ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,111, issued on Nov. 4, 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: "A system for moving a flexible plate, in particular a printing plate or a printing plate precursor, over a support surface in the direction of a treatment station, such as a washer station. The system includes a support configured for supporting the plate on a support surface thereof, and intended to be located upstream of the treatment station. A movement means includes a plate engagement means configured to contact the plate i...