US Patent Issued to Esko-Graphics Imaging on Oct. 28 for "Process and apparatus for feeding a flexographic printing plate processor" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,506, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH (Itzehoe, Germany).

"Process and apparatus for feeding a flexographic printing plate processor" was invented by Thomas Klein (Wolfenbuettel, Germany), Pascal Thomas (Hamburg, Germany) and Wolfgang Sievers (Kremperheide, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plate processing line and methods for producing a flexographic printing plate. An imaging station applies image information to a first plate. A first exposure station cures the first plate. One or more of water, a solvent, and/or a thermal process is further applied to the first plate. A drying station or an aft...