Registering of plates, transfers and the like

Claim 1

A PLATE REGISTERING DEVICE FOR THE MAKING OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES INTENDED FOR MASS COPYING, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) A HORIZONTAL MAIN FRAME; (B) AN AUXILIARY FRAME MOUNTED WITHIN AND SMALLER THAN SAID MAIN FRAME; (C) A LIGHT SENSITIVE HORIZONTAL SHEET PLATE WITHIN SAID MAIN FRAME; (D) A HORIZONTAL RACK BAR IN SAID MAIN FRAME AND OUTSIDE SAID SHEET PLATE; SAID RACK BAR BEING PIVOTABLE HORIZONTALLY AT ONE END THEREOF AND SPRING URGED TO OPERATIVE POSITION; (E) A HORIZONTAL RULER FIXED IN SAID MAIN FRAME, OUTSIDE SAID SHEET PLATE AND OPPOSITE SAID RACK BAR; (F) A LARGE CARRIAGE, DISPLACEABLE OVER AND ABOVE SAID SHEET PLATE, HAVING TWO LATERAL MEMBERS EXTENDING, IN OPERATIVE POSITION OF THE CARRIAGE, NORMAL TO SAID RACK BAR AND RULER AND TWO TRANSVERSE MEMBERS CONNECTING SAID LATERAL MEMBERS TOGETHER; ONE OF SAID LATERAL MEMBERS BEING PIVOTABLE AT ONE END THEREOF; (G) FIRST COOPERATING MEANS ON SAID RACK BAR AND THE ADJACENT TRANSVERSE MEMBER OF SAID LARGE CARRIAGE TO FIX THE LATTER IN SELECTIVE POSITION ALONG SAID RACK BAR; (H) A SMALL CARRIAGE DISPLACEABLY MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID LATERAL MEMBERS; (I) SECOND COOPERATING MEANS ON SAID PIVOTABLE LATERAL MEMBERS AND ON AN ADJACENT SIDE WALL OF SAID SMALL CARRIAGE FOR FIXING THE LATTER IN SELECTIVE POSITION ALONG SAID PIVOTABLE LATERAL MEMBER; (J) SAID PIVOTABLE LATERAL MEMBER OF SAID LARGE CARRIAGE BEING PROVIDED WITH LIGHTING MEANS OPERABLE WHEN SAID SECOND COOPERATING MEANS IS IN ENGAGEMENT IN ONE OF A SERIES OF PREDETERMINED POSITIONS.