(19)
(11) EP 1 084 831 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
10.04.2002 Bulletin 2002/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/12

(21) Application number: 00307903.5

(22) Date of filing: 13.09.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B41C 1/18, B41C 1/05
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 14.09.1999 US 153670 P

(71) Applicant: CreoScitex Corporation Ltd.
Herzlia 46103 (IL)

(72) Inventors:
  • Eshed, David
    Kfar Sava 44285 (IL)
  • Kamir, Yosef
    Netanya 42262 (IL)
  • Pilossof, Nissim
    Rehovot 76485 (IL)

(74) Representative: Freed, Arthur Woolf et al
Edward Evans Barker Clifford's Inn Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1BZ
London EC4A 1BZ (GB)

   


(54) Apparatus for collecting residual materials dispersed during imaging of flexographic printing plates


(57) There is disclosed an apparatus for collecting residual material from a flexographic printing member on a Computer-To-Plate (CTP) system, that comprises a nozzle body, a nozzle tip attached to an end of the nozzle body, an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the nozzle tip in proximity with a printing member on the CTP system, an exhaust blower and a conduit for communication with an end of the nozzle body and the exhaust blower.






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