Patents by Inventor Teriy Shelton

Teriy Shelton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for automatically exposing and labeling a plurality of lithographic plates
    Patent number: 5701170
    Abstract: A system for generating from unimaged plates a plurality of exposed lithographic plates to be provided to a press for use in printing. The system is for use with a film exposer for exposing a negative which includes an identifying code identifying the negative. An exposing station has a first reader for reading the identifying code and has an exposer for exposing a number of unimaged plates to generate an image thereon from the exposed negative. The number of exposed plates corresponds to the identifying code read by the reader. A bending station has a second reader for reading the identifying code on the exposed plates and has an optical punch bender for bending the exposed plates in accordance with information corresponding to the identifying code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Western Litho Plate & Supply Co.
    Inventors: John Powers, Teriy Shelton, Michael Gonseth