Printing – Rolling contact machines – Rotary
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-15
2002-04-16
Eickholt, Eugene (Department: 2854)
Printing
Rolling contact machines
Rotary
C101S248000, C400S636000, C400S641000, C400S579000, C271S109000, C271S116000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06371021
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is in the field of imaging systems. More particularly, the present invention provides an input nip roller system for an external drum image recording apparatus.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In external drum image recording devices, a movable optical carriage is used to displace an image exposing or recording source in a slow scan direction while a cylindrical drum supporting recording material on an external surface thereof is rotated with respect to the image exposing source. The drum rotation causes the recording material to advance past the exposing source along a direction which is substantially perpendicular to the slow scan direction. The recording material is therefore advanced past the exposing source by the rotating drum in a fast scan direction.
An image exposing source may include an optical system for scanning one or more exposing or recording beams. Each recording beam may be separately modulated according to a digital information signal representing data corresponding to the image to be recorded.
The recording media to be imaged by an external drum imaging system is commonly supplied in discrete sheets and may comprise a plurality of plates, hereinafter collectively referred to as “plates” or “printing plates.” Each plate may comprise one or more layers supported by a support substrate, which for many printing plates is a plano-graphic aluminum sheet. Other layers may include one or more image recording (i.e., “imageable”) layers such as a photosensitive, radiation sensitive, or thermally sensitive layer, or other chemically or physically alterable layers. Printing plates which are supported by a polyester support are also known and can be used in the present invention. Printing plates are available in a wide variety of sizes, typically ranging, e.g., from 9″×12″, or smaller, to 58″×80″, or larger. The printing plate may additionally comprise a flexographic printing plate.
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Agfa Corporation
Eickholt Eugene
Merecki John A.
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