US Patent Issued to ADVANCED GREIG LAMINATORS on May 12 for "Coating and curing a protective layer on large format printed graphics" (Wisconsin, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,249, issued on May 12, was assigned to ADVANCED GREIG LAMINATORS INC. (Deforest, Wis.).

"Coating and curing a protective layer on large format printed graphics" was invented by Glenn Tomkins (Windsor, Wis.), Hayes Holzhauer (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Brian Buisker (Fitchburg, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for coating and curing a protective layer on large format graphics comprises a roll-to-roll machine having a coat stage and a cure stage. A roll of printed web material turns about a load reel, passing through the coat stage and cure stage, and is wound around a finish reel. The load and finish reels may be dri...