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US4090880A
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Lithographic printing plate and method of making same
Assignee: Polychrome Corp
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Filing: 1977-03-03
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Granted: 1978-05-23
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Expires: 1997-03-03
Abstract
Abstract A method for preparing aluminum based lithographic printing plates which comprises treating at least one surface of an aluminum base sheet with an interlayer composition, thereafter anodizing the thus treated aluminun surface, optionally retreating the coated, anodized aluminum plate with another stratum of the interlayer composition and then applying to said surface a suitable light sensitive composition to yield the desired photosensitive lithographic printing plate of improved characteristics.
Inventors
- 👤 Simon Long Chu
- 👤 Eugene Golda
- 👤 Alan Leonard Wilkes
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 08:07
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41N; B41N3/00; B41N3/03; B41N3/038
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A method for preparing lithographic printing plates which comprises coating at least one surface of a metal sheet substrate, which surface is substantially free of anodic coating, with a suitable interlayer composition, wherein the interlayer composition is an aqueous solution whose solute is a substance selected from the group consisting of an alkali silicate, silicic acid, Group IV-B metal fluoride, polyacrylic acid, and alkali metal salt, then electrolytically anodizing the thus coated metal sheet substrate, optionally again coating the thus coated and anodized substrate with another stratum of said suitable interlayer composition and then aplying to the thus treated substrate a lithographically suitable photosensitizing agent.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
105 words
A method for preparing lithographic printing plates which comprises coating at least one surface of a metal sheet substrate, which surface is substantially free of anodic coating, with a suitable interlayer composition, wherein the interlayer composition is an aqueous solution whose solute is a substance selected from the group consisting of an alkali silicate, silicic acid, Group IV-B metal fluoride, polyacrylic acid, and alkali metal salt, then electrolytically anodizing the thus coated metal sheet substrate, optionally again coating the thus coated and anodized substrate with another stratum of said suitable interlayer composition and then aplying to the thus treated substrate a lithographically suitable photosensitizing agent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
The lithographic printing plate obtained by the method of claim 1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the metal sheet substrate is comprised of aluminum.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
83 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the coated metal sheet substrate is anodized in an aqueous acid selected from the group consisting of sulfuric, chromic, and phosphoric acid having a concentration of from about 0.5 to 25% by weight of acid in water at a temperature of from about 15° C to 35° C for about 1 to about 20 minutes at about from 5 to 20 volts and at a current density of about from 10 to 70 amperes per square foot.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the photosensitizing agent is a composition selected from the group consisting of aromatic diazo compounds, azidopyrenes, benzoquinone diazides, naphthoquinone diazides, polyacetals which depolymerize under ultraviolet radiation, polymonochloroacetaldehyde, polypropionaldehyde, poly-n-butyraldehyde, poly-cyano-acetaldehyde, poly-B-cyanopropionaldehyde, poly-cyano-pentaldehyde, polycyanovaleraldehyde, poly-n-butyraldehyde, poly-isobutyraldehyde, polyvaleraldehyde and polyheptaldehyde.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the solute of the aqueous interlayer composition is sodium silicate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the solute of the aqueous interlayer composition is potassium zirconium fluoride.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
116 words
A method for preparing lithographic printing plates which comprises coating at least one surface of a metal sheet substrate, which surface is substantially free of anodic coating, with a suitable interlayer composition, wherein the interlayer composition is an aqueous solution whose solute is a substance selected from the group consisting of an alkali silicate, silicic acid, Group IV-B metal fluoride, polyacrylic acid, and alkali metal salt in concentrations of from about 0.5 to about 20% by volume, then electrolytically anodizing the thus coated metal sheet substrate, optionally again coating the thus coated and anodized substrate with another stratum of said suitable interlayer composition and then applying to the thus treated substrate a lithographically suitable photosensitizing agent.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
116 words
A method for preparing lithographic printing plates which comprises coating at least one surface of a metal sheet substrate, which surface is substantially free of anodic coating, with a suitable interlayer composition, wherein the interlayer composition is an aqueous solution whose solute is a substance selected from the group consisting of an alkali silicate, silicic acid, Group IV-B metal fluoride, polyacrylic acid, and alkali metal salt in concentrations of from about 0.5 to about 20% by volume, then electrolytically anodizing the thus coated metal sheet substrate, optionally again coating the thus coated and anodized substrate with another stratum of said suitable interlayer composition and then applying to the thus treated substrate a lithographically suitable photosensitizing agent.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
The lithographic printing plate produced according to the method of claim 3.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
The lithographic printing plate produced according to the method of claim 4.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
The lithographic printing plate produced according to the method of claim 5.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
The lithographic printing plate produced according to the method of claim 6.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
12 words
The lithographic printing plate produced according to the method of claim 7.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
12 words
The lithographic printing plate produced according to the method of claim 8.
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