved into the bridge by a pair of drum rollers while the first stage is synchronized with the other four pairs of rollers in the bridge and monitored to keep a slack loop of media at the first stage rollers to eliminate perturbations in the media. A mechanical flag sensor changes state to slow and speed up the bridge rollers to maintain the slack loop.

摘要翻译： 媒体传输桥是内部鼓激光照相机中的一个整体媒体传送装置，其将介质从鼓中的成像区传送到外部处理器或中间缓冲器。 五对辊子将胶片运送到鼓上。 桥的第一阶段包括独立地驱动的第一对辊，使得第一阶段可移除并且如果需要可以用卷取盒替换。 摄像机内的摩擦驱动器适用于在安装时驱动第一级或卷带盒。 在移除第一级时，执行桥的自动调整以平衡枢转地安装的桥。 介质通过一对鼓辊移动到桥中，而第一级与桥中的其他四对辊同步，并被监控以在第一级辊保持介质的松弛回路以消除介质中的扰动。 机械标志传感器改变状态以减慢并加速桥式辊子以保持松弛环路。

公开(公告)号：US06470777B2

公开(公告)日：2002-10-29

申请号：US09240982

申请日：1999-01-29

申请人： Libor Krupica ,  Richard W. Peloquin

发明人： Libor Krupica ,  Richard W. Peloquin

IPC分类号： B26F114

CPC分类号： B26F1/02 ,  Y10S83/948 ,  Y10T83/04 ,  Y10T83/4812 ,  Y10T83/8843 ,  Y10T83/885 ,  Y10T83/9423 ,  Y10T83/9428

摘要： A low profile side punch assembly is provided to punch registration openings along the side edge of media in an imagesetter. The side punch assembly includes a punch actuator having a scissors configuration to provide a low profile. The punch assembly is fixed to a side face of the imagesetter. The punch assembly can be located at any location along the side face. This location can also be subsequently adjusted if necessary. The location of the punch pin is accurately set during manufacture with respect to the media surface of the imagesetter by a reference surface in the side face and by the side face of the drum. A drive mechanism for the punch actuator is also provided with a positive retraction of the actuator. The location of the punch pin may also be sensed to prevent advancement of the media before the punch pin has been retracted.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种小型侧面冲头组件，用于在成像机中沿着介质的侧边缘冲压配准开口。 侧冲头组件包括具有剪刀构造以提供低轮廓的冲头致动器。 冲头组件固定在成像机的侧面。 冲头组件可以位于沿着侧面的任何位置。 如果需要，也可以随时调整该位置。 冲压销的位置在制造期间相对于成像机的介质表面在侧面中的参考表面和滚筒的侧面被精确地设定。 用于冲头致动器的驱动机构还具有致动器的正回缩。 还可以检测冲头的位置，以防止在冲头销已经缩回之前介质的前进。

公开(公告)号：US06184520B2

公开(公告)日：2001-02-06

申请号：US09229058

申请日：1999-01-12

申请人： Stephen R. Manning ,  Jeffrey M. Janway ,  Libor Krupica

发明人： Stephen R. Manning ,  Jeffrey M. Janway ,  Libor Krupica

IPC分类号： H01J314

CPC分类号： H04N1/0635 ,  B41B19/00 ,  B41B21/00 ,  G03F7/24 ,  H04N1/0607 ,  H04N1/0671 ,  H04N2201/0446 ,  Y10T74/18568

摘要： An imaging system including a one-piece aluminum internal drum casting having reduced weight and increased stiffness. The internal drum is mounted to the frame structure of the imaging system using a plurality of mounts positioned in a plane substantially along the center of gravity of the internal drum. The mounts reduce the amount of sway of the internal drum within the frame structure.

摘要翻译： 一种成像系统，包括具有减轻重量和增加刚度的单件铝内筒铸造。 使用安装在基本上沿着内鼓的重心的平面中的多个安装座将内鼓安装到成像系统的框架结构上。 支架减少框架结构内内鼓的摆动量。

公开(公告)号：US5791250A

公开(公告)日：1998-08-11

申请号：US889255

申请日：1997-07-10

申请人： Laurence S. Blake ,  Philip A. Rombult ,  Libor Krupica ,  David B. Larsen ,  James C. Folsom ,  Ross A. Freeman ,  Roger A. Jacques ,  Robert S. Ring ,  Gerald L. Smith

发明人： Laurence S. Blake ,  Philip A. Rombult ,  Libor Krupica ,  David B. Larsen ,  James C. Folsom ,  Ross A. Freeman ,  Roger A. Jacques ,  Robert S. Ring ,  Gerald L. Smith

IPC分类号： B65H3/00 ,  B65H3/08 ,  B65H3/44 ,  G03F7/20 ,  B41F27/12 ,  B41F1/32 ,  B41F33/16

CPC分类号： B65H3/0816 ,  B65H3/44 ,  G03F7/20 ,  B65H2405/332 ,  B65H2405/35 ,  B65H2701/1928 ,  Y10S271/90

摘要： The primary function of the optional handler is to make plates available on demand to the imaging engine. A multitude of plates are stored inside cassettes and these cassettes are loaded into the handler. There may be up to four cassettes residing in the handler. Inside a cassette there may be a protective interleaf sheet, sometimes called a slip sheet, between each plate which is removed by the handler and discarded. The handler receives commands from the engine control sequencer which provides instructions as to what cassette needs to be accessed to make a plate available to the picker mechanism so the plate may be conveyed to the imaging engine. Conversely the handler provides status information to the engine to make full interaction with the system possible.

摘要翻译： 可选处理器的主要功能是使成像引擎可以根据需要提供板。 多个板被存储在盒内，这些盒被装载到处理器中。 处理中可能有四个盒子。 在盒子内部，可以在每个板之间存在由处理器移除并丢弃的每个板之间的保护性插页，有时称为滑动片。 处理器接收来自引擎控制定序器的命令，其提供关于需要访问什么盒以使板可用于选择器机构的指令，使得板可以被传送到成像引擎。 相反，处理程序会向引擎提供状态信息，以便与系统进行充分的交互。