ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,858, issued on April 29, was assigned to XSYS PREPRESS NV (Ypres, Belgium).
"Apparatus and methods for manipulating plates" was invented by Bart Marc Luc Wattyn (Dentergem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for aligning an edge, such as a leading edge of a plate, in particular a printing plate or a printing plate precursor. The apparatus includes a support configured for supporting the plate on a support surface, and to be located upstream of a treatment station. At least two movable elements are arranged to be moved by an edge, such as a leading edge, of the plate. The at least two movable elements include a first a...