ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,217, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Vianord Engineering Sasu (Carros, France).
"Thermal development apparatus of flexographic plates" was invented by Riccardo De Caria (Carros, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal development apparatus for removing non-crosslinked polymer or monomer from a first surface of a flexographic plate comprises a moving assembly defining a support surface for a second surface of the plate and an operating assembly applying an absorbent material to the first surface during movement thereof. A heating cylinder heats the outer surface to a temperature sufficient to melt a portion of the non-cross...