Abstract: A marine through hull fitting (50) includes a cleanout housing (80, 204) attached thereto. The clean out housing (80, 204) is configured with a mechanical cleaning implement (94, 218) supported for movement through a first fluid conduit (59) that passes through a vessel hull (54) for scrapping debris from the side walls of the first fluid conduit when the conduit becomes fowled. The cleaning implement (94, 218) is attached to an actuator rod (92) which may be used to hand push the cleaning implement (94, 218) through the conduit (57).

Abstract: A marine through hull fitting (50) includes a cleanout housing (80, 204) attached thereto. The clean out housing (80, 204) is configured with a mechanical cleaning implement (94, 218) supported for movement through a first fluid conduit (59) that passes through a vessel hull (54) for scrapping debris from the side walls of the first fluid conduit when the conduit becomes fowled. The cleaning implement (94, 218) is attached to an actuator rod (92) which may be used to hand push the cleaning implement (94, 218) through the conduit (57).

Abstract: A plate cassette for a platesetter comprises a tray that receives and stores stacks of plates. Side frame members are located on opposed sides of the tray. These side frame members have tracks that engage with wheels of another plate cassette and wheels that engage with tracks of still another plate cassette. In this way, cassettes may be stacked and stored, one on top of each other. The wheel engagement strategy, between cassettes, however, allows individual cassettes to be rolled out, enabling access to the plate stack in the selected cassette's tray. A suction leak groove is formed in a surface of the tray. This provides for a suction leakage path for a picker, when the picker must grab typically the last plate in the stack and the plate is not full-sized. The suction grabbers that do not directly grab the plate do not adhere to the tray, allowing the picker to separate the plate from the tray. A slip sheet removal groove is also provided.

Abstract: A hose and cable routing system for routing and flexing a coolant supply hose, a coolant return hose, and an electrical cable to a laser system mounted on a movable optical carriage in an imaging system without introducing mechanical disturbances to the optical carriage. The hose and cable routing system includes a support tray, mounted to the imaging system, for supporting the coolant hoses and electrical cable, and a movable support bracket for supporting and running the coolant hoses and electrical cable from the support tray to the optical carriage. A track is provided to guide the movable support bracket along the imaging system in response to a displacement of the optical carriage. A vibration isolator is mounted between the support bracket and the optical carriage. Other embodiments of the hose and cable routing system are also disclosed.

Abstract: A vacuum system can remove ablated particles from an internal drum platesetter which has a drum for supporting a photosensitive medium, a carriage moveable in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the drum, and a laser mounted onto the moveable carriage for generating a beam to create an image on the medium during movement of the carriage, the beam ablating particles of the medium during creation of the image. The vacuum system includes: a vacuum head fixedly attached to the moveable carriage, and having at least one chamber for receiving the ablated particles through a slot located proximate to a periphery of the vacuum head; and an exhaust system connected to the vacuum head and including ductwork, at least one fan and at least one filter, for extracting the ablated particles from the at least one chamber of the vacuum head.