Apparatus and method for treating a relief plate precursor with improved liquid evacuation
AssigneeXsys Prepress NV
InventorBart Marc Luc Wattyn
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Abstract
An apparatus for treating a relief plate precursor, such as a printing plate precursor, with a liquid, includes a treatment compartment for treating the relief plate precursor with a liquid, and a transport system for use with one or more transport bars. A transport bar thereof is configured to be coupled to a relief plate precursor. The transport system is configured to move the transport bar with the coupled relief plate precursor through the treatment compartment. The transport bar is provided with a coupling portion configured to couple the transport bar to the transport system. A protection system is configured to guide and evacuate liquid such that the transport system is protected against wetting with the liquid of the treatment compartment.
Claims19
An apparatus for treating a relief plate precursor with a liquid, comprising:
- a treatment compartment configured for treating the relief plate precursor with a liquid;
- a transport system for use with one or more transport bars, wherein a transport bar thereof is configured to be coupled to a relief plate precursor, said transport system being configured to move the transport bar with the coupled relief plate precursor through the treatment compartment;
- and said transport bar being provided with a coupling portion configured to couple the transport bar to the transport system;
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- a protection system configured to guide and evacuate liquid such that the transport system is protected against wetting with the liquid of the treatment compartment;
- wherein the protection system comprises a liquid evacuation part extending lengthwise next to the transport system and below an outer end of the transport bar, said liquid evacuation part being provided with an upwardly extending portion at a side facing the transport system;
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- wherein the outer end of the transport bar is supported on the liquid evacuation part.
An apparatus for treating a relief plate precursor with a liquid, comprising:
- a treatment compartment configured for treating the relief plate precursor with a liquid;
- a transport system for use with one or more transport bars, wherein a transport bar thereof is configured to be coupled to a relief plate precursor, said transport system being configured to move the transport bar with the coupled relief plate precursor through the treatment compartment;
- and said transport bar being provided with a coupling portion configured to couple the transport bar to the transport system;
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- a protection system configured to guide and evacuate liquid such that the transport system is protected against wetting with the liquid of the treatment compartment;
- wherein the protection system comprises a liquid evacuation part extending lengthwise next to the transport system and below an outer end of the transport bar, said liquid evacuation part being provided with an upwardly extending portion at a side facing the transport system;
- wherein the transport bar is provided at the outer end with an upwardly extending portion, and wherein the upwardly extending portion of the liquid evacuation part extends between the transport system and the upwardly extending portion of the transport bar;
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- wherein the transport bar is provided at the outer end with an inverse-U-shaped portion having an outer leg forming the coupling portion and an inner leg forming the upwardly extending portion, and wherein the upwardly extending portion of the liquid evacuation part extends between the outer and inner leg of the inverse-U-shaped portion.
An apparatus for treating a relief plate precursor with a liquid, comprising:
- a treatment compartment configured for treating the relief plate precursor with a liquid;
- a transport system for use with one or more transport bars, wherein a transport bar thereof is configured to be coupled to a relief plate precursor, said transport system being configured to move the transport bar with the coupled relief plate precursor through the treatment compartment;
- and said transport bar being provided with a coupling portion configured to couple the transport bar to the transport system;
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- a protection system configured to guide and evacuate liquid such that the transport system is protected against wetting with the liquid of the treatment compartment;
- wherein the protection system comprises a liquid evacuation part extending lengthwise next to the transport system and below an outer end of the transport bar, said liquid evacuation part being provided with an upwardly extending portion at a side facing the transport system;
- wherein the transport bar is provided at the outer end with an upwardly extending portion, and wherein the upwardly extending portion of the liquid evacuation part extends between the transport system and the upwardly extending portion of the transport bar;
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- wherein the transport bar is provided at the outer end with a substantially U- or V-shaped portion having a downwardly extending inner leg and an outer leg forming the upwardly extending portion, and wherein the upwardly extending portion of the liquid evacuation part extends between the outer leg of the substantially U- or V-shaped portion and the coupling portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.