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Plate drum loadable as a sleeve for an imaging device

US7997198B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18References

16Claims

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Assignee

Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jörg Koberg · Itzehoe, DE
Stefan Wellendorf · Kiel, DE
Jörg Wolterink · Oelixdorf, DE
Pascal Thomas · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2006
Grant date	Aug 16, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 14, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03F7/24
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cylindrically-shaped tube fitting over a cylindrically-shaped base body rotatable around an axis of rotation. The tube has a cylindrically-shaped inner surface defining a hollow region, a cylindrically-shaped outer surface, a first end, and a second end. The base body is arranged to fit either a sleeve or the tube. The outer surface includes vacuum grooves or a plate clamping system or both, and arranged to secure a flexible sheet of material around the outer surface of the tube.

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