Patents by Inventor Paul Hecke

Paul Hecke 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).

  • Apparatus for treating printing plates
    Patent number: 4497081
    Abstract: A printing plate produced by a photochemical process is treated using an apparatus in which one or more flat washout elements are arranged facing the exposed side of the plate passing through the apparatus, these washout elements moving to and fro at right angles to the direction of transport of the plate and being covered with a long-fibered fabric on the side facing the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Paul Hecke, Arnulf Burger, Heinz-Ulrich Werther
  • Apparatus for the production of exposed printing plates
    Patent number: 4017183
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for the production of exposed printing plates consisting of a resin layer and a support, said resin layer being prepared from a fluid photopolymerizable material which is introduced into a mold having at least one transparent wall which is covered with an image-bearing transparency, and being exposed through said image-bearing transparency, which causes photopolymerization of the exposed areas of the resin layer and bonds these areas to the support which is provided with an adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1977
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Lenz, Josef Woellhaf, Klaus Spreng, Manfred Zuerger, Paul Hecke, Gerhard Hoffmann, Milan Obradovic