Patent ID: 6771398
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
In combination, a drum scanner and a loading magazine, the drum scanner comprising a holding and rotating device equipped for holding an interchangeable copy cylinder firmly from below in an at least approximately upright position and for rotating it about a longitudinal axis thereof for scanning, and the loading magazine being constructed for containing a plurality n of magazine spaces equipped for holding copy cylinders in the same orientation and at the same height as on said holding and rotating device of the drum scanner, said n magazine spaces and said holding and rotating device being arranged at regular intervals around a cylinder transport carousel having n+1 outriggers extending in a star-shaped manner relative to said n magazine spaces and said holding and rotating device, and being equipped for lifting, together with the aid of said outriggers, copy cylinders located in the n magazine spaces and on the holding and rotating device, respectively, for moving them in a circle and for setting them down again at a desired location, the drum scanner and the loading magazine being separable subassemblies connected mechanically to one another by connecting elements with vibration-damping properties, and being, respectively, provided with at least one foot for bearing the weight virtually of the respective subassembly.