WO2002042092A2 - Device and mehtod for producing and applying decalcomanias - Google Patents
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- WO2002042092A2 WO2002042092A2 PCT/EP2001/013404 EP0113404W WO0242092A2 WO 2002042092 A2 WO2002042092 A2 WO 2002042092A2 EP 0113404 W EP0113404 W EP 0113404W WO 0242092 A2 WO0242092 A2 WO 0242092A2
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
- B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
- B65C9/08—Label feeding
- B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
- B65C9/1865—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip
- B65C9/1869—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip and being transferred directly from the backing strip onto the article
- B65C9/1873—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip and being transferred directly from the backing strip onto the article the transfer involving heating means, e.g. for decals
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
- Y10T156/17—Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means
- Y10T156/1702—For plural parts or plural areas of single part
- Y10T156/1705—Lamina transferred to base from adhered flexible web or sheet type carrier
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- the invention relates to a device for decorating objects, in particular containers, and the relative procedure.
- a first procedure which consists in the screen printing technique: in this decoration system the liquid ink is forced, by means of a spatula or similar, to pass through the thickness of an element, called a mesh, the surface of the said mesh having portions which are blocked and others which are not. By alternating these blocked portions as necessary, the passage of the ink through the mesh is controlled and only permitted through clearly and intentionally defined areas of the said mesh, resulting in the decoration wanted.
- a further commonly known procedure consists in the offset printing technique, which consists in a derivation of hthographic printing technique. Like in screen printing, this procedure also uses ink made liquid by means of the addition of suitable solvents.
- the said offset printing technique uses zinc and aluminium plates onto which the image to be printed onto the object to be decorated is reproduced.
- the decorative image is produced on the surface to be decorated by means of a rubberised fabric.
- a further commonly known procedure consists in the buffer technique, wherein the decorative image is produced on the object by means of a buffer and also in this case, like in the other two cases described, a liquid ink is used.
- a still further procedure currently used is the so-called 'heat transfer' method: in this procedure the decorative image is transferred onto a backing which has been already treated with a suitable detachable material, the said transfer of the image being realised by means of either a screen printing procedure or a lithographic procedure: the prmting of the image onto the object to be decorated occurs by the said backing being pressed against the object with the backing being heated contemporaneously.
- All the commonly known procedures just described have drawbacks, some typical of a given procedure, others common to all the procedures.
- one drawback of die screen-printing technique consists in the limited accuracy of the print, which is a direct consequence of the minimal possible dimensions of the mesh, or more precisely the minimal possible surface dimensions of the holes in the surface of the said mesh.
- a further drawback of the current screen-printing technique which also limits the accuracy of the decoration, is due to the need for the colour to be deposited in sequence, in particular in the four-colour printing technique, and even more so in the six-colour printing technique, the said following colour depositions generating a non-uniform thickness of the decorative print.
- a drawback which is common to the screen-printing, offset printing and the buffer procedures is the need to make the ink deposited on the object to be decorated dry as in all three cited procedures the ink used must be in a liquid state. This drawback leads to an increase in the production times and an increase in the decoration costs.
- a first drawback common to all the printing systems described earlier consists in the difficulty involved in the production of colour shading.
- a first aim of the present invention is to produce decorations with a very high printing quality and accuracy with a the resolution of the images depending only on the quality of the electrostatic printer used that is of a kind commonly available.
- a further aim of the present invention consists in the possibility to obtain colour variations and shading and to keep the thickness of the print almost unchanged, all of which are prerogatives which depend only on the quality of the electrostatic printer used.
- a further aim is to obtain a reproduction of the decoration using dry inks, with no solvents.
- a still further aim of the present invention consists in the absence of drying stations for the decorations which have just been printed and also the elimination of the minimum production quantity.
- the device in question in the present invention for decorating objects, in particular containers in general is characterised by the fact that it comprises:
- At least two reels at least one of which is motorised, there being one end of a non-stick film bound to each of these reels; the motorization of that at least one of these reels being designed to feed the aforesaid nonstick film;
- the said generator having a dispenser directed towards the non-stick film.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a device for the application of decorations wherein a jet of hot air is directed towards the surface of a film onto which is deposited an image to be reproduced onto an object with surfaces to be decorated around the circumference of the said object.
- FIG. 2 shows the contents of the previous figure wherein the jet of hot air is directed towards the surface of the film opposite to that on which the image is deposited;
- figure 3 shows the contents of figure 2 wherein the object has surfaces to be decorated that are flat in shape.
- 1 is used to denote a non-stick film, designed to be reeled around a spool, composed of a commonly known non-stick material, for example a paper material covered with silicon or a polyester type material covered with silicon.
- the said film is contained between the two reels 2 of which at least one is motorised
- the film 1, in the gap between the two cited reels, is held taut by two tension rollers 3.
- a pressing element 4 Positioned between the two said rollers is a pressing element 4 capable of causing a springy, orthogonal movement with respect to the section of film
- the object 6 Placed opposite the element 4 is the object 6, one of whose surfaces the image 5 is to be reproduced on.
- a heat generator 7, generating, for example hot air, has a dispenser 8 whose outlet 9 is directed towards the backing 1.
- this hot air dispenser outlet is directed towards the surface of the film 1 onto which the image 5 has already been deposited using a commonly know technique realised by means of a common electrostatic printer.
- the positioning of the outlet 9 illustrated in the said figure is used to decorate oversized objects 6 capable of rotating around their own axis of rotation and which have rather consistent thicknesses that guarantee their resistance to the high temperatures and prevent deformations.
- the outlet 9 is directed towards the surface of the said film opposite the surface onto which the said image is deposited.
- a pressing element 4 presses the non-stick film 1 against the object 6; such pressure ensures the feeding movement of the said film causes the simultaneous rotation of the object if its surface is in contact with the non-stick film 1 whose surface is shaped around the circumference and is as illustrated in figures 1 and 2.
- the image 5 begins to cover the contact zone of the pressing element 4 and the object 6.
- the hot air jet transforms the dry thermoplastic colour powder into a semi- liquid plastic and, in this way, the colour in the plastic state is transferred, by heat, from the non-stick film 1 onto the surface of the object to be decorated.
- the said decoration covers the entire portion of the surface of the object 6 required to be decorated.
- the pressing element 4 is capable of translating parallel with the portion of the non-stick film 1 held between the two tension rollers 3.
- the object 6 to be decorated is constituted of a container with particularly thin sides, controlled pressurised air will be blown into the said container to guarantee the said sides a certain rigidity when the pressure is exerted by the pressing element 4 during the phase in which the images 5 is transferred from the non-stick film 1 to the surface of the container to be decorated.
- a first advantage of the present invention consists in the fact that no plate of any kind is required for the production of the images since these are realised using electrostatic printers of a kind commonly available in sales outlets.
- a further advantage is the fact that the present invention makes it possible to avoid using any kind of solvent, for both diluting the ink and cleaning the device.
- the inks used are the dry kind and therefore do not need to be diluted and do not run during the printing phase.
- a still further advantage also derived from the use of dry inks, consists in the fact that the procedure in question in the present invention eliminates the need for working phases involving the drying of the ink used.
- a still ftirther advantage of the present invention consists in the possibility of obtaining notable colour tonal variations and shading, together with an almost constant print thickness.
- a still fhrther advantage consists in the possibility of using the invention on the premises of manufacturers of containers designed for food product uses since there are absolutely no solvents in the inks used.
- a further, but not last, advantage consists in the fact that the resolution and the type of the images depend solely on the quality of the electrostatic printer used, which is of a kind commonly available in the shops.
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Priority Applications (6)
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EP01990421A EP1337402B1 (en) | 2000-11-21 | 2001-11-20 | Device and method for producing and applying decalcomanias |
AU2002229554A AU2002229554A1 (en) | 2000-11-21 | 2001-11-20 | Device and mehtod for producing and applying decalcomanias |
DE60114226T DE60114226T2 (en) | 2000-11-21 | 2001-11-20 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AND APPLYING DECAL PICTURES |
AT01990421T ATE307034T1 (en) | 2000-11-21 | 2001-11-20 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING AND APPLYING DECALS |
US10/441,995 US6893526B2 (en) | 2000-11-21 | 2003-05-20 | Device and method for producing and applying decalcomanias |
US10/888,412 US20060237121A1 (en) | 2000-06-10 | 2004-07-09 | Device for decorating objects, in particular container and the relative procedure |
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IT2000MO000246A IT1316947B1 (en) | 2000-11-21 | 2000-11-21 | DEVICE TO DECORATE OBJECTS IN PARTICULAR CONTAINERS AND RELATED PROCEDURE. |
ITMO2000A000246 | 2000-11-21 |
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US10/441,995 Continuation US6893526B2 (en) | 2000-06-10 | 2003-05-20 | Device and method for producing and applying decalcomanias |
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WO2002042092A2 true WO2002042092A2 (en) | 2002-05-30 |
WO2002042092A3 WO2002042092A3 (en) | 2002-08-15 |
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EP (1) | EP1337402B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE307034T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU2002229554A1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE60114226T2 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2250508T3 (en) |
IT (1) | IT1316947B1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2002042092A2 (en) |
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