Patents Assigned to Vacu-Pin Systems, LLC
  • Vacuum printing plate mounter and registration system
    Patent number: 6397748
    Abstract: A printer plate having an integral alignment target and a printing plate mounter having a vacuum cup with an alignment member thereon to permit visual alignment of the alignment target with the vacuum cup alignment member with the vacuum cup connectable to a vacuum source so that a vacuum can draw the printing plate alignment target and the alignment member on the vacuum cup from a state of state of misalignment, if any, into precise mechanical alignment for transfer to a printing cylinder while the vacuum cup supports the printing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Vacu-Pin Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Schmitt