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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arndt Jentzsch, Coswig, DE;
Assignee:
Koenig + Bauer AG, Wurzburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41C 1/10 ; B41F 3/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41C 1/10 ; B41F 3/502 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for imaging surfaces in printing presses, whereby the surfaces to be imaged contains image information of the preceding printing job. The apparatus allows a fast and low-cost regeneration of surfaces carrying image information in printing presses. The apparatus comprises at least one printing form cylinder, a disengageable inking unit, and a movable imaging unit having an image creation unit for applying image information to image and non-image carrying layers on the surface. The imaging unit has an erasing unit preceding the movable imaging unit in the moving direction.