IP Library Patent Application 10532166
Patent Application
App. No. 10/532,166

Flexographic pringting plate, flexographic printing device, production method for flexographic printing plate and production method for printing matter

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10/532,166
Abstract

A flexographic printing plate includes a raised part ( 2 ) for transferring a printing substance to a printing substrate, the raised part ( 2 ) having a top surface and a side, the top surface and the side forming an angle of not less than 90° and not more than 105°. More preferably, the top surface and the side form an angle of not less than 95° and not more than 100°. A flexographic printer includes a flexographic printing plate as described above.

Claims (19)

1 . A flexographic printing plate including a raised part for transferring a printing substance to a printing substrate,

said raised part Shaving a top surface and a side, and

said top surface and said side forming an angle of not less than 90° and not more than 105°.

2 . The flexographic printing plate according to claim 1 , wherein said angle is not less than 95° and not more than 100°.

3 . The flexographic printing plate according to claim 1 , wherein said top surface is shaped as a line when viewed from above, and has a bent portion.

4 . A flexographic printer including the flexographic printing plate according to claim 1 .

5 . A method of producing a printed substance, wherein printing is performed using the flexographic printing plate according to claim 1 .

6 . The method of producing a printed substance according to claim 5 , wherein printing is performed using a printing substance with a viscosity of not less than 40 Pa·s.

7 . A method of manufacturing a flexographic printing plate having a photosensitive resin as its main material, comprising:

the step of forming an underlayer where a first photosensitive resin layer disposed on a major surface of a base film is exposed to light to form the underlayer;

the step of placing a second photosensitive resin layer on a major surface of a mask film for performing exposure in a desired geometry;

the step of stacking a major surface of said underlayer and a major surface of said second photosensitive resin layer in contact with each other;

the step of main exposure where a stack resulting from said step of stacking is exposed to light on the side having said mask film disposed thereon; and

the step of development where, following said step of main exposure, a development is performed to form a raised part.

8 . The method of manufacturing a flexographic printing plate according to claim 7 , wherein both said first photosensitive resin layer and said second photosensitive resin layer are made of one photosensitive resin.

9 . The method of manufacturing a flexographic printing plate according to claim 7 , wherein said step of forming an underlayer includes the step of exposing the side of said first photosensitive resin layer opposite the side to be in contact with said second photosensitive resin layer.

10 . The method of manufacturing a flexographic printing plate according to claim 7 , wherein said step of main exposure includes the step of controlled exposure where the side of said stack opposite the side having said mask film disposed thereon is exposed.

11 . The method of manufacturing a flexographic printing plate according to claim 10 , wherein said step of controlled exposure includes exposure at an amount of exposure that will produce a desired angle between the top surface and the side of said raised part to be formed.

12 . The method of manufacturing a flexographic printing plate according to claim 7 , including the step of exposing a side of a printing plate resulting from said step of development, said side of the printing plate being the one having said raised part formed thereon.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2006
From: HITACHI INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI PLANT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 018709/0142 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2005
From: KOMURA, YUICHI; SAITO, YOSHIMI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; HITACHI INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.; KOMURA TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017077/0706 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2005
From: KAWABE, SHINICHIRO; MITSUMOTO, MASARU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; HITACHI INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.; KOMURA TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017077/0719 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2005
From: SAAI, YUJI; KIRA, TAKATOSHI; MORIMOTO, MITSUAKI; NAKAHARA, MAKOTO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; HITACHI INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.; KOMURA TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017077/0742 →