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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:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric Verschueren, Merksplas, BE;
Rudi Goedeweeck, Rotselaar, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, , BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41C 1/10 ; B41N 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41C 1/10 ; B41N 3/00 ;
Abstract
An off-press plate-making apparatus is provided which comprises an apparatus for removing the lithographic image from the substrate of a used printing master and an apparatus for recoating the recycled substrate with a new image-recording layer. The off-press cleaning and recoating of the substrate provides a short press down-time. The recoated substrate forms an imaging material which can be exposed either on-press in a digital press comprising an integrated exposure apparatus or off-press in an exposure apparatus, which can be integrated in the plate-making apparatus or mechanically coupled thereto.