Patents by Inventor Ross Freeman

Ross Freeman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for loading and unloading a supply of plates in an automated plate handler
    Publication number: 20060245870
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for positioning a plurality of cassettes within an automated printing plate handler. In a plate handler, a plurality of cassettes each contain a supply of printing plates for delivery to an automatic plate-recording device. The apparatus includes a separate support table for supporting each of the plurality of cassettes within the plate handler and an elevator device for moving each of the support tables along a vertical axis of the automated plate handler. The automated plate handler is configured to automatically position a selected cassette in a first position to facilitate removal of the cassette from the handler. The plate handler further includes a platform, which substantially forms an extension of the support table supporting the selected cassette in the first position. The platform provides a second position, at which the selected cassette is to be one of, loaded or unloaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: AGFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Laurence Blake, Philip Rombult, Libor Krupica, David Larsen, James Folsom, Ross Freeman, Roger Jacques, Robert Ring, Gerald Smith