CA2251940A1 - A method for printing on a conveyor belt - Google Patents
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- CA2251940A1 CA2251940A1 CA 2251940 CA2251940A CA2251940A1 CA 2251940 A1 CA2251940 A1 CA 2251940A1 CA 2251940 CA2251940 CA 2251940 CA 2251940 A CA2251940 A CA 2251940A CA 2251940 A1 CA2251940 A1 CA 2251940A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F23/00—Advertising on or in specific articles, e.g. ashtrays, letter-boxes
- G09F23/02—Advertising on or in specific articles, e.g. ashtrays, letter-boxes the advertising matter being displayed by the operation of the article
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
- A47F9/00—Shop, bar, bank or like counters
- A47F9/02—Paying counters
- A47F9/04—Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
- B41M1/00—Inking and printing with a printer's forme
- B41M1/26—Printing on other surfaces than ordinary paper
- B41M1/30—Printing on other surfaces than ordinary paper on organic plastics, horn or similar materials
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
- B41M7/00—After-treatment of prints, e.g. heating, irradiating, setting of the ink, protection of the printed stock
- B41M7/02—Dusting, e.g. with an anti-offset powder for obtaining raised printing such as by thermogravure ; Varnishing
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F19/00—Advertising or display means not otherwise provided for
- G09F19/22—Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated
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Abstract
A printed picture is appplied onto a conveyor belt consisting of reinforcing fabric with at least one layer of polyvinyl chloride, by using as printing paint/printing ink a type which is conventional in silk screen printing and comprises pigments, binders, and solvents, and preferably the printed picture is applied by means of silk screen printing with subsequent heating for approx. 15 seconds by means of hot air at 80 ~C, and whereafter the printed picture is cooled and optionally provided with a clear PVC varnish.
Description
CA 022~1940 1998-10-19 W O97/43125 rcTnNog7/oollg A method for printing on a cG~e~ol belt Technical field 5 The present invention relates to a method for providing a print on a conveyor belt.
In grocery stores and the like, it iB common practice that the customer places the goods on a conveyor belt which lo transports the good6 to a cashier where the goods are registrated, optionally weighed an priced, and subsequently transported further to enable the customer to put the goods in a bag;
In many cases it iB desirable to provide said coLlveyor belt with advertisements/customer information in the form of text or pictures, in the claims designated as prints.
Application of such information onto the conveyor belt should take place in a simple and e~pe~; ent manner, and such that the information is securely attached to the c:ollveyor belt and i6 not erased during the lifetime of the conveyor belt.
State of the art From US Patent No. 4.979.591 is known a cullveyor belt con-si~ting of a thermoplastic material, such as polyvinyl chloride reinforced with a ~uitable fabric, which can con-sist of a material such as a polyester or a polyamide or any other suitable material. The information or advertise-ment is imprinted on the outer, exposed surface of the conveyor belt by means of a transfer printing process by appling dye and adhesive to the outer surface of the belt from a backing paper under the action of heat and pressure.
In the patent it is stated that said transfer takes place at a temperature in the range 120~C-160~C and at a pressure in the range 2-6 bar during a pressing period of 10-60 sec.
CA 022~1940 1998-lO-l9 W O97/43125 PCTAN097/OOllg Subsequently, the conveyor belt is provided with a coating of transparent varnish through which the applied indicia is visible and which further serves to extend the lifetime of the indicia.
From US Patent No. 5.358.094 is known another conveyor belt which can be provided with advertisements or other informa-tion by bringing a printed sheet with said information to cling to the belt by means of electrostatic forces, which develop naturally due to the ~ vel..ent of the endless con-veyor belt. In order to secure the leading edge, seen in the direction of u~o~eu~ant of the conveyor belt, said leading edge can be secured by means of a suitable tape.
An advantageous feature of a collveyor belt in accordance with US Patent No. 5.358.094 is that the sheets with the information can be e~chAnged with sheets with another type of information.
From Publicly Accessible Norwegian patent application No.
950.791, it is known to provide advertisements/information on conveyor belts constructed of a reinforcing fabric and an outer layer of PVC.
In the application it stated that a particular type of printing is u~ed, permitting detailed motives, and that the printing image iB secured to the conveyor belt by means of pressure and heat treatment in such a ~nner that the indicia i~ melted into the conveyor belt.
Summary of the invention In accordance with the process of the present invention advertisements/information i~ applied on a conventionally designed conveyor belt, that is a belt consisting of a reinforcing fabric being provided with one or more layers of polyvinyl chloride.
CA 022~1940 1998-10-19 W O 97/43125 PCTnNO97/00119 Detailed description of the invention The layer of polyvinyl chloride which is to be printed should be of a relatively ~oft type.
As paint/printing ink is used a type commonly used for silk screen printing, which is the preferred printing method.
The paint/printing ink can, of course, be applied in a different manner, for instance by means of a brush or by the use of templates or the like. Silk screen printing is a well known printing method and comprises application on a finely meshed screen of a light sensitive emulsion which cures and turns water insoluble by the influence of light, whereas the emulsion can be washed out from the parts which are not exposed to light. For instance, if the information exists in the form of a negative and the screen with the light sensitive emulsion is exposed through the negative, those parts of the emulsion which are exposed through the transparent parts of the negative will cure, and vice versa, such that after the subsequent WARh; ng out of the emulsion, the non-exposed parts of the screen will be permeable to printing paint/printing ink, so that when app-lied to the screen, the printing paint/printing ink will penetrate the screen and transferred into the underlying con veyor band.
Surprisingly it has been found that it is possible to obtain a securely attached image by using a conventional, pigmented printing paint/printing ink known per se, for screen printing, provided that the printed belt is trans-ferred through a heating device in which the printed pic-ture iB heated by means of hot air at approx. 80~C for a period of approx. 15 sec.
It is not fully under6tood why this relatively short heat treatment period gives a printed picture well adhered to the polyvinyl chloride substrate, because at said tempera-CA 022~1940 1998-10-19 W O 97/43125 rcTnNog7/oollg ture no melting of the printed image into the substrate can take place. In order to give the printed image a more estetical and appealing appearance and to make the image more durable, the printed image can be provided with a coating of a conventional, clear PVC varnish.
It is advantageous that the printing paint/printing ink is more diluted than what is common in screen printing.
A typical printing paint/printing ink for silk screen printing can consist of:
10-30 ~ by weight of a binder (acryl polyvinyl resins~, 10-30 % by weight of pigments, Solvent:
30-60 ~ 2-etoxy etylen acetate, 1-3 ~ cykloh~Anone.
A further standard silk screen printing ink can consist of:
20-30 ~ acryl resins and copolymers, 5-10 ~ additives, 5-30 ~ pigments.
Solvent:
20-40 % cykloh~x~no~e 20-40 ~ ethyl-3-etoxy-propionat.
The above mentioned printing inks have a pa6ta-like con-sistence, and before being used in the present invention, they are diluted with 5-10 ~ by weight of a suitable th; nner, such as one containing 30-60 ~ cyclo he~ne~
10-30 ~ ethyl glycolate, 10-50 ~ ethyl-3-etoxypropionat.
A person within the state of art will understand that the use of silk screen printing is a simple and convenient m~nner of providing multi-coloured pictures being securely attached to the underlaying polyvinyl sub6trate.
In grocery stores and the like, it iB common practice that the customer places the goods on a conveyor belt which lo transports the good6 to a cashier where the goods are registrated, optionally weighed an priced, and subsequently transported further to enable the customer to put the goods in a bag;
In many cases it iB desirable to provide said coLlveyor belt with advertisements/customer information in the form of text or pictures, in the claims designated as prints.
Application of such information onto the conveyor belt should take place in a simple and e~pe~; ent manner, and such that the information is securely attached to the c:ollveyor belt and i6 not erased during the lifetime of the conveyor belt.
State of the art From US Patent No. 4.979.591 is known a cullveyor belt con-si~ting of a thermoplastic material, such as polyvinyl chloride reinforced with a ~uitable fabric, which can con-sist of a material such as a polyester or a polyamide or any other suitable material. The information or advertise-ment is imprinted on the outer, exposed surface of the conveyor belt by means of a transfer printing process by appling dye and adhesive to the outer surface of the belt from a backing paper under the action of heat and pressure.
In the patent it is stated that said transfer takes place at a temperature in the range 120~C-160~C and at a pressure in the range 2-6 bar during a pressing period of 10-60 sec.
CA 022~1940 1998-lO-l9 W O97/43125 PCTAN097/OOllg Subsequently, the conveyor belt is provided with a coating of transparent varnish through which the applied indicia is visible and which further serves to extend the lifetime of the indicia.
From US Patent No. 5.358.094 is known another conveyor belt which can be provided with advertisements or other informa-tion by bringing a printed sheet with said information to cling to the belt by means of electrostatic forces, which develop naturally due to the ~ vel..ent of the endless con-veyor belt. In order to secure the leading edge, seen in the direction of u~o~eu~ant of the conveyor belt, said leading edge can be secured by means of a suitable tape.
An advantageous feature of a collveyor belt in accordance with US Patent No. 5.358.094 is that the sheets with the information can be e~chAnged with sheets with another type of information.
From Publicly Accessible Norwegian patent application No.
950.791, it is known to provide advertisements/information on conveyor belts constructed of a reinforcing fabric and an outer layer of PVC.
In the application it stated that a particular type of printing is u~ed, permitting detailed motives, and that the printing image iB secured to the conveyor belt by means of pressure and heat treatment in such a ~nner that the indicia i~ melted into the conveyor belt.
Summary of the invention In accordance with the process of the present invention advertisements/information i~ applied on a conventionally designed conveyor belt, that is a belt consisting of a reinforcing fabric being provided with one or more layers of polyvinyl chloride.
CA 022~1940 1998-10-19 W O 97/43125 PCTnNO97/00119 Detailed description of the invention The layer of polyvinyl chloride which is to be printed should be of a relatively ~oft type.
As paint/printing ink is used a type commonly used for silk screen printing, which is the preferred printing method.
The paint/printing ink can, of course, be applied in a different manner, for instance by means of a brush or by the use of templates or the like. Silk screen printing is a well known printing method and comprises application on a finely meshed screen of a light sensitive emulsion which cures and turns water insoluble by the influence of light, whereas the emulsion can be washed out from the parts which are not exposed to light. For instance, if the information exists in the form of a negative and the screen with the light sensitive emulsion is exposed through the negative, those parts of the emulsion which are exposed through the transparent parts of the negative will cure, and vice versa, such that after the subsequent WARh; ng out of the emulsion, the non-exposed parts of the screen will be permeable to printing paint/printing ink, so that when app-lied to the screen, the printing paint/printing ink will penetrate the screen and transferred into the underlying con veyor band.
Surprisingly it has been found that it is possible to obtain a securely attached image by using a conventional, pigmented printing paint/printing ink known per se, for screen printing, provided that the printed belt is trans-ferred through a heating device in which the printed pic-ture iB heated by means of hot air at approx. 80~C for a period of approx. 15 sec.
It is not fully under6tood why this relatively short heat treatment period gives a printed picture well adhered to the polyvinyl chloride substrate, because at said tempera-CA 022~1940 1998-10-19 W O 97/43125 rcTnNog7/oollg ture no melting of the printed image into the substrate can take place. In order to give the printed image a more estetical and appealing appearance and to make the image more durable, the printed image can be provided with a coating of a conventional, clear PVC varnish.
It is advantageous that the printing paint/printing ink is more diluted than what is common in screen printing.
A typical printing paint/printing ink for silk screen printing can consist of:
10-30 ~ by weight of a binder (acryl polyvinyl resins~, 10-30 % by weight of pigments, Solvent:
30-60 ~ 2-etoxy etylen acetate, 1-3 ~ cykloh~Anone.
A further standard silk screen printing ink can consist of:
20-30 ~ acryl resins and copolymers, 5-10 ~ additives, 5-30 ~ pigments.
Solvent:
20-40 % cykloh~x~no~e 20-40 ~ ethyl-3-etoxy-propionat.
The above mentioned printing inks have a pa6ta-like con-sistence, and before being used in the present invention, they are diluted with 5-10 ~ by weight of a suitable th; nner, such as one containing 30-60 ~ cyclo he~ne~
10-30 ~ ethyl glycolate, 10-50 ~ ethyl-3-etoxypropionat.
A person within the state of art will understand that the use of silk screen printing is a simple and convenient m~nner of providing multi-coloured pictures being securely attached to the underlaying polyvinyl sub6trate.
Claims (4)
1. Method for applying a printed picture onto a conveyor belt of the type being used in shops and the like, said belt comprising at least one underlying, reinforcing fabric and at least one overlaying layer of polyvinyl chloride, characterized in that the printed picture is applied by using at least one printing paint/printing ink of the type being used for silk screen printing, and which contains a solvent for the printing paint/printing ink, whereafter the applied print is heated in hot air at approx. 80°C, and subsequently the printed picture is provided with a clear PVC varnish.
2. Method in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the printed picture is applied with a brush by means of a template, or preferably by means of silk screen printing.
3. Method in accordance with the previous claims, characterized in that the heating period with hot air is approx. 10 seconds.
4. Method in accordance with any of the previous claims, characterized in that the conventional printing paint/printing ink is diluted with 5-10 % by weight of a suitable diluting agent.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO960557A NO960557D0 (en) | 1996-02-13 | 1996-02-13 | Advertising on conveyor belts |
| NO960557 | 1996-05-13 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA2251940A1 true CA2251940A1 (en) | 1997-11-20 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA 2251940 Abandoned CA2251940A1 (en) | 1996-02-13 | 1997-05-07 | A method for printing on a conveyor belt |
Country Status (4)
| Country | Link |
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| EP (1) | EP0951396A1 (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2251940A1 (en) |
| NO (1) | NO960557D0 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO1997043125A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB9911010D0 (en) | 1999-05-13 | 1999-07-14 | Payne John M | Improvements in ans relating to conveyor belts |
| GB0125989D0 (en) * | 2001-10-30 | 2001-12-19 | Moran John | Improvements in and relating to vehicle seat belts |
| NL1021445C2 (en) | 2002-09-13 | 2004-03-16 | Preidel Holding B V | Production of a panel bearing a colored image, e.g. a fire-safety floor plan, comprises transfer printing a metal or plastic substrate with a porous coating and sealing the coating |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4979951A (en) * | 1984-05-30 | 1990-12-25 | Simpson John B | Atherectomy device and method |
| US5304411A (en) * | 1992-05-13 | 1994-04-19 | Borden, Inc. | Chemical embossed polyvinyl chloride film |
| AU2074592A (en) * | 1992-08-03 | 1994-02-24 | Ammeraal, Gerardus Cornelis | Conveyor belt |
| ATE186020T1 (en) * | 1994-01-13 | 1999-11-15 | Akzo Nobel Uk Limited | PRINTING OPTICAL PATTERNS FROM POLYMERIC OBJECTS |
| FR2728377A1 (en) * | 1994-12-19 | 1996-06-21 | David Schwartz | Advertising panel made from printed supple vinyl |
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1996
- 1996-02-13 NO NO960557A patent/NO960557D0/en unknown
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1997
- 1997-05-07 WO PCT/NO1997/000119 patent/WO1997043125A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1997-05-07 EP EP97923345A patent/EP0951396A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1997-05-07 CA CA 2251940 patent/CA2251940A1/en not_active Abandoned
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| Publication number | Publication date |
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| EP0951396A1 (en) | 1999-10-27 |
| WO1997043125A1 (en) | 1997-11-20 |
| NO960557D0 (en) | 1996-02-13 |
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| Date | Code | Title | Description |
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| FZDE | Dead |