Patent ID: 6300971
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: B65H,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for photo-plotting onto and handling a media sheet, said system comprising:a plurality of aligning means disposed on a media carriage transporting said media sheet to a drum of a photo-plotter, each of said plurality of aligning means having an engaged position and a disengaged position, in said engaged positions each of said plurality of aligning means passing through a plurality of mounting features formed within said media sheet and being engageable with a plurality of drum openings formed in said drum to position said media sheet relative to said drum for subsequent imaging;a registration pin mounted within a registration pin subassembly;a registration pin subassembly housing for housing said registration pin subassembly therein;a piston being coupled to said registration pin subassembly, said piston and said registration pin having retracted and extended positions corresponding to said disengaged and said engaged positions of said aligning means; anda piston housing having a piston cavity for accommodating said piston and first and second cavity openings on opposite sides of said piston.