Patent ID: 6457414
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B41C

Abstract:
A device for discharging in a discharge direction a printing plate, having a front end portion and a back end portion, from a face of a surface plate, having a front end portion and a back end portion, wherein the back end portion of the printing plate is a trailing end portion of the printing plate when the printing plate is conveyed in the discharge direction from the back end portion to the front end portion of the surface plate, the device comprising:(a) at least one lifting member having a printing plate supporting portion that is movable up and down relative to the face of the surface plate, said printing plate supporting portion being configured such that when said printing plate supporting portion moves to a position higher than the face of the surface plate said printing plate supporting portion lifts the back end portion of the printing plate from the face of the surface plate to the position higher than the face of the surface plate; (b) a cam mechanism provided at said at least one lifting member which moves said at least one lifting member up and down; and (c) at least one discharging member disposed along the surface plate, said at least one discharging member configured to move from the back end portion of the surface plate to the front end portion of the surface plate while holding the back end portion of the printing plate which has been lifted by said at least one lifting member, for discharging the printing plate from the face of the surface plate by pushing the printing plate in the discharge direction.