ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,130, issued on Sept. 2, 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 includes a support for supporting the plate on a support surface thereof. An articulated operating arm extends substantially parallel to the support surface and comprising a first segment and a second segment. The first segment has a first end which is rotatably conn...