Printing – Processes – Position or alignment
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-17
2009-12-08
Nguyen, Judy (Department: 2854)
Printing
Processes
Position or alignment
C101S477000, C101S378000, C101S382100, C101SDIG036
Reexamination Certificate
active
07628110
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for adhering and aligning a generally flat, planar object to an adhesive layer, and for facilitating the mounting of the generally flat planar object, such as a printing plate, in near perfect alignment in a cylindrical manner. The method includes providing a generally flat, planar object such as a printing plate and an adhesive member having an adhesive layer at least on one surface. The adhesive member is preferably approximately the same size as the printing plate. The printing plate is mounted to the adhesive member such that there is one edge of the adhesive member which is not initially covered by the printing plate and one edge of the printing plate which overhangs the adhesive member. The combined adhesive member/printing plate structure is next rolled into a cylindrical form and held in place on a device which allows alignment marks on the printing plate to align the two ends of the printing plate prior to the printing plate being fully adhered to the adhesive member. The resulting sleeve structure can then be inserted onto a plate cylinder and this assembly utilized in a printing press. In another embodiment, the adhesive member is provided as a single or multi-layered structure pre-rolled into a generally circular form.
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Hinze Leo T
Nguyen Judy
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