Supports: racks – Special article – Paper or textile sheet type
Patent
1988-09-22
1990-03-13
Britts, Ramon S.
Supports: racks
Special article
Paper or textile sheet type
211 94, 211113, 211162, A47F 716
Patent
active
049077066
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a storage and handling system for large flexible sheets such as printing plates. The system includes a rack which is of generally conventional construction having upright end standards or vertical posts that suspend at least one horizontal shelf. The shelf is provided with a plurality of horizontal tracks, each of which has a central, open channel along its bottom surface, to provide a slide receptacle. A T-bar is slidably and removably mounted in the open channel of each of these tracks. The T-bar has a plurality of apertures which are spaced, preferably at regular and predetermined distances, through its upright flange. These apertures receive removable two-ended hooks. The opposite ends of the hooks are inserted in apertures along one side edge of each of the printing plates. As the T-bar is completely removable from the rack, it also functions as a handling aid for the flexible printing plate, preventing the plate from bending or distorting and readily permitting a single operator to handle even the largest printing plates.
A small rack is also provided as an accesory, having at least one track for temporarily mounting on the front of the storage rack, to provide a sheet handling station.
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Britts Ramon S.
Kolman David G.
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