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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2005
Dietmar Dudek, Langen, DE;
Allan Banke, Nyborg, DK;
Soren Michael Juul Jorgensen, Odense S, DK;
Helmut Luetke, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Andreas Koch, Fuerstenfeldbruck, DE;
Dietmar Dudek, Langen, DE;
Allan Banke, Nyborg, DK;
Soren Michael Juul Jorgensen, Odense S, DK;
Helmut Luetke, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Andreas Koch, Fuerstenfeldbruck, DE;
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The invention pertains to an apparatus and a process for forming a printing form from a photosensitive element having a cylindrical support, and in particular, to an apparatus and a process for thermally treating the photosensitive element to form a relief pattern and particularly to form a cylindrically-shaped flexographic printing form. The apparatus and process includes supporting the cylindrical support to accommodate thermal treating of photosensitive elements with various sizes of the cylindrical support.