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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:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Edwin G. Theriault, Hudson, NH (US);
James V. Lovenstein, Nashua, NH (US);
Inventors:
Edwin G. Theriault, Hudson, NH (US);
James V. Lovenstein, Nashua, NH (US);
Assignee:
Presstek, Inc., Hudson, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21K001/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Printing plates are mounted onto a cylinder by first establishing a temperature difference between the plate and the cylinder; in particular, the temperature of the plate exceeds the temperature of the cylinder. The plate is then wrapped around the plate cylinder, and the temperature difference causes the plate to shrink against the cylinder.