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Method and apparatus for thermal treatment of printing surface in relief printing

US8985020B2 · kind B2 · utility

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34Claims

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Assignee

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

Carl Bernard Arnold · Newark, US
Gary W. Foggin · Wilmington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 1, 2012
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 1, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03F7/34
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A heating step is performed in a printing operation where a gas jet emitting from a nozzle assembly impinges the exterior surface of a printing plate. The gas impingement provides rapid and specific convective heat flux to the exterior surface of the printing plate.

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