Abstract: Provided is a washing device that has a small device configuration, is excellent in maintainability, and further has a high productivity. The washing device performs development using a washing solution while transporting an imagewise exposed flexographic printing plate precursor. The washing device has a transporting unit that transports the flexographic printing plate precursor along a transport path having a curved transport passage and a linear transport passage, using a leader and a developing portion that performs development by removing an unexposed portion of the flexographic printing plate precursor. The transporting unit transports the flexographic printing plate precursor using a winding transmission method or transports the flexographic printing plate precursor using a method of winding a traction member provided at the leader.

Abstract: Provided are a washout processor and a washing method in which a device configuration is small and processing such as development can be stably performed on a flexographic printing plate precursor. There is provided a washout processor that performs development using a washing solution while transporting an imagewise exposed flexographic printing plate precursor, the washout processor having a leader that fixes both of a leading end and a trailing end of the flexographic printing plate precursor and a tension applying unit that applies tension to the flexographic printing plate precursor.

Abstract: Provided is a washing device that has a small device configuration, is excellent in maintainability, and further has a high productivity. The washing device performs development using a washing solution while transporting an imagewise exposed flexographic printing plate precursor. The washing device has a transporting unit that transports the flexographic printing plate precursor along a transport path having a curved transport passage and a linear transport passage, using a leader and a developing portion that performs development by removing an unexposed portion of the flexographic printing plate precursor. The transporting unit transports the flexographic printing plate precursor using a winding transmission method or transports the flexographic printing plate precursor using a method of winding a traction member provided at the leader.

Abstract: Provided are a washing device and a washing method that achieve prevention of development scum adhesion, development uniformity, and development speed at the same time. This washing device performs development using a washing solution while transporting the flexographic printing plate precursor after imagewise exposure. The washing device includes a transport unit that transports the flexographic printing plate precursor along a predetermined transport path and a development unit that performs development on the flexographic printing plate precursor. The development unit includes a brush which is used for the development and a driving unit which controls rotation of the brush around a rotation axis and movement of the brush. The brush removes an unexposed portion of the flexographic printing plate precursor to perform the development, and the rotation axis of the brush is a fixed axis passing through one point in the brush.

Abstract: Provided are a planographic printing plate precursor and a method of producing a planographic printing plate precursor, in which an image forming region during printing on newspaper page is ensured and edge stains are eliminated. Provided are a planographic printing plate precursor (10b) including an aluminum support (12) which has an anodized film (14), and an image recording layer (16) on the aluminum support (12), in which an end portion of the planographic printing plate precursor (10b) has a sagging shape having a sagging amount (X) of 25 ?m to 150 ?m and a sagging width (Y) of 70 ?m to 300 ?m, the image recording layer (16) contains an infrared absorbing agent, and a part or an entire side surface of two sides of the aluminum support (12), the two sides having the sagging shape and opposing each other contains an ink repellent agent (44); and a method of producing the planographic printing plate precursor (10b).

Abstract: Provided are a planographic printing plate precursor, a laminate thereof, and a method of producing a planographic printing plate precursor capable of satisfying all purposes for eliminating interleaving paper used for preventing scraping and peeling, preventing adhesion, imparting a plate-separating property for preventing multiple-plate feeding, and preventing scratches. The planographic printing plate precursor which includes a polymer layer on a surface of a belt-like support 12 includes a back coat layer 70 having an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra of 0.5 ?m or greater due to a surface roughness structure in which thin film portions 60 and thick film portions 62 are continuously formed on a rear surface of the belt-like support 12.

Abstract: Provided are a coating device and a coating method which suppress the occurrence of exhaustion of a coating liquid. A coating device which applies a coating liquid to an upper surface or a lateral surface of a long substrate continuously traveling in a specific traveling direction has: a bar which is capable of being brought into contact with the upper surface or the lateral surface of the long substrate continuously traveling in the specific traveling direction via the coating liquid, and is rotated; and at least two stages of dam plates which are provided on the upstream side in the traveling direction of the long substrate with respect to the bar, and allow the coating liquid to flow to the long substrate via a space between the dam plate and the bar. The at least two stages of dam plates are arranged along the traveling direction.

Abstract: Provided are a planographic printing plate precursor, a laminate thereof, and a method of producing a planographic printing plate precursor capable of satisfying all purposes for eliminating interleaving paper used for preventing scraping and peeling, preventing adhesion, imparting a plate-separating property for preventing multiple-plate feeding, and preventing scratches. The planographic printing plate precursor which includes a polymer layer on a surface of a belt-like support 12 includes a back coat layer 70 having an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra of 0.5 ?m or greater due to a surface roughness structure in which thin film portions 60 and thick film portions 62 are continuously formed on a rear surface of the belt-like support 12.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coating rod, comprising the steps of preparing a rod material, disposing a pair of form rolling dies having a plurality of helical convex threads, so that the closure angle of a main axis of each of the form rolling dies in the horizontal direction of the main axis is substantially 0.25° or larger but not larger than 0.35° with respect to an axial direction of the rod material, and form-rolling the rod material by feeding the rod material along the axial direction thereof and rotating the pair of form rolling dies around the main axes thereof, while clamping the rod material with the pair of form rolling dies.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coating rod, comprising the steps of preparing a rod material, disposing a pair of form rolling dies having a plurality of helical convex threads, so that the closure angle of a main axis of each of the form rolling dies in the horizontal direction of the main axis is substantially 0.25° or larger but not larger than 0.35° with respect to an axial direction of the rod material, and form-rolling the rod material by feeding the rod material along the axial direction thereof and rotating the pair of form rolling dies around the main axes thereof, while clamping the rod material with the pair of form rolling dies.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating method and a coating device that can both prevent the occurrence of streaks and nonuniform application. A coating device comprises an approximately cylindrical bar arranged to come into contact with a traveling web, and a feed device that feeds coating solution to the entry side of the web relative to the bar. Spiral grooves inclined at an angle of 20 degrees to 70 degrees (both inclusive) with respect to a plane orthogonal to the central axis of the bar, and smooth portions with which the web comes into contact at a percentage of 20% or more are formed on the surface of the bar.

Abstract: A coating apparatus is provided which does not form lines having a constant pitch in applying a coating solution to a web (16) or a sheet medium by using a coating rod (12A, 12B, 12C) or a coating roller (12) even at a high speed. The present invention relates to a coating apparatus for applying a coating solution to a continuously running support medium via a coating rod (12C). A coating rod (12C) is a cylindrical body having an outer surface in which convex sections having a width P1 and concave sections having a width P2 are alternately formed in an axial direction of the surface, so that a series of convex and concave sections having a constant pitch P=P1+P2 are formed. Each of the convex sections includes a flat part having a maximum height roughness (Rz) of 3 ?m or less, and the flat part has a width P3 of 0.55 P or more.

Abstract: According to the coating device and method of the invention, coating is performed while the coating liquid is sprayed from the coating liquid supply passage toward the lower surface of the web in a form of a curtain to form a fluid wall of the coating liquid between an exit of the coating liquid supply passage and the lower surface of the web, so that entrained air running with the web can be blocked by the fluid wall. The fluid wall can block entrained air, and therefore, allow stable coating without any defect such as a film cut in a coating film even when the web is run at speed high enough to form a film of entrained air on a web surface and coated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for applying a coating solution with a bar, comprising the steps of: contacting a rotating coating bar with a lower surface of a continuously running web; discharging a coating solution toward the lower surface of the web from a coating solution discharging section positioned upstream of the coating bar in a web running direction to form a coating solution reservoir upstream of the coating bar; and applying the coating solution to the web via the coating solution reservoir, wherein the method for applying a coating solution with a bar includes a step of regulating a pressure of the coating solution reservoir depending on a running speed of the web.

Abstract: A low-bed type seismic isolator for a display case, which includes: at least two lines of arcuate X-rails (3) fixed to a lower plate (1) on a foundation and having lower central portions and higher end portions; at least two lines of arcuate Y-rails (4) fixed to a lower surface of an upper plate (2) above the X-rails (3) and having higher central portions and lower end portions in a direction perpendicularly to the X-rails; connection blocks (5) having lower portions clamping the X-rails, upper portions clamping the Y-rails, and a disk spring provided at the central portions thereof; absorbers (8) disposed on the ends of the X-rails and Y-rails and recesses which fixedly accommodates support legs (7) fixed to the lower surface of the upper plate and protruded downwardly from a seismic isolation object.

Abstract: A seismic isolation sliding bearing for a structure, is made up of a dish 1 having a conical concave surface having a predetermined inclination or a spherical concave surface in its central portion, and a bearing element 2 in which the bearing element includes a base 3 whose portion for contact with the concave surface of the dish 1 is formed by a low-friction material, and a holder 6 which holds the base 3 so as to press it against the concave surface of the dish 1. The seismic isolation sliding bearing of the present invention neither resonates to the vibration period of any earthquake nor causes a large oscillation during a normal small vibration, but has a restoring force because of its structure which enables the bearing element to readily return to its original position after an earthquake ceases.

Abstract: In a circuit for producing an output signal under selective control of a control signal produced by a processor used in combination, a bar code reader and an optical communication receiver comprise in common a first low pass filter having a first cutoff frequency to produce a first low pass filtered signal. The optical communication receiver comprises a first digitizer connected to the first low pass filter for digitizing the first low pass filtered signal to supply a first digital signal to a serial communication unit. The bar code reader comprises a second low pass filter having a second cutoff frequency and connected to the first low pass filter for filtering the first low pass filtered signal to produce a second low pass filtered signal. A second digitizer is connected to the second low pass filter for digitizing the second low pass filtered signal to supply a second digital signal to an interrupt control unit.