Patent ID: 11860543
Assignee: ESKO-GRAPHICS IMAGING GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 15:
16. The plate handling system of claim 15, wherein the plate handling system is programmed to perform one or more of the following operations:
a) grip the printing plate in a first area of an upper surface of the plate, lift the first area of the plate, and push the plate into a plate loading position of imaging station;
b) grip the printing plate in the first area of the upper surface of the plate, lift the first area of the plate, and pull the plate away from a plate discharge position of imaging station;
c) grip the printing plate in a second area of the upper surface of the plate, lift the second area of the plate, and pull the plate onto the exposure station; and
d) grip the printing plate in a third area of the upper surface of the plate, lift the third area of the plate, and push the plate to a pre-processing position for the washing station.