Patents by Inventor Ronald A. Rinke

Ronald A. Rinke 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 and method of exposing lithographic plates
    Patent number: 5934195
    Abstract: A conveyor conveys first and second plates to an exposure station. First and second laser imagers mounted at the exposure station above the support generate first and second laser beams adapted to sweep over the first and second plates, respectively. A mechanism effects simultaneous relative movement between the first laser imager and the first plate and between the second laser imager and the second plate. A computer system receives source image data corresponding to first and second source images, which correspond to first and second print images to be formed on the first and second plates, respectively. The computer system generates a first set of electrical signals corresponding to the first source image which are provided to the first laser imager, and generates a second set of electrical signals corresponding to the second source image which are provided to the second laser imager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Western Litho Plate & Supply Co.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Rinke, Richard P. Simonian, John W. Powers