Patents
US 12404123 B2: Printing plate picking system and process
- Granted
- 2025-09-02
- Filed
- 2022-10-26 application 17973718
- Type
- Utility · 10 claims
- Elsewhere
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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.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250902.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2,417 patents | US company or organization | Rochester, NY | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state EASTMAN KODAK CO SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamir Olpak | Petah Tikva, IL | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Alon Levy | Ramat Yishai, IL | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B65H | Handling thin or filamentary material, e.g. sheets, webs, cables | B65H3/06 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-01 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY signed 2022-11-08 EASTMAN KODAK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL COMPANY, INC. signed 2022-11-08 FAR EAST DEVELOPMENT LTD. signed 2022-11-08 KODAK (NEAR EAST) INC. signed 2022-11-08 KODAK AMERICAS LTD. signed 2022-11-08 KODAK PHILIPPINES LTD. signed 2022-11-08 | BANK OF AMERICA, AS AGENT BOSTON, MA | 61937/424 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-10-26 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | LEVY, ALON signed 2022-10-25 OLPAK, TAMIR signed 2022-10-25 | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, NY | 61773/822 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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