US Patent Issued to Heidelberger Druckmaschinen on Sept. 9 for "Device for measuring elevated areas of the surface of a rotary body and system having the device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,646, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg, Germany).

"Device for measuring elevated areas of the surface of a rotary body and system having the device" was invented by Werner Schwab (Bechtsrieth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for measuring elevated areas of the surface of a rotary body in the form of a cylinder, a roller, a sleeve or a plate of a printing press, for example a flexographic printing plate, includes a first motor for rotating the rotary body about a rotational axis and a measuring unit for contactless measurement. The measuring unit for contactless measurement ...