Patent · US Expired

Air etching of polymeric printing plates

US4145790A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1977
Grant dateMar 27, 1979
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Expiry dateJun 1, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/0275
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for developing a relief letterpress plate carrying a liquid polymer, comprising an air knife positioned to move over a stationary platen carrying the plate and blowing the polymer from the plate into a sink. Alternately the air knife is stationary and the platen is positioned to move under it.

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