THINK LABORATORY CO., LTD. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140055825 | PHOTOENGRAVING CONSUMABLE MATERIAL REMOTE ADMINISTRATION METHOD - Provided is a consumable platemaking material remote administration method which is capable of remotely administrating a consumable platemaking material in each processing device in a fully-automatic platemaking system through a communication network. The consumable platemaking material remote administration method for a processing system for fully-automatic photogravure platemaking includes: providing a central control unit to be connected to the each processing device through a communication line, for receiving status information of a consumable platemaking material in the each processing device; and receiving the status information from the central control unit through a communication network by an external receiving device to remotely administrating the consumable platemaking material. | 02-27-2014 |
20130337231 | SUBSTRATE HAVING ETCHING MASK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided are a substrate with an etching mask which enables high definition patterning and a method of manufacturing the same. A photosensitive material is applied on a surface of a substrate, exposure and development of the photosensitive material are carried out to form a resist pattern, a DLC coating film is formed on the surface of the substrate and a surface of the resist pattern, and the DLC coating film formed on the resist pattern is separated together with the resist pattern to form a DLC pattern on the surface of the substrate. | 12-19-2013 |
20130334302 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DOT PATTERN PRINTED MATERIAL - Provided is an information display system and a dot pattern printed material to be used for the same, which are capable of easily displaying information only by reading a dot pattern, easy for update of the information, and capable of printing an even less visible dot pattern as compared to the conventional case. The information display system includes: a dot pattern printed material including a dot pattern having coordinate position code information, the dot pattern being printed on a printing object through gravure printing in a less visible and optically readable manner; optical reading means; information transfer means for transferring, to a server device, the coordinate position code information that is read by the optical reading means; a server device for outputting associated information that is accumulated in advance in association with the coordinate position code information; and information display means for displaying the associated information output from the server device. The dot pattern printed material is obtained by printing the dot pattern through the gravure printing with carbon black ink on a black printing layer that is formed with cyan ink, magenta ink, and yellow ink. | 12-19-2013 |
20130269554 | MEMBER WITH CONCAVE PORTION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided are a member with recessed portions which solves the problem of fogging, and a method of manufacturing the same. The member with recessed portions, includes: a printing area in which a large number of recessed portions are formed on a surface thereof; and a non-printing area in which the recessed portions are not formed on the surface thereof, the surface being brought into contact with a viscous material so that the viscous material accumulates in the recessed portions, the excess viscous material being scraped off the surface by causing a doctor blade to horizontally stick up on the surface and relatively moving the doctor blade. The member with recessed portions further includes: a base member having the printing area in which the large number of recessed portions are formed on the surface and the non-printing area in which the recessed portions are not formed on the surface; and a DLC coating formed so as to cover the printing area and the non-printing area. The surface is provided with a plurality of grinding traces, which are formed by grinding the DLC coating, and form an inclined angle of other than 0° and 90° with respect to an imaginary extension of the doctor blade which horizontally sticks up on the surface. | 10-17-2013 |
20130160947 | FULL-AUTOMATIC GRAVURE PLATE-MAKING PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is a fully automatic gravure plate-making processing system capable of manufacturing a gravure plate-making roll more quickly as compared to a conventional case, achieving space saving, performing an unattended operation even in the nighttime, and reducing dust between individual processes. The fully automatic gravure plate-making processing system includes: a first industrial robot for chucking and handling an unprocessed plate-making roll; a second industrial robot for chucking and handling the unprocessed plate-making roll; a roll stock apparatus, a photosensitive film coating apparatus, a laser exposure apparatus, an ultrasonic cleaning apparatus with a drying function, a grinding wheel polishing apparatus, and a paper polishing apparatus, which serve as processing apparatus arranged in a handling area of the first industrial robot; and a degreasing apparatus, a copper plating apparatus, a developing apparatus, an etching apparatus, a resist removal apparatus, a surface hardening film forming apparatus, and an ultrasonic cleaning apparatus, which serve as processing apparatus arranged in a handling area of the second industrial robot, to thereby perform plate-making processing. | 06-27-2013 |
20120327388 | LASER EXPOSURE METHOD AND PRODUCT - Provided are a high-resolution laser exposure method and a product manufactured with use of the laser exposure method, the laser exposure method being capable of performing high-resolution laser plate-making in gravure plate-making, offset plate-making, flexo plate-making, and the like, and being usable in laser exposure of a circuit pattern in an electronic component such as a printed circuit board, a liquid crystal display, and a plasma display, or in special printing for prevention of forgery of banknotes and the like. The laser exposure method, which uses a laser exposure apparatus, includes: scanning laser beams to form a laser spot array having a predetermined length on a photosensitive film; and exposing the photosensitive film coated on a plate surface to light, to thereby form a photosensitized part and a non-photosensitized part. The scanning includes sequentially scanning, for exposure, a subsequent laser spot array so that at least a half region of a previously scanned laser spot array in a width direction thereof is subjected to superimposed exposure. | 12-27-2012 |
20100089263 | DOCTOR BLADE - Provided is a doctor blade for use with a gravure printing roll, which hardly causes fogging even when it is used for the gravure printing using aqueous ink at the same printing speed as that of the gravure printing using oil based ink, can upgrade the gravure printing using the aqueous ink to a practical level, and can have an extended service life. The doctor blade includes a doctor blade body having a distal end with a knife edge portion, for filling gravure cells with ink and scraping off surplus ink with the knife edge portion being brought into contact with a gravure printing roll through a relative movement of the doctor blade to the gravure printing roll, in which at least the knife edge portion of the doctor blade body is coated with a silicon dioxide film, and the silicon dioxide film is formed by using a perhydropolysilazane solution. | 04-15-2010 |
20100064918 | GRAVURE PRINTING ROLL WITH CUSHION LAYER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a method of producing a printing plate, especially a gravure plate with cushion properties, which enables direct gravure printing on a hard printing target without using a blanket roll owing to being provided with cushion properties, effects a satisfactory gravure printing on a rough surface such as corrugated cardboard, and is suitable for color-printing a matrix image for forming a color filter on glass for liquid crystal panels or an image on a compact disk or the like. The gravure plate includes a hollow roll provided on the surface thereof with a cushion layer formed of rubber or resin with cushion properties, a copper-plated layer formed on the surface of the cushion layer and formed on the surface thereof with multiple gravure cells, a metal layer formed on the surface of the copper-plated layer, a metal carbide layer formed on the surface of the metal layer, and a diamond-like carbon film for covering the surface of the metal carbide layer. | 03-18-2010 |
20090266254 | GRAVURE PRINTING ROLL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a novel gravure printing roll which has no toxicity, causes no deterioration of the environment, has a surface-reinforcing coating layer and is excellent in print durability and printing performance. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing of the gravure printing roll. The gravure printing roll includes a hollow roll, a copper plating layer which is formed on a surface of the hollow roll and has a large number of gravure cells, and a diamond-like carbon coating layer covering the surface of the copper plating layer, in which each of the gravure cells coated with the diamond-like carbon coating layer has a depth of 5 μm or more and less than 10 μm. | 10-29-2009 |
20090095633 | COPPER PLATING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A GRAVURE CYLINDER - The present invention provides a copper plating method and apparatus for a gravure cylinder in which copper plating with more uniform thickness can be provided over a full length of a gravure cylinder without causing defects such as rashes and pits irrespective of a size of the gravure cylinder, concentration of a copper plating solution can be managed automatically, a consumption amount of an additive is reduced to make it possible to perform a plating treatment within a short period of time, a power supply cost is reduced, and handling is easy with excellent visibility. A gravure cylinder in a hollow cylindrical shape is held at both ends in a longitudinal direction. The gravure cylinder is accommodated in a plating bath filled with a copper plating solution. The gravure cylinder is energized so that the gravure cylinder functions as a cathode while being rotated at a predetermined speed. A pair of anode chambers in a long box shape, in which insoluble anodes are provided upright slidably to both sides of the gravure cylinder in the plating bath and energized so as to function as an anode, are brought close to both side surfaces of the gravure cylinder at a predetermined interval. Copper plating is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the gravure cylinder. | 04-16-2009 |
20090075116 | GRAVURE PLATE-MAKING ROLL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A novel gravure engraving roll that has a surface-reinforcing coating layer being nontoxic and having no danger of pollution generation at all and that excels in printing life; and a process for producing the same. There is provided a gravure engraving roll comprising: a metal hollow roll; a copper plating layer superimposed on the surface of the hollow roll and on its surface furnished with a multiplicity of gravure cells; a metal layer superimposed on the surface of the copper plating layer; a layer of carbide of said metal superimposed on the surface of the metal layer; and a diamond-like carbon coating covering the surface of the metal carbide layer. | 03-19-2009 |
20090068421 | GRAVURE PRINTING ROLL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a novel gravure printing roll which includes a surface reinforcing coating layer having no toxicity and no possibility of causing pollution, and which has excellent printing resistance, and a manufacturing method thereof. The gravure printing roll includes: a plate base material; a copper plating layer formed on a surface of the plate base material and having multiple gravure cells formed thereon; and a silicon dioxide film which covers a surface of the copper plating layer, in which the silicon dioxide film is formed by using a perhydropolysilazane solution. The copper plating layer has a thickness of from 50 to 200 μm, the gravure cell has a depth of from 5 to 150 μm, and the silicon dioxide film has a thickness of from 0.1 to 5 μm, preferably 0.1 to 3 μm, and more preferably 0.1 to 1 μm. | 03-12-2009 |