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US4288526A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Light-sensitive printing plates with discontinuous over-coating

Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1980-01-09
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Granted: 1981-09-08
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Expires: 2000-01-09
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Abstract

Abstract A light-sensitive printing plate with a coating layer with an uneven pattern removable during development provided on the surface thereof, which can be brought into intimate contact with an original image in a short period of time by vacuum adhesion. The light-sensitive printing plate is produced by taking up a coating solution from a coating solution pan by a gravure roll, scraping away excess coating solution adhering to the gravure roll by a doctor blade, transferring the coating solution still retained on the gravure roll to a coating roll made of rubber with a fine uneven pattern on the surface thereof which is turning in the same direction and at the same speed as the gravure roll, and transferring the coating solution thus transferred to the coating roll to a support running at the same speed and in the same direction as the coating roll.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kazutaka Oda
  • 👤 Yoshio Okishi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 06:27
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/004; G03F7/09; G03F7/115; G03F7/16; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/136; Y10S430/151; Y10S430/162

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 78 words
A light-sensitive printing plate precursor comprising a support having coated thereon, in order, a light-sensitive layer and an outermost layer comprising an uneven pattern of a discontinuous coating layer consisting of coated areas and uncoated areas, the height of the coated areas being about 2 to 40 microns, and the distance between the coated areas adjacent to each other is about 50 to 100,000 microns, said outermost layer being substantially entirely removed upon development of said light-sensitive layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 78 words
A light-sensitive printing plate precursor comprising a support having coated thereon, in order, a light-sensitive layer and an outermost layer comprising an uneven pattern of a discontinuous coating layer consisting of coated areas and uncoated areas, the height of the coated areas being about 2 to 40 microns, and the distance between the coated areas adjacent to each other is about 50 to 100,000 microns, said outermost layer being substantially entirely removed upon development of said light-sensitive layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 23 words
The light sensitive printing plate precursor according to claim 1, wherein the width of the coated areas is about 20 to about 10,000μ.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 23 words
The light sensitive printing plate precursor according to claim 1, wherein the surface coarseness indicated by Hela is about 0.05 to about 20μ.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 63 words
The light sensitive printing plate precursor according to claim 1, wherein the coating layer is provided by coating a solution prepared by dissolving at least one material selected from the group consisting of gum arabic, glue, gelatin, casein, celluloses, starch, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene oxide, polyacrylic acid, polyacrylamide, polyvinyl methyl ether, an epoxy resin, a phenol resin, polyamides, and polyvinyl butyral in a solvent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 20 words
The light sensitive printing plate precursor according to claim 4, wherein the coating solution contains at least one matting agent.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1984-09-07 1985-03-09 1985-09-08 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1988-09-07 1989-03-09 1989-09-08 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1992-09-07 1993-03-09 1993-09-08 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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