CN107428154B - Use the variable printed technique of flexible secondary plate and special ink - Google Patents

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CN107428154B
CN107428154B CN201680021443.6A CN201680021443A CN107428154B CN 107428154 B CN107428154 B CN 107428154B CN 201680021443 A CN201680021443 A CN 201680021443A CN 107428154 B CN107428154 B CN 107428154B
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41N—PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING, INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE AND CONSERVING THEM
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Abstract

The present invention relates to flexible secondary plate and special ink are used in printing technology.More particularly it relates to using by the polymethylene chain comprising saturation composition or photopolymer material made of the secondary plate of flexibility, to by high-resolution figure and other label come the device and method of the outer surface of decoration of cylindrical canister.

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Use the variable printed technique of flexible secondary plate and special ink
Cross reference to related applications
The application is to continue with application, and requires entitled " use soft secondary plate and the special ink submitted on April 14th, 2015 Variable printed technique " U. S. application No.14/686,517 equity and priority, this application is to continue with application and requires The U. S. application No.14/301,018's of entitled " using the printing technology of soft light polymer sheet " submitted on June 10th, 2014 Equity and priority, require to submit on June 11st, 2013 at 35U.S.C. § 119 (e) entitled " uses soft light polymer The priority of the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.61/833,799 of the printing technology of plate ".Each of these applications is by drawing Be integrally incorporated herein.
Technical field
The present invention relates to flexible secondary plate is used in the printing technology of cylindrical base.More particularly it relates to A kind of secondary plate of use flexibility made of new material is come the outer surface of decoration of cylindrical canister and in printing technology The method and apparatus of product differentiation are provided.
Background technique
Canister indicated using imprint lithography image or label, such as brand name, mark, product information or Design.In lithographic printing, one or more printing plates (or primary plate) with image-region are attached to the plate rolling of decorator On cylinder (or pressing pressure roller).Decorator may include multiple plate cylinders.The image-region of each printing plate may include that ink connects It receives region and does not receive the both areas of ink.Ink container applies ink on printing plate, and ink adhesion connects to ink Receive region.In general, the printing plate of each plate cylinder receives the ink of particular color from ink container.Decorator also has blanket rolling Cylinder (also referred to as blanket cylinder, printing cylinder or segmented wheel).Secondary plate (or secondary transferring plate or printing blanket) is attached to rubber Skin cloth roller.
The decorator used in canister industry has 4 to 12 secondary plates usually on blanket cylinder.Work as plate When roller and blanket cylinder consistently rotate, each of one or more printing plates contact secondary plate and by particular colors Printing ink transfer to secondary plate.When their ink colors and image are transferred on secondary plate by all printing plates, Final lithographic image is formed on secondary plate.Then by a secondary plate of cylinder shape metal container and blanket cylinder Rotating contact, and lithographic image is transferred to the outer surface of cylinder shape metal container from secondary plate.
Lithographic process general description is in United States Patent (USP) 3, and 766,851, United States Patent (USP) 4,384,518, United States Patent (USP) 6, 550,389 and United States Patent (USP) 6,899,998 in, respective full content is incorporated herein by reference.In these bibliography The method of description usually only allows to produce single lithographic image from single group printing plate.Therefore, side described in these patents Method is only to will be effective on identical image printing to a large amount of cylinder shape metal containers.In order in multiple cylinder shape metal containers The different image of upper printing, it is necessary to install new printing plate in the plate cylinder of decorator, lead to the shutdown and reduction of production line Efficiency.Because can only print an image in the case where not changing printing plate, production small lot has different figures The decoration of cylindrical canister of picture is challenge economically.
It provides in the United States Patent (USP) 5,181,471 of Sillars from single group printing plate and provides the one of multiple and different images A example, entire contents are incorporated herein by reference.Sillars substantially describes a kind of print system, wherein carved image It is formed in the flexographic plate printing zone for being attached to the printing plate of blanket cylinder.
The printing blanket of the prior art is made of multiple laminate layers, generally includes facial parts, the first tissue layer can Compression layer and the second tissue layer.Facial parts include relatively thin rubber material, are suitable for receiving the maximum amount of oil from printing plate Ink, without making the ink image deformation shifted from printing plate.However, being carved when being formed on image, such as through laser It carves, the material of facial parts relatively easily burns or melts, to prevent from forming tool on the printing blanket of the prior art There is the image of tiny point.Therefore, the image formed in the facial parts of the blanket of the prior art is for by high quality ink figure It is invalid as being transferred to canister.
It is described in the International Patent Publication WO 2014/008544 of Treloar multiple not using the offer of single group printing plate With another method of image, it is incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.Treloar is usually described with suitable for having inking region With the blanket cylinder of the secondary plate in non-inking region.Other methods that multiple and different images are provided in imprint lithography exist The International Patent Publication WO 2014/006517 and Grahame of Vilas Boas et al. (Vilas Boas) et al. (Grahame) International Patent Publication WO 2014/128200 in describe, respective full content is incorporated herein by reference.However, using The lithographic image of the Sillars of these various technologies, Treloar, Vilas Boas and Grahame description is not enough Details is considered as high quality, image high-definition.In addition, these patents or patent disclosure are all not described in printing process The middle new material using special ink or for secondary plate in large-scale production process to generate high image quality.Business gold Belong to the different pattern primitives that Container Industry needs fine definition to print, and needs to be formed by special ink in unique application Element, special ink can effectively be printed on the outer surface of cylinder shape metal container with high-resolution and details.These high definitions The use of clear degree image and special ink is for distinguishing product in point of sale and consumer being attracted to be necessary.
The U.S. Patent Application Publication 2014/0210201 of Owen et al. (Owen) substantially describes thermo-color and light-induced variable Color ink is used to decorate the purposes of beverage can, is incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.However, Owen is taught using inkjet printing Ink is applied to tank.It has been found that inkjet printing is limited by the undesirable placement or positioning of ink.For example, inkjet printing It may cause ink atomization, this may interfere with print procedure, leads to the undesired mark on container or leads to equipment fault. In some cases, it due to being cleaned, being safeguarded and/or being repaired, may cause up to using InkJet printing processes 20% or more potential production time.In addition, InkJet printing processes be difficult to high speed provide and at the same time keep print quality and It is undistorted.Therefore, passed through in business container industry using ink jet printing method uneconomic.In contrast, business container Industry is required to the device of the significant speed of production decoration beverage container of at least thousands of a cylinder shape metal containers per minute And method.
Therefore, be for the demand of high resolution lithographic technique it is unsatisfied, which allows from single group printing plate Multiple images are printed on the outer surface of cylinder shape metal container with secondary plate, using special ink and/or improved plate, Without sacrificing production efficiency or picture quality and details.
Summary of the invention
This technique uses the secondary plate (flexible of flexibility being fixed on blanket (blanket) roller of decorator Secondary plates) significantly improve the picture quality and details of printing lithographic image on metallic containers.This The one aspect of invention is to provide the secondary plate of flexibility being made of photopolymer material.In another aspect of this invention, flexibility two Secondary plate is by least partly comprising the chemical combination for the polymethylene chain (saturated chain of polymethylene) being saturated Object composition.In one embodiment, the polymethylene chain of saturation is M grades of rubber (M-class rubber).In another implementation In example, the polymethylene chain of saturation is ethylene propylene diene monomer.Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of decorator, uses At least one special ink forms high-definition image on the outer surface of canister.Of the invention also on the one hand providing is used for The secondary plate of flexibility of decorator, can operate to decorate at least 2 per minute, 200 canisters.
More specifically, in one embodiment of the invention, flexible secondary plate is made of photopolymer material.By using up Image is transferred on the face (face) of flexible photo polymer plate or is formed thereon by exposure photopolymer material.Image can be with Plate technique or conventional plate exposure technology are shifted using computer.This leads to flexible secondary plate, has and does not receive ink It embossment region and is formed and will receive ink and by the accurate and detailed image-region of the outer surface of printing ink transfer to canister Hardening region.
In another embodiment of the present invention, flexible secondary plate at least partly includes the polymethylene chain or tool of saturation There is the composition of other associated materials of similar physical property.Alternatively, certain flexible plastic materials can be used for identical Purpose.Image is carved by Direct Laser or other methods known in the art are formed in flexible secondary plate.Ink can Become type and color and one or more different pieces of printing plate are applied to form the first image by ink container (inkers). Then by printing plate and flexible secondary plate rotating contact, and by the printing ink transfer of various types and color to the secondary plate of flexibility.So Afterwards vessel be moved to flexible secondary plate rotating contact, and ink is transferred to the outer surface of vessel.At this In some embodiments of technique, flexible secondary plate can also be formed on before, during or after image in facial parts It is etched or carves, to form the one or more recess portions for not receiving ink.In other embodiments, varnish (varnish) It can be on one or more parts by the outer surface that flexible secondary plate or individual varnish unit are applied to vessel.This A little and other advantages will become apparent from the disclosure for including herein.
Another aspect of the present invention is device, method and the flexible secondary plate of the dry glue version printing for canister.In In one embodiment, the printing plate with physics embossment is by multiple color or the printing ink transfer of type to fixed to blanket cylinder On the secondary plate of flexibility.The physics embossment of printing plate generates inking on the surface for the printing plate being transferred on flexible secondary plate Non- inking region.Then, flexible secondary plate is in high speed decoration technology by the outer surface of printing ink transfer to canister.One In a embodiment, flexible secondary plate is by including that the material for the polymethylene chain being saturated forms.In another embodiment, flexibility two Secondary plate is made of photopolymer material.Optionally, at least one flexible secondary plate includes image.Image is printed from one or more Plate receives at least some ink, and is transferred into metal by the contact between the outer surface of canister and flexible secondary plate Container.In another embodiment, each secondary plate of flexibility includes image.In one embodiment, the figure on flexible secondary plate It seem identical.In another embodiment, the image on flexible secondary plate is respectively different.
As it will appreciated by a person of ordinary skill, printing plate will not be got wet by water in dry glue version printing.It is formed in printing Image on plate receives ink from ink container.Then its inking image is transferred on flexible secondary plate by printing plate, then flexible Secondary plate is by printing ink transfer to canister.In contrast, in wet type offset print technology, printing plate by chemical treatment with Form the image-region that will receive ink and repel water.Then water and ink are applied on printing plate.Due to the change of printing plate Processing, only on ink adhesion to image and water is ostracised.In addition, ink does not adhere to the non-image areas of printing plate Domain.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided one kind decorates gold using flexible secondary plate in imprint lithography Belong to the new method of the outer surface of container.This includes but is not limited to generally include the following method: (1) at the top of flexible secondary plate Or the first image is formed on the predetermined portions of facial parts；(2) the secondary plate of flexibility with the first image is removedly fixed Onto the blanket cylinder of decorator；(3) multiple printing plates are attached in the plate cylinder of decorator；(4) by ink from ink Device is applied at least one of multiple printing plates；(5) at least some ink are shifted from least one of multiple printing plates To at least part of flexible secondary plate；And ink is transferred to the outer surface of canister by (6) from flexible secondary plate, In, canister is decorated.Flexible secondary plate is by the compound for the polymethylene chain being saturated, photopolymer material and flexible plastic One of material composition.In one embodiment, flexible secondary plate is formed by single homogeneous material.In other words, flexibility two Secondary plate is not made of the layer of different materials.
In one embodiment, the first image is formed on flexible secondary plate be included in Direct Laser artistic carving remove At least some materials of the facial parts of flexible secondary plate.In another embodiment, Direct Laser artistic carving, machinery or In chemical etching or one or more of artistic carving, venting technique, pressure initiation technique or pass through one or more techniques Combination remove flexible secondary plate facial parts at least some materials to form the first image.In one embodiment, shape Depth at the first image on flexible secondary plate is about 0.0009 inch to about 0.089 inch.In another embodiment, At least some materials of facial parts are removed to generate and there is above the facial parts for being higher than flexible secondary plate about 0.0009 inch To the first image of the protrusion of about 0.089 inch of height.
Flexible secondary plate can be any shape or size.In one embodiment, flexible secondary plate with a thickness of about 0.04 inch to about 0.1 inch.Optionally, flexible secondary plate is formed by no lamination material.Therefore, in one embodiment, soft The secondary plate of property does not include the middle layer and clothing or tissue layer of line (threads).
In one embodiment, ink includes special ink.Special ink may include thermal color-changing printing ink, photochromic oil Ink, odorous thermal color-changing printing ink, fluorescent ink, UV ink, black light ink, infrared ray ink, phosphor ink, pressure sensitive ink, Tactile ink, temperature-sensitive touch ink, one of leuco dye and matt ink or a variety of.
In one embodiment, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of flexible secondary plate includes M grades of rubber.In another embodiment In, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of flexible secondary plate includes ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) compound.In another implementation In example, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of flexible secondary plate includes ethylene propylene monomer (EPM) compound.
Blanket cylinder may include any amount of secondary plate of flexibility.In one embodiment, 8 to 12 flexibilities are secondary Plate is removably secured on blanket cylinder.In another embodiment, the secondary plate of 6 to 24 flexibilities is removably secured to On blanket cylinder.Optionally, the method can also include that about 4 to about 24 secondary plates of flexibility are removably secured to rubber On skin cloth roller.Each of about 4 to about 24 secondary plates of flexibility can have different images.It is soft from about 4 to about 24 Property the transfer of secondary plate ink generate the canisters with 4 to 24 decorations of different images.In another embodiment, soft The secondary plate of property can operate in decorator, decorated per minute up to 2,200 canisters.
In one embodiment, this method can optionally further comprise removedly being attached multiple second printing plates To the second plate cylinder of decorator.The second ink from the second ink container is applied at least one in multiple second printing plates It is a.Second ink is the ink with the first ink different type or color that are applied by ink container.At least some second ink from At least one of multiple second printing plates are transferred at least part of flexible secondary plate.Optionally, at least some second oil Ink is transferred at least part of the first image from least one of multiple second printing plates.In another embodiment, do not have There is the second ink to be transferred to the first image.For example, the second printing plate can optionally include the first figure with flexible secondary plate As the embossment region of alignment.Embossment region will not receive ink from ink container.Then the first ink and the second ink are from flexibility two Secondary plate is transferred to the outer surface of canister.Therefore, canister at least some first ink and at least some second ink Decoration.
In one embodiment, decorator may include four to 18 plate cylinders, have printing plate thereon.At another In embodiment, decorator includes about eight plate cylinders.Each plate cylinder can be operated to turn the ink of different type or color Move on to the secondary plate of flexibility being fixed on blanket cylinder.In one embodiment, each of one to eight plate cylinder Unique image optionally can be transferred to flexible secondary plate by printing plate.
According to another aspect of the present invention, it discloses a kind of flat for forming fine definition on the outer surface of canister The device of version printing image, the device can be operated to form multiple lithographic images from single group printing plate.The device usually wraps It includes: (1) at least one plate cylinder of ink container；(2) blanket cylinder；And (3) support roller.In one embodiment In, which can operate to decorate at least 2 per minute, 200 canisters.
Ink container can be operated with by printing ink transfer to the one or more printing plates for being attached at least one plate cylinder circumference Predetermined portions.In one embodiment, one or more printing plates are by including that compound, the light of the polymethylene chain being saturated gather Close at least one of object material and flexible plastic material composition.
One or more flexible secondary plates are removably secured on the circumference of blanket cylinder.One or more flexibilities two Each of secondary plate is made of following one: at least partly including the compound of the polymethylene chain of saturation；Photopolymer Material；And flexible plastic material.In one embodiment, at least one of flexible secondary plate, which has, is formed thereon Image.Blanket cylinder can be operated to be moved into and be attached to the one or more of at least one plate cylinder for flexible human body plate and print Brush board rotating contact.When flexible secondary plate is in contact printing plate, ink is shifted from the predetermined portions of one or more printing plates Onto at least part of flexible secondary plate.Optionally, flexible secondary plate is formed by single homogeneous material.Flexible secondary plate can be with It is fixed on blanket cylinder with adhesive.In one embodiment, adhesive includes removing back lining materials.In one embodiment In, flexible secondary plate does not include clothing or tissue layer.
Support roller includes multiple websites (stations) suitable for accommodating canister.Each website can be operated with from defeated It send machine to receive canister, and canister is made to be moved into being in contact with the secondary plate of flexibility being fixed on blanket cylinder.So Ink is transferred to canister from flexible secondary plate afterwards, to form fine definition lithographic printing on the outer surface of canister Image.
In one embodiment, at least one plate cylinder includes about 4 to about 18 plate cylinders.Each plate cylinder includes that can grasp Make so that the ink of different colours or different types of special ink are transferred to the one or more being attached in each plate cylinder The ink container of the predetermined portions of printing plate.In one embodiment, special ink includes thermal color-changing printing ink, photochromic ink, Odorous thermal color-changing printing ink, fluorescent ink, UV ink, black light ink, infrared ray ink, phosphor ink, pressure sensitive ink, tactile Ink, temperature-sensitive touch ink, one of leuco dye and matt ink or a variety of.In another embodiment, it is attached to First image is transferred to flexible secondary plate by the printing plate of the first plate cylinder, is different from the printing by being attached to other plate cylinders The image of plate transfer.
In one embodiment, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of flexible secondary plate is M grades of rubber compounds.In another reality It applies in example, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of flexible secondary plate is ethylene propylene diene monomer compound.In yet another embodiment, The polymethylene chain of the saturation of flexible secondary plate is ethylene propylene monomer compound.
In one embodiment, have fixed to each of the flexible secondary plate of one or more on blanket cylinder The different images being formed thereon.Image passes through in one of the following or multiple facial parts for being formed in flexible secondary plate: Direct Laser artistic carving；Mechanically or chemically etching or artistic carving；Venting technique；Pressure forming process；Or by one or The combination of multiple techniques.It in one embodiment, can also when flexible secondary plate is at least partly made of photopolymer material Image is formed to use computer to plate (CTP) technique, conventional plate exposure technology or any other suitable method.It is formed in Image on flexible secondary plate can have about 0.0009 inch to about 0.089 inch of depth.In another embodiment, it is formed It can have above the facial parts of flexible secondary plate about 0.0009 inch to about 0.089 English in the image on flexible secondary plate Very little height.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of suitable for forming high definition on the outer surface of canister in printing technology The secondary plate of flexibility of clear degree lithographic image.Flexible secondary plate generally includes the plate body of predetermined size.Plate body has face portion Point and back portion.Back portion is suitable for being removably attached on the blanket cylinder of decorator.In one embodiment, soft Property secondary plate at least facial parts include the compound of polymethylene chain at least partly including saturation, photopolymer material and Flexible plastic material.In one embodiment, plate body is about 0.04 inch to about 0.1 inch.In another embodiment, Plate body is formed by single homosphere.Therefore, flexible secondary plate is formed by no lamination material.In one embodiment, plate body is at least Part is made of the compound of the polymethylene chain comprising saturation.In another embodiment, plate body is by photopolymer material Single conforming layer is formed.
In one embodiment, the polymethylene chain of saturation is M grades of rubber.In another embodiment, the poly- Asia of saturation Methyl chain is ethylene propylene diene monomer compound.In another embodiment, the polymethylene chain of saturation is ethylene, propylene list Body compound.
In one embodiment, image is formed in the facial parts of flexible secondary plate.Image can pass through Direct Laser Artistic carving, machinery etching or artistic carving, at least one of venting technique and pressure forming process are formed.Direct Laser Artistic carving from the facial parts ablation of flexible secondary plate or can be otherwise removed at least some materials.When flexible secondary When plate is at least partly made of photopolymer material, computer also can be used to plate technique, conventional plate exposure technology or appoint What its suitable method forms image.Image can have about 0.0009 inch below the plane formed by facial parts To about 0.089 inch of depth.In another embodiment, image can have above the plane formed by facial parts 0.0009 inch to about 0.089 inch of height.
Another aspect of the present invention be it is a kind of with laser engraving flexibility transfer blade with formed be suitable for canister appearance The new method of the image printed on face.This method typically includes, but not limited to: (1) offer is made of the polymethylene chain being saturated Flexible transfer blade；And (2) removed with the facial parts of laser engraving flexibility transfer blade at least some of facial parts with Form image.The back portion of flexible transfer blade is configured on the blanket cylinder fixed to decorator.Therefore, it is attached to decoration The printing plate of the plate cylinder of device will be on printing ink transfer to image.The outer surface of canister then with the facial portion of flexible transfer blade Tap touching.In this way, at least some ink are transferred to the outer surface of canister.In one embodiment, flexible to turn The polymethylene chain for moving the saturation of plate is one of EP rubbers, M grades of rubber and ethylene propylene diene monomer.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided one kind decorates gold using flexible secondary plate in imprint lithography Belong to the new method of the outer surface of container.This includes but is not limited to generally include the following method: (1) metal appearance will be printed by being formed The first image on the outer surface of device；(2) the first image is transferred to the predetermined portions of the facial parts of flexible secondary plate, wherein Flexible secondary plate is by one of photopolymer material, the compound of polymethylene chain comprising saturation and flexible plastic material Composition；(3) the secondary plate of flexibility with the first image is removably secured on the blanket cylinder of decorator；It (4) will be more A printing plate is attached at least one plate cylinder of decorator；(5) ink is applied in multiple printing plates from ink container At least one；(6) at least some ink are transferred to at least one of flexible secondary plate from least one of multiple printing plates Point；And ink is transferred to the outer surface of canister by (7) from flexible secondary plate, wherein canister is decorated.
10008 additionally or alternatively, this method can also include removedly fixing about 4 to about 24 secondary plates of flexibility Onto blanket cylinder.There can be different images in about 4 to about 24 secondary plates of flexibility.From about 4 to about 24 flexibilities are secondary The ink of plate transfer generates 4 to 24 different images on about 4 to about 24 canisters.
In one embodiment, it is one or more recessed to be formed to etch or carve the facial parts of flexible secondary plate Portion.In another embodiment, the second image being printed on the outer surface of canister is formed on the printed board.Then with One image and the second image decorate canister.
In one embodiment that flexible secondary plate includes photopolymer material, the first image is transferred to flexible secondary plate The predetermined portions of facial parts generally include: (1) generate the film negative film of the first image；(2) film negative film is placed on flexibility two On the predetermined portions of the facial parts of secondary plate；(3) flexible secondary plate and film negative film are exposed to light source, wherein flexible secondary plate Photopolymer material is hardened in light by the predetermined position of film negative film, and wherein the photopolymer material of secondary plate in light envelope The pre-position that negative film stops keeps unexposed and soft；(4) membrane removal negative film is moved up from flexible secondary plate；And (5) will be soft Property secondary plate be placed in washing website and the soft unexposed light for cleaning flexible secondary plate to remove flexible secondary plate is poly- Object material is closed, to expose the first image of transfer.
10008 additionally or alternatively, the predetermined portions that the first image is transferred to the facial parts of flexible secondary plate usually may be used To include: that (1) creates first image；(2) in the facial parts of flexible secondary plate the opaque mask coating of ablation part, To form the negative film of the first image；(3) flexible secondary plate is exposed to light source, wherein the polymer material of flexible secondary plate is being covered Membrane coat it is ablated predetermined position hardening, and wherein the polymer material of flexible secondary plate light be masked coating stop Predetermined position keep it is unexposed and soft；And (4) remove the soft unexposed polymer material of flexible secondary plate with Appear the first image of transfer.
In one embodiment, light source is ultraviolet source.In another embodiment, flexible secondary plate and the exposure of film negative film In light source about 0.01 minute to about 10 minutes.In one embodiment, washing website cleans flexible secondary plate using solvent.In In another embodiment, washing website cleans flexible secondary plate using water.
The secondary plate of flexibility being made of photopolymer material can by the after-hardening for being exposed to ultraviolet light or visible light or Any material mixture for forming differing texture is formed.In one embodiment, flexible secondary plate is by using photocatalysis photopolymerization The cured elastomer of method, the chlorobutadiene being crosslinked with trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate and the benzene second with polyacrylate A composition in alkene-isoprene rubber.In one embodiment, before the first image to be transferred to flexible secondary plate, Flexible secondary plate has from about 40 Xiao A hardness to the hardness of about 110 Xiao A hardness.In another embodiment, flexible secondary The hardness of plate is about 67 Xiao A hardness to about 90 Xiao A hardness.In yet another embodiment, flexible secondary plate is by the first figure As having the hardness from about 69 Xiao A hardness to about 81 Xiao A hardness before being transferred to flexible secondary plate.In another embodiment In, flexible secondary plate has hard from about 65 Xiao A hardness to about 73 Shore As before the first image to be transferred to flexible secondary plate The hardness of degree.In another embodiment, the flexible secondary plate of photopolymer has the Xiao A hardness between about 25 and 55.In In another embodiment, at least one flexible secondary plate can have the Xiao A hardness between about 76 and about 82 hardness.Another In a embodiment, at least one flexible secondary plate can have the Xiao A hardness between about 68 and about 74 hardness.In another reality It applies in example, at least one flexible secondary plate optionally has the Xiao A hardness between about 62 and about 68 hardness.
In one embodiment, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of flexible secondary plate is M grades of rubber.In another embodiment In, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of flexible secondary plate is ethylene propylene diene monomer compound.In yet another embodiment, flexible The polymethylene chain of the saturation of secondary plate is ethylene propylene monomer compound.
In one embodiment, in Direct Laser artistic carving, mechanically or chemically etching or artistic carving, venting technique, The facial portion of flexible secondary plate is removed in one or more of pressure initiation technique or by the combination of one or more techniques At least some materials divided are to form the first image.In one embodiment, be formed in the first image on flexible secondary plate with It is about 0.0009 inch to about 0.089 inch by the depth that the plane that facial parts are formed is compared.In another embodiment, One image has about 0.0009 inch to about 0.089 inch of height above the plane formed by facial parts.
In one embodiment, ink includes special ink.Special ink may include thermal color-changing printing ink, photochromic oil Ink, odorous thermal color-changing printing ink, fluorescent ink, UV ink, black light ink, infrared ray ink, phosphor ink, pressure sensitive ink, Tactile ink, temperature-sensitive touch ink, one of leuco dye and matt ink or a variety of.
In one embodiment, each different image is formed in the same position on each secondary plate of flexibility.Another In a embodiment, the printing plate for the first plate cylinder being only attached at least one plate cylinder is every to being formed in by printing ink transfer Different images on a secondary plate of flexibility.Being attached to printing plate in the second plate cylinder at least one plate cylinder will not will be oily Ink is transferred on the different images being formed on each secondary plate of flexibility.Alternatively, be attached at least one plate cylinder The printing plate of two plate cylinders is by printing ink transfer to other predetermined portions of each secondary plate of flexibility.
In one embodiment, canister is generally cylindrical in shape.First image is transferred to canister Crooked outer surface.In another embodiment, canister is usually cylinder, and the first image is transferred to the base of canister This flat outer surface.In another embodiment, the shape of canister is not cylindrical, and the first image is transferred to metal The flat outer surface of container.
According to another aspect of the present invention, it discloses a kind of flat for forming fine definition on the outer surface of canister The device of version printing image, the device can be operated to form multiple lithographic images from single group printing plate.The device usually wraps It includes: (1) at least one plate cylinder of ink container, for by printing ink transfer at least one plate cylinder circumference described in being attached to One or more printing plates predetermined portions；(2) blanket cylinder has one on the circumference fixed to blanket cylinder The secondary plate of a or multiple flexibilities, blanket cylinder can be operated to be moved into and be attached at least one plate cylinder for flexible secondary plate Printing plate rotating contact, wherein ink is transferred at least part of flexible secondary plate from the predetermined portions of printing plate, and Wherein flexible secondary plate optionally respectively has the image being formed thereon；And (3) support roller comprising are suitable for accommodating gold Belong to multiple websites of container, support roller can be operated to receive canister from conveyer, and by canister be moved into it is solid The secondary plate of flexibility being scheduled on blanket cylinder is in contact, and wherein ink is transferred to canister from flexible secondary plate, in gold Belong to and forms fine definition lithographic image on the outer surface of container.
In one embodiment, flexible secondary plate is by least partly including that the compound for the polymethylene chain being saturated forms. In another embodiment, flexible secondary plate is made of photopolymer material.In another embodiment, flexible secondary plate is at least Part is made of soft plastic material.In another embodiment, one or more printing plates by one of the following change Close object composition: the polymethylene chain of saturation；Photopolymer material；With flexible plastic material.In addition, flexible secondary plate can Selection of land is formed by monolayer material, without middle fabric layer.In another embodiment, flexible secondary plate is formed without not With the layer of material.
In one embodiment, at least one plate cylinder and support roller are rotated in a first direction, and blanket cylinder is with phase Anti- second direction rotation.In another embodiment, about 4 to about 24 secondary plates of flexibility are fixed to the circumference of blanket cylinder On.
In one embodiment, each of flexible secondary plate has the different images being formed thereon.In a reality It applies in example, each different image is formed in the same position on each secondary plate of flexibility.In another embodiment, only attached First printing plate of the first plate cylinder being connected at least one plate cylinder is by printing ink transfer to being formed in each secondary plate of flexibility On different images.The second printing plate in the second plate cylinder being attached at least one plate cylinder will not arrive printing ink transfer It is formed on the image on flexible secondary plate.Second printing plate can optionally by printing ink transfer to each secondary plate of flexibility its Its predetermined portions.
In one embodiment, the second image is formed on printing plate.Ink is transferred to flexible secondary plate from the second image, so It is transferred to the outer surface of canister afterwards.In another embodiment, image is not formed on printing plate, but printing plate will be oily Ink is transported to flexible secondary plate.For example, in one embodiment, the facial parts of printing plate receive the continuous coated of ink.Oil Each part of the continuous coated facial parts for being transferred to the secondary plate of flexibility contacted with the facial parts of printing plate of ink.
In one embodiment, canister is generally cylindrical in shape.In another embodiment, canister Shape is not cylindrical.In one embodiment, ink is transferred to the substantial cylindrical appearance of canister from flexible secondary plate One or more of face and non-cylindrical outer surface.
In one embodiment, when flexible secondary plate is made of photopolymer material, image is usually in the following manner It is formed on flexible secondary plate: (1) creating the film negative film of each different images；(2) film negative film is placed on flexible secondary plate On predetermined portions；(3) flexible secondary plate and film negative film are exposed to light source；(4) striping negative film is removed from flexible secondary plate；And (5) flexible secondary plate is washed to remove the photopolymer material of the unexposed softness of flexible secondary plate, to appear different figures Picture.In another embodiment, image usually passes through at least one of the following and is formed on flexible secondary plate: Direct Laser carving Carving technology；Mechanically or chemically etching or artistic carving；Venting technique；Pressure forming process；And the group of one or more techniques It closes.
In one embodiment, ink includes special ink.Special ink can be thermal color-changing printing ink, photochromic oil Ink, odorous thermal color-changing printing ink, fluorescent ink, UV ink, black light ink, infrared ray ink, phosphor ink, pressure sensitive ink, Tactile ink, temperature-sensitive touch ink, one of leuco dye and matt ink or a variety of.
In another embodiment, at least one plate cylinder includes about four to about 18 plate cylinders.In another reality It applies in example, which includes about 8 plate cylinders.Each of ink container and four to 18 plate cylinders are with scheduled alignment Association.In another embodiment, the first printing plate tool being attached in the first plate cylinder in four to 18 plate cylinders Have and is aligned with the different images on each secondary plate of flexibility and operationally connects the ink on printing ink transfer to different images Receive region.Being attached to the second printing plate of each of another in four to 18 plate cylinders has and each secondary plate of flexibility On different images alignment embossment region.Embossment region will not will be on printing ink transfer to the different images of flexible secondary plate.It is attached It connects the ink-receptive regions of the first printing plate in the first plate cylinder in four to 18 plate cylinders and is attached to four to ten The embossment region of another the second printing plate in eight plate cylinders is located at the corresponding position on all printing plates and has Identical stock size and shape.In one embodiment, ink-receptive regions have with embossment region selected from by parallel four side Shape, square, rectangle, the shape of the group of circle or any combination thereof composition.In a more preferred embodiment, ink-receptive regions There is substantially rectangular shape with embossment region.In another embodiment, ink-receptive regions and embossment region are at least bigger In the different images of flexible secondary plate.In this way, position of the flexible secondary plate on blanket cylinder can be pre-positioned It sets and axially and radially changes predetermined amount, to keep and the ink-receptive regions of the first printing plate and floating with the second printing plate Carve the predetermined alignment in region.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of suitable for forming high definition on the outer surface of canister in printing technology The secondary plate of flexibility of clear degree lithographic image.In one embodiment, flexible secondary plate is generally included by with predetermined size The plate body formed with the photopolymer material of hardness, the plate body have facial parts and back portion, and wherein back portion is suitable for Attach to the blanket cylinder of decorator.In another embodiment, flexible secondary plate is at least partly by the poly- Asia comprising saturation The compound of methyl chain forms.In one embodiment, plate body is about 0.04 inch to about 0.1 inch.Optionally, flexibility two Secondary plate can be formed by homogenous material.Therefore, in one embodiment, flexible secondary plate does not have in line and/or different materials Interbed.In one embodiment, canister has substantial cylindrical ontology.
It is alternatively possible to form image in the facial parts of flexible secondary plate by the film negative film for generating image.Film Negative film is placed on the predetermined portions of facial parts.Facial parts and film negative film are exposed to light source.Film is removed from facial parts Negative film, then the flexible secondary plate of cleaning is to remove unexposed flexible material from facial parts.In one embodiment, in image Before being formed in facial parts, flexible secondary plate has from about 40 Xiao A hardness to the hardness of about 110 Xiao A hardness.This Outside, image can by Direct Laser artistic carving, mechanically or chemically etching or artistic carving, venting technique, pressure initiation work One or more of skill is formed in the facial parts of flexible secondary plate by the combination of one or more techniques.
Another aspect of the present invention provides one kind and decorates multiple metals using decorator in printing technology with different images The method of the outer surface of container.This method generally includes: (1) providing the first printing in the first plate cylinder for being located at decorator Plate comprising the first ink-receptive regions and the embossment region that ink will not be received；(2) the second plate rolling for being located at decorator is provided The second printing plate on cylinder comprising the second ink-receptive regions being aligned with the embossment region of the first printing plate；(3) position is provided In the first flexible transfer blade on the blanket cylinder of decorator, the facial parts of the first flexible transfer blade limit the first plane, First flexible transfer blade includes the first image in the first predetermined portions of facial parts；(4) it provides and is located at blanket cylinder On the second flexible transfer blade, the facial parts of the second flexible transfer blade limit the second plane, and the second flexible transfer blade is in face It include the second image in the second partial predetermined portions；(5) the first ink that the first ink is applied to the first printing plate is received Region；(6) the first ink is transferred to the facial parts of each of first and second flexible transfer blades from the first printing plate Other predetermined portions；(7) the second ink is applied to the second ink-receptive regions of the second transfer blade；(8) by the second ink The first image and the second flexible transfer blade of the first flexible transfer blade are transferred to from the second ink-receptive regions of the second printing plate The second image；(9) the first and second ink are transferred to the outer surface of the first canister from the first flexible transfer blade, wherein The first ink of first canister and the first image decoration formed by the second ink；And (10) by the first and second ink The outer surface of the second canister is transferred to from the second flexible transfer blade, wherein the second canister is with the first ink and by second The second image decoration that ink is formed.In one embodiment, the first and second flexible transfer blades are by least partly including full A composition in the compound of the polymethylene chain of sum, photopolymer material and flexible plastic material.Optionally, the first He Second flexible transfer blade is formed by the integral layer for not having the material of the middle layer of other materials.In one embodiment, One and second flexible transfer blade back portion on adhesive transfer band be used to transfer blade being fixed to blanket cylinder.
In one embodiment, at least part of the first image has the depth lower than the first plane, and without the The prominent side on the first plane in the part of one image.In another embodiment, at least part of the second image has and is lower than The depth of second plane, and it is prominent above the second plane without the part of the second image.In yet another embodiment, first It is prominent above the first and second planes with one at least part in the second image.
Optionally, in another embodiment, that ink is transferred to first and second from the first and second printing plates is soft Property transfer blade during, the second predetermined portions of the first predetermined portions of the first flexible transfer blade and the second flexible transfer blade respectively with The alignment of second ink-receptive regions of the embossment region of the first printing plate and the second printing plate.In yet another embodiment, first First image of flexible transfer blade is surrounded by the embossment region that will not receive ink from the first and second printing plates.With this side Formula, the first image being formed on the first canister are surrounded by non-ink region.In another embodiment, second flexible turn The second image for moving plate includes that will not receive the embossment region of ink from the second printing plate and will receive ink from the second printing plate Elevated regions.Therefore, the second image being formed on the second canister includes non-inking part and inking part.
Optionally, the second ink-receptive regions of the second printing plate are surrounded by non-ink region.In addition, the first printing plate Embossment region can optionally have the shape with the shape alignment of the second ink-receptive regions of the second printing plate.At another In embodiment, at least one of second image on the first image and the second flexible transfer blade on the first flexible transfer blade Depth is about 0.0009 inch to about 0.089 inch.In another embodiment, the first image on the first flexible transfer blade and The height of at least one of the second image on second flexible transfer blade is limited by the ink receiving surface of flexible transfer blade Plane above about 0.0009 inch to about 0.089 inch.
In one embodiment, the first and second flexible transfer blades are by using the cured elasticity of photocatalysis light polymerization process Body, the chlorobutadiene being crosslinked with trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate and the styrene-isoprene rubber with polyacrylate At least one of glue composition.In another embodiment, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of the first and second flexible transfer blades is M Grade rubber.In another embodiment, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of the first and second flexible transfer blades is propylene diene Monomeric compound.In yet another embodiment, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of the first and second flexible transfer blades is ethylene, propylene Monomeric compound.
In one embodiment, the first ink is the ink with the second ink different type or different colours.At another In embodiment, at least one of the first ink and the second ink include special ink.Special ink may include thermo-color oil Ink, photochromic ink, odorous thermal color-changing printing ink, fluorescent ink, UV ink, black light ink, infrared ray ink, phosphorescence oil Ink, pressure sensitive ink, tactile ink, temperature-sensitive touch ink, one of leuco dye and matt ink or a variety of.
An additional aspect of the present invention is that one kind is described in printing technology using flexible secondary plate to decorate general cylinder The method of the outer surface of device.This method includes but is not limited to: (1) providing first flexibility with the first image being formed thereon Secondary plate, at least part of the first image have the first plane limited lower than the facial parts by the first flexible secondary plate Depth, wherein without the prominent side on the first plane in part of the first image；(2) by the first flexibility two with the first image Secondary plate is fixed on the blanket cylinder of decorator；(3) the first ink is transferred to the first flexible secondary plate from the first printing plate At least part, wherein the first plate cylinder of the first printing plate and decorator be connected with each other；And (4) by the first ink from One flexible secondary plate is transferred to the outer surface of the first container, to form the first image in the first container.Therefore, in the first container The first image be the first ink.In one embodiment, the first image being formed on the first flexible secondary plate is three-dimensional And including predetermined portions with different depths.
Optionally, in another embodiment, this method can also include by the second ink from the second printing plate Two images are transferred at least part of the first flexible secondary plate, wherein the second printing plate is not by the second printing ink transfer to the first figure Picture, and wherein the second plate cylinder of the second printing plate and decorator is connected with each other.Then, the first and second ink are soft from first The secondary plate of property is transferred to the outer surface of the first container, to form the first and second images in the first container.In this way, The first image on one container is the first ink, and the second image in the first container is the second ink.In one embodiment In, the first image being formed on the first flexible secondary plate is three-dimensional and including predetermined portions with different depths.
In one embodiment, the first image on the first flexible secondary plate is negative, including will not be from the first printing plate Receive the embossment region of ink (or will only receive very small amount of ink).In another embodiment, it is formed in the first container On the first image include non-ink region.
In another embodiment, the first image on the first flexible secondary plate includes that will not receive oil from the first printing plate The combination of black embossment region and the elevated regions that ink will be received from the first printing plate.In another embodiment, it is formed in The first image in the first container includes non-inking region and inking region.
Optionally, this method can also include: that (a) provides the second flexible secondary plate for being formed with third image thereon；(b) Second flexible secondary plate is fixed on blanket cylinder；(c) the first ink is transferred to the second flexibility two from the first printing plate At least part of secondary plate；(d) the second ink is transferred on the second flexible secondary plate from the second image on the second printing plate, Wherein the second printing plate is not by the second printing ink transfer to third image；And (e) by the first and second ink from the second flexibility two Secondary plate is transferred to the outer surface of second container, to form second and third image on second container.Therefore, on second container Third image is at least partly made of the first ink, and the second image on second container is at least partly by the second ink group At.
In one embodiment, the first and second flexible secondary plates are by least partly including the polymethylene chain being saturated A composition in compound, photopolymer material and flexible plastic material.In another embodiment, first and second is soft Property secondary plate by using the cured elastomer of photocatalysis light polymerization process, the neoprene with trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate crosslinking At least one of diene and the styrene isoprene rubber with polyacrylate form.In another embodiment, satisfy The polymethylene chain of sum is M grades of rubber.In another embodiment, the polymethylene chain of saturation is ethylene propylene diene monomer Close object.In yet another embodiment, the polymethylene chain of saturation is ethylene propylene monomer compound.In addition, first and second is soft The secondary plate of property can be formed by uniform material layer.In another embodiment, the inside portion of the first and second flexible secondary plates Divide no screw thread or fabric.
In one embodiment, the first ink is the ink with the second ink different type or different colours.At another In embodiment, at least one of the first ink and the second ink include special ink.Special ink may include thermo-color oil Ink, photochromic ink, odorous thermal color-changing printing ink, fluorescent ink, UV ink, black light ink, infrared ray ink, phosphorescence oil Ink, pressure sensitive ink, tactile ink, temperature-sensitive touch ink, one of leuco dye and matt ink or a variety of.
Another aspect of the present invention is the side that the outer surface of multiple cylinder shape metal containers is decorated in continuous decoration technology Method.This method comprises: multiple secondary plates of flexibility are fixed on the blanket cylinder of decorator by (1)；(2) there will be the first ink First printing plate of receiving area is attached in the first plate cylinder of decorator, and the first ink-receptive regions and multiple flexibilities are secondary The predetermined portions of each of plate are aligned；(3) the second printing plate with the second ink-receptive regions and embossment region is attached It is connected to the second plate cylinder of decorator, embossment region is aligned with the predetermined portions of each of multiple secondary plates of flexibility；(4) will First ink is applied to the first ink-receptive regions of the first printing plate；(5) the second ink is applied to the of the second printing plate Two ink-receptive regions；(6) at least some of the first ink and the second ink are turned from the first printing plate and the second printing plate It moves on at least part of each of multiple secondary plates of flexibility；And (7) by the first ink and the second ink from multiple Flexible secondary plate is transferred to the outer surface of each of multiple cylinder shape metal containers, in plurality of cylinder shape metal container Each decorated with the first ink and the second ink.
In one alternate embodiment, each secondary plate of flexibility, which has, is formed in each of multiple secondary plates of flexibility Different images at least part of predetermined portions.In one embodiment, each difference being formed on flexible secondary plate At least part of image has the depth lower than the plane limited by the facial parts of each secondary plate of flexibility.In another reality It applies in example, the part for not being formed in each different images on flexible secondary plate is prominent in the facial portion of each secondary plate of flexibility Above the plane divided.
In one embodiment, the image with the second ink is transferred in multiple secondary plates of flexibility by the second printing plate Each.Then image is transferred to each of multiple cylinder shape metal containers from flexible secondary plate.In this way, more Each of a cylinder shape metal container to the second ink the image from the second printing plate and to the first ink One in the different images of flexible secondary plate decorates.
In one embodiment, flexible secondary plate is made of homosphere.It at least partly includes saturation that homosphere, which can be, One of compound, photopolymer material and the flexible plastic material of polymethylene chain.In one embodiment, flexible At least one of secondary plate is by using the cured elastomer of photocatalysis light polymerization process and trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate At least one of the chlorobutadiene of crosslinking and the styrene isoprene rubber with polyacrylate form.At another In embodiment, the polymethylene chain of saturation is M grades of rubber.In another embodiment, the polymethylene chain of saturation is ethylene propylene Alkene diene monomers compound.In yet another embodiment, the polymethylene chain of saturation is ethylene propylene monomer compound.Another In a embodiment, flexible secondary plate does not have line.
In another embodiment, the first ink is applied to the first printing plate by the first ink container, and the second ink container is by Two ink are applied to the second printing plate.In one embodiment, the first ink is and the second ink different type or different colours Ink.In another embodiment, at least one of the first ink and the second ink include special ink.Special ink can To include thermal color-changing printing ink, photochromic ink, odorous thermal color-changing printing ink, fluorescent ink, UV ink, black light ink is red Outside line ink, phosphor ink, pressure sensitive ink, tactile ink, temperature-sensitive touch ink, one of leuco dye and matt ink Or it is a variety of.
In yet another embodiment, decorator includes the overprinting plate for being attached to additional plate cylinder.In one embodiment In, adding plate cylinder includes four to 18 plate cylinders.Each of four to 18 plate cylinders can be operated with will be additional The ink of color or type is applied to fixed to multiple secondary plates of flexibility on blanket cylinder.
One aspect of the present invention is a kind of decorator of outer surface that multiple canisters are decorated with different images.Decoration Device includes but is not limited to: (1) the first plate cylinder comprising the first printing plate with the first ink-receptive regions；(2) relative to First plate cylinder is arranged in first ink container in predetermined position, and the first ink is applied to the of the first printing plate by the first ink container One ink-receptive regions；(3) second plate cylinders comprising the second printing plate with the second ink-receptive regions；(4) relative to Second plate cylinder is arranged in second ink container in predetermined position, and the second ink is applied to the of the second printing plate by the second ink container Two ink-receptive regions；(5) blanket cylinder, having at least partly includes the first of the compound of the polymethylene chain of saturation Flexible transfer blade, blanket cylinder are aligned in predetermined position relative to the first and second plate cylinders, so that the first flexible transfer blade The first ink is received from the first printing plate, and the first flexible transfer blade receives the second ink from the second printing plate；(6) relative to The support roller that blanket cylinder is aligned in predetermined position, support roller includes multiple websites, to receive canister and will be golden Belong to container to be held in a predetermined position relative to the first transfer blade of blanket cylinder, support roller is operable such that canister moves It moves into and is in contact with the first flexible transfer blade, the first and second ink are transferred to canister from the first flexible transfer blade. In one embodiment, the first flexible transfer blade is homogeneous material.In another embodiment, the first flexible transfer blade does not have Tissue layer.In another embodiment, the first flexible transfer blade does not have line.
In one embodiment, the first flexible transfer blade further includes the facial parts for limiting the first plane.First image shape At in the first predetermined portions of facial parts.At least part of first image has the depth lower than the first plane.One In a embodiment, without the prominent side on the first plane in part of the first image.Optionally, in another embodiment, first Flexible transfer blade is formed by monolayer material.
In another embodiment, blanket cylinder further includes the compound at least partly including the polymethylene chain being saturated The second flexible transfer blade.In one embodiment, the second flexible transfer blade further includes the facial parts for limiting the second plane.It can Selection of land, the second image are formed in the second predetermined portions of facial parts.At least part of optional second image have than The low depth of second plane.In one embodiment, prominent above the second plane without the part of the second image.In a reality It applies in example, each of the second image of the first image of the first flexible transfer blade and the second flexible transfer blade has first With about 0.0009 inch to about 0.089 inch below the second plane of depth.Alternatively, the first figure of the first flexible transfer blade One in second image of picture and the second flexible transfer blade have above the first and second planes about 0.0009 inch to about 0.089 inch of height.
In another embodiment, the first printing plate further includes the embossment area that the first ink will not be received from the first ink container Domain.Embossment region is aligned with the second image of the first image of the first flexible transfer blade and the second flexible transfer blade.Second printing Second ink-receptive regions of plate are also aligned with the first and second images of the first and second flexible transfer blades.Optionally, second Second ink-receptive regions of printing plate can be surrounded by non-ink region.In one embodiment, the first flexible transfer blade Second predetermined portions of the first predetermined portions and the second flexible transfer blade are respectively printed with the embossment region of the first printing plate and second Second ink-receptive regions of brush board are aligned.In this way, ink is being shifted to first and the from the first and second printing plates During two flexible transfer blades, the first ink does not transfer to the first and second figures being formed on the first and second flexible transfer blades Picture.
In one embodiment, the adhesive transfer band on the back portion of the first and second flexible transfer blades is used for the One and second transfer blade be fixed to blanket cylinder on.
In another embodiment, the first image of the first flexible transfer blade from the first and second printing plates by that will not receive The embossment region of ink is surrounded.Therefore, the first image formed on metallic containers is surrounded by non-ink region.
Optionally, in another embodiment, the second image of the second flexible transfer blade include will not be from the second printing plate It receives the embossment region of the second ink and the elevated regions of the second ink will be received from the second printing plate.Therefore, it is formed in metal The second image on container includes non-inking part and inking part.
In one embodiment, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of at least one of first and second flexible transfer blades is M Grade rubber.In another embodiment, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of at least one of first and second flexible transfer blades is Ethylene propylene diene monomer compound.In another embodiment, at least one of first and second flexible transfer blades is full The polymethylene chain of sum is ethylene propylene monomer compound.
In one embodiment, the first ink is the ink with the second ink different type or different colours.At another In embodiment, at least one of the first ink and the second ink include special ink.Special ink may include thermo-color oil Ink, photochromic ink, odorous thermal color-changing printing ink, fluorescent ink, UV ink, black light ink, infrared ray ink, phosphorescence oil Ink, pressure sensitive ink, tactile ink, temperature-sensitive touch ink, one of leuco dye and matt ink or a variety of.
Summary of the invention had both been not intended to or had been not necessarily to be construed as represent full scope and range of the invention.In addition, herein Certain embodiments of the present invention is understood to mean to the reference of " present invention " or its various aspects, and be not necessarily to be construed as by All embodiments are limited to specific description.The present invention is in summary of the invention and attached drawing and a specific embodiment of the invention with each The details of kind of various kinds illustrates, and the scope of the present invention is not limited in the content of present invention include or do not include member Part, component etc..Other aspect of the invention will become more fully apparent from datail description, especially when together with attached drawing When use.
These and other advantages will become apparent from the disclosure for including herein.Above-described embodiment, Purpose and configuration were both imperfect or not exhaustive.As it will be appreciated, other embodiments of the invention can make either individually or in combination With one or more features above-mentioned or described below.In addition, general introduction of the invention is both not intended to or is not necessarily to be construed as indicate Full scope and range of the invention.The present invention is in summary of the invention and attached drawing and a specific embodiment of the invention with various The details of various kinds illustrates, and the scope of the present invention is not limited in the content of present invention include or do not include element, Component etc..From detailed description, especially when referring to the figures, other aspect of the invention be will become apparent.
Although generally referred to herein as " metal can ", " canister " and/or " cylinder shape metal container " is answered Work as understanding, current process can be used for decorating the container or other products of any kind or shape, including be usually cylindrical surface With non cylindrical surface (including flat substrate), it is made but regardless of by metal or other materials.
As it is used herein, phrase " special ink (specialty inks) " can include but is not limited to one kind or more The thermal color-changing printing ink of kind color or type, photochromic ink, glossiness thermal color-changing printing ink, fluorescent ink, UV ink, black light Ink, infrared ray ink, phosphor ink, pressure sensitive ink, tactile ink, temperature-sensitive touch ink, leuco dye, matt ink and In response to temperature change or it is exposed to light or pressure and changes the oil of any other type of appearance, color, phase and/or quality Ink, dyestuff or varnish.
" thermal color-changing printing ink " can include but is not limited to undergo in response to temperature change reversible as used herein Or irreversible change is to second and/or any ink of the first predetermined color of third predetermined color.
As used in this application, " photochromic ink " can include but is not limited to may be in response to the light of various wavelength Exposure and reversible or irreversible change be second and/or third predetermined color the first predetermined color any ink.
Only by way of explanation, " odorous thermal color-changing printing ink " includes but is not limited to discharge in advance in response to temperature change Any ink of any color of fixation taste.
" fluorescent ink " used herein can include but is not limited to absorb the ultraviolet energy (light) of various wavelength Any ink emit in the visible spectrum compared with long wave and in response, generate light (or " luminous ") with scheduled color. Fluorescent ink shines under black light and provides " daylight ".
As used herein, " phosphor ink " includes but is not limited to absorb the light of various wavelength and responsively generate predetermined color Light any ink.Phosphor ink generates light in a manner of being similar to fluorescent ink；However, even if light source is removed, phosphorescence Ink is once charged by light source, continues to generate light or " luminous ".Phosphor ink can also be referred to as " to be sent out in dark ink Light ".
As used herein, " black light ink " include but is not limited to include that transmitting can from UV radiation absorbing energy and in response Any ink of light-exposed fluorophor.
" pressure sensitive ink " used herein can include but is not limited to change in the pressure for receiving predetermined amount Become any ink of the first predetermined color of second and/or third predetermined color.Pressure sensitive ink may include containing different face The capsule of the ink of color.When applying the pressure of predetermined amount to pressure sensitive ink, capsules break and the different face discharged from capsule The mixture of colours changes the color of pressure sensitive ink.
As used in this application like that, " dumb light ink " can include but is not limited to any oil of any predetermined color Ink, has when being applied on substrate that (or " gloss " is oily than reflecting more light as other non-dumb light ink of parallel rays Ink) more scattering light finish (or have lesser " glossiness ").
The reference carried out herein to " lithographic printing " or its aspect is understood not to limit the invention to certain party The printing of method or type.It would be recognized by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be used for other printing technologies, such as graph Brush, dry glue version printing, intaglio printing, engraving and printing, silk-screen printing and ink jet printing.
As it is used herein, flexible secondary plate can poly- methylene by photopolymer material, at least partly comprising saturation The composition of base chain, various forms of flexible plastic materials or any other associated materials composition with similar physical property. Flexible secondary plate can be or any size or shape, and can be circular or match suitable for the circumference around blanket cylinder The sleeve of conjunction.
Phrase " photo polymer plate ", " flexible photo polymer plate ", " flexible photopolymer material " and " flexible photopolymer rubber Skin cloth " may be used interchangeably, and typically refer to include photopolymer material plate or blanket.Therefore, flexible photopolymer Plate can be as digiboard, conventional simulation plate or be coated with photopolymer cylinder photopolymer printing plate.
The term as used herein "a" or "an" entity refers to one or more of the entity.Therefore, term " one " (or "one"), " one or more " and "at least one" may be used interchangeably herein.
" comprising " used herein, "comprising" or " having " and its modification, which mean, to be included items listed thereafter and its waits Jljl and addition item.Therefore, term " includes ", "comprising" or " having " and its modification may be used interchangeably herein.
It should be appreciated that the 112nd (f) section, it is widest that terms used herein " device " should give it according to 35U.S.C. It explains.Therefore, the claim comprising term " device " should cover all structures described in this paper, material or effect and its institute There is equivalent.In addition, structure, material or effect and its equivalent should include the content of present invention, Detailed description of the invention, specific embodiment party Formula, abstract and all the elements described in claims itself.
Detailed description of the invention
It is incorporated to and the attached drawing for constituting part of specification shows the embodiment of the present invention, and combine hair given above The detailed description of bright content and attached drawing given below, for explaining the principle of these embodiments.In some cases, Ke Nengyi Be omitted understand the disclosure unwanted details or the other details that make it difficult to discover.It should be understood, of course, that this hair It is bright to be not necessarily limited to particular embodiments illustrated herein.In addition, it will be appreciated that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Figure 1A is the top view of the printing plate with engraving or etching area according to an embodiment of the invention；
Figure 1B is the cross-sectional elevational view along the printing plate of Figure 1A of line 1B interception；
Fig. 2A is the top view of the printing plate with embossment region of embodiment according to the present invention；
Fig. 2 B is the cross-sectional elevational view along the printing plate of Fig. 2A of line 2B interception；
Fig. 3 A is the top view of the secondary plate of flexibility before being formed on image；
Fig. 3 B is the side view of the secondary plate of flexibility of Fig. 3 A.
Fig. 4 A is the top view of the flexibility secondary plate according to an embodiment of the invention for being formed on image；
Fig. 4 B is the vertical view of the secondary plate of flexibility for being formed on the second image according to another embodiment of the invention Figure；
Fig. 4 C be along 4C interception Fig. 4 B the secondary plate of flexibility cross-sectional elevational view；
Fig. 5 is the signal that one embodiment of the decorator of the invention of canister is decorated using flexible secondary plate Figure；
Fig. 6 A is the flexibility being made of the photopolymer material for forming image thereon according to various embodiments of the present invention The photo of secondary plate；
Fig. 6 B is formed in the enlarged photograph of the image on the secondary plate of flexibility of Fig. 6 A；
Fig. 7 A is the photograph using the canister of the secondary plate of flexibility of Fig. 6 A decorated according to various embodiments of the present invention Piece；
Fig. 7 B is the enlarged photograph of the metal can of Fig. 7 A；
Fig. 8 be according to various embodiments of the present invention be made of the photopolymer material for forming image thereon it is another soft The photo of the secondary plate of property；
Fig. 9 is the photo using the canister of the secondary plate of flexibility of Fig. 8 decorated according to various embodiments of the present invention；
Figure 10 A is the enlarged photograph of the first image formed on the canister of Fig. 9 using the secondary plate of flexibility of Fig. 8；
Figure 10 B is that the second amplification of the second image formed on the canister of Fig. 9 using the secondary plate of flexibility of Fig. 8 is shone Piece；
Figure 11 be according to various embodiments of the present invention be made of the photopolymer material for forming image thereon it is another The photo of flexible secondary plate；
Figure 12 is the photograph using the canister of the secondary plate of flexibility of Figure 11 decorated according to various embodiments of the present invention Piece；
Figure 13 is the flexibility being made of the photopolymer material for forming image thereon according to various embodiments of the present invention The another photo of secondary plate；
Figure 14 A-14B is the canister decorated according to various embodiments of the present invention using the secondary plate of flexibility of Figure 13 Photo；
Figure 15 A-15B be according to various embodiments of the present invention include comprising saturation polymethylene chain composition The photo of the secondary plate of flexibility of image is formed thereon；
Figure 16 A-16C is the photograph of the canister of the secondary plate decoration of the flexibility using Figure 15 of embodiment according to the present invention Piece；
Figure 17 A is the photo for forming the facial parts of the printing blanket of the prior art of image thereon；
Figure 17 B is the photo at the edge of the prior art printing blanket of Figure 17 A, shows prior art printing blanket Layer；
Figure 17 C is the schematic side elevation for showing the layer of prior art printing blanket；
Figure 18 A-18B is the photo for the canister decorated using the prior art printing blanket of Figure 17；And
Figure 19 A-19B is the photo for another canister decorated using another prior art printing blanket.
In order to help to understand one embodiment of the present of invention, there is provided herein in attached drawing component and correlation number it is following List:
Number Component
2 printing plates
4 facial parts
6 back portions
8 ink-receptive regions
10 non-ink regions
12 embossment regions
14 flexible secondary plates
16 ink-receptive regions
18 images
20 embossment regions
22 shielding areas
24 decorators
26 plate cylinders
28 ink containers
30 rollers
32 blanket cylinders
33 common images
34 canisters
36 conveyers
38 support rollers
The website of 40 canisters
42 storage facilities
44 vessel surfaces
46 non-inking parts
48 varnish units
50 solidified cells
The secondary plate of flexibility of 52 photopolymer materials
Image on 54 flexible secondary plates
Image on 56 flexible secondary plates
58 ink-receptive regions
The first part of 60 ink-receptive regions
The second part of 62 ink-receptive regions
The Part III of 64 ink-receptive regions
The Part IV of 65 ink-receptive regions
The canister of 66 decorations
68 images
The secondary plate of flexibility of 70 photopolymer materials
72 black patch
The image of 74 dogs
The image of 76 cats
The canister of 78 decorations
The secondary plate of flexibility of 80 photopolymer materials
82 back lining materials
The image of 84 buildings
The canister of 88 decorations
The 90 secondary plates of flexibility being made of the polymethylene chain composition being saturated
94 first images
96 second images
98 deep calibrations
The canister of 100 decorations
102 priming coats
106 printing blankets being made of known materials
108 are formed in the image in the facial parts of the printing blanket of the prior art
110 facial parts
112 first tissue layers
114 compressible stratums
116 second tissue layers
118 paper backings
The canister of 120 decorations
The canister of 122 decorations
124 shift image to the container from the printing blanket of the prior art
Specific embodiment
The present invention has significant benefit in extensive make great efforts.It is intended that in order to meet model of the invention It encloses and spirit, this specification and appended claims are disclosed, although may look like limitation by with reference to disclosed specific The requirement of embodiment and the language forced.For those skilled in the art the most closely related with the present invention, herein In by and referring to constituting the attached drawing of a part of the invention to describe to show the best mould put the invention into practice now The preferred embodiment of formula.Exemplary embodiment is described in detail, and all various shapes of the invention can be embodied by being not intended to description Formula and modification.Therefore, the embodiments described herein is illustrative, and will become aobvious and easy for those skilled in the art See, can modify in many ways within the scope and spirit of this invention.
Although following context lists the detailed description of many different embodiments, but it is to be understood that detailed description only by It is construed to be merely exemplary, and does not describe each possible embodiment, because each possible embodiment of description will be not It is possible or unpractical.It is many standby to realize that the prior art developed after present patent application day or technology can be used Embodiment is selected, this still falls in the scope of the claims.Any term described in the claim that this patent is finally quoted In the case where being referred in this patent in a manner of meeting single meaning, for the sake of clarity, this is done to not obscure reading Person, and it is not intended to that claim terms are limited to the single meaning by limited hint or other modes.
Referring now to Figure 1A and 1B, printing plate 2A is shown.Printing plate 2A has facial parts 4 and back portion 6.Pass through Any mode well known by persons skilled in the art forms the one or more ink for being suitable for receiving ink in facial parts 4 and connects Receive region 8.Ink-receptive regions 8 are suitable for printing ink transfer into flexible secondary plate 14 (as shown in Figure 3-4).The oil of printing plate 2A Single tone, image, ink type or text are transferred to flexible secondary plate 14 in printing process by black receiving area 8.
One or more non-ink region 10 can be formed in printing plate 2A.It non-ink region 10 can be by from printing It is carved in the facial parts 4 of plate 2A, cuts, etch and/or remove selected part and formed, to be formed in facial parts Recess.10008 additionally or alternatively, as would be known to one of skill in the art, non-ink region 10 can be treated as hydrophilic To prevent on ink adhesion to printing plate 2A.Ink will not be received or be transferred to flexible secondary plate by non-ink region 10 14.Although non-ink region 10 shown in figure 1A is rectangle, it will be recognized to those skilled in the art that any shape is non- Inked areas 10 can be formed on printing plate 2A, such as round, square or star, irregular shape and/or combination thereof.It is non- The size of inked areas 10 and position can also change.Printing plate 2A can be with other printing plates 2 used in printing process With common content, to form the final image that will be first transitioned to flexible secondary plate and then be then transferred to canister 34. In addition, in one embodiment, the size of the ink-receptive regions 8A in non-ink region 10, location and shape be formed in it is soft Property secondary plate 14 on the size of image 18, location and shape alignment.Therefore, ink-receptive regions 8A is by printing ink transfer to being formed On the image 18 on flexible secondary plate 14.In one embodiment, 8A ratio in all sizes in ink-receptive regions is formed in Image 18 on flexible secondary plate 14 is greatly of about 0.5 inch.
Printing plate 2B also could be formed with embossment region 12 as shown in Figure 2 A and 2B.The face of removal plate 2B can be passed through A part of part 4 forms embossment region 12.10008 additionally or alternatively, it is hydrophilic that embossment region 12, which can be formed or be handled, , to prevent on ink adhesion to printing plate 2B.Embossment region 12 will not receive ink, therefore will not be by printing ink transfer to flexibility Secondary plate 14.Size, the location and shape of embossment region 12 can be with the non-oil ink-covered areas of printing plate 2A shown in Figure 1A and Figure 1B The size in domain 10, location and shape alignment.In one embodiment, the size of embossment region 12, location and shape and printing plate The size of the ink-receptive regions 8A of 2A, location and shape alignment.In other words, embossment region 12 is formed in printing plate 2A's In the position of ink-receptive regions 8A essentially identical printing plate 2B.However, in operation, printing plate 2A is because be attached to decorator 24 different plate cylinder 26B, 26A are upper without contacting printing plate 2B.In addition, in another embodiment, the ruler of embossment region 12 Very little, location and shape are aligned with size, the location and shape of the image 18 being formed on flexible secondary plate 14.Therefore, embossment area Domain 12 will not will be on printing ink transfer to the image 18 being formed on flexible secondary plate 14.In one embodiment, embossment region 12 Than the image 18 that is formed on flexible secondary plate 14 greatly of about 0.5 inch in all sizes.
More than one embossment region 12 can be formed in each printing plate 2.10008 additionally or alternatively, printing plate 2 It may include both embossment region 12 and non-ink region 10.In one embodiment, one or more printing plates 2 include comprising The facial parts 4 of photopolymer material.What image, non-ink region 10 and embossment region 12 can be formed in printing plate 2 includes In the facial parts 4 of photopolymer material, as described in below with reference to Fig. 3 and 4.
Formed on printing plate 2 one or more ink-receptive regions 8, non-ink region 10 and/or embossment region 12 it Afterwards, plate 2 is attached in the plate cylinder 26 of decorator 24, below in conjunction with Fig. 5 discussion.It is alternatively possible to will in printing process The ink of more than one color and one or more special inks are used in combination with corresponding ink container 28 to form final image. The ink of each color and the type of special ink are all applied by different plate cylinders 26.The printing plate 2 of each plate cylinder 26 will The ink of a kind of color or type is only received from ink container 28 associated with each plate cylinder 26.As those skilled in the art will Understand, decorator 24 may include that about four plate cylinders 26 arrive about 18 plate cylinders 26.Each plate of decorator 24 Roller 26 can be operated will include that the images of ink of different colours or type is transferred to the secondary plate of flexibility of blanket cylinder 32 14。
Fig. 3 A and 3B show the secondary plate 14 of flexibility before forming image in the facial parts 4 of plate.Implement at one In example, flexible secondary plate 14 is made of homogenous material.In other words, flexible secondary plate be not by the laminate of different materials (or Multilayer) formed homogeneous texture.In one embodiment, flexible secondary plate 14 does not have fabric.In another embodiment, flexible Secondary plate is in the homogenous material of flexible secondary plate 14 without line.In contrast, printing blanket (such as Figure 17 A- of the prior art Shown in 17C) by several layers of compounds formed, every layer includes different materials.Although flexibility shown in Fig. 3 A and 3B is secondary Plate 14 has substantially rectangular shape, but can be soft to be suitable for the various sizes being used in conjunction with the invention and shape supply The secondary plate of property.In one embodiment of the invention, flexible secondary plate 14 has about 0.04 inch to about 0.1 inch of thickness. In another embodiment, flexible secondary plate with a thickness of about 0.060 inch to about 0.090 inch.In another embodiment, Flexible secondary plate is about 0.05 inch.In another embodiment, flexible secondary plate is about 0.0725 inch.Such as this field The skilled person will understand that, the secondary plate of flexibility of any other suitable thickness can also be used in conjunction with the invention.Optionally, soft The secondary plate of property may include polyester film backing (Mylar backing).It will be understood by those skilled in the art, however, that can be with The backing of other materials is used together with flexible secondary plate 14, or does not use backing.In addition, adhesive transfer band or bonding viscosity Agent can be added to the back portion 6 of flexible secondary plate 14.
In one aspect of the invention, flexible secondary plate 14 can at least partly include saturation polymethylene chain or The composition of other analog materials with similar physical property.The secondary plate of flexibility of polymethylene chain composition including saturation 14 have the hardness between about 67 Xiao A hardness and about 90 Xiao A hardness.In another embodiment, poly- comprising saturation The secondary plate 14 of flexibility of methene chain composition has the hardness between about 70 Xiao A hardness and about 74 Xiao A hardness, and It is in a more preferred embodiment about 72 Xiao A hardness.
In one embodiment, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of flexible secondary plate 14 at least partly includes M grades of rubber.Ability Field technique personnel will be understood that M grades of rubber refer to the rubber in U.S.'s test and materials association (ASTM) standard D-1418.Another In a embodiment, the polymethylene chain of the saturation of flexible secondary plate 14 at least partly includes EPDM well known by persons skilled in the art The ethylene propylene diene monomer compound of rubber.EPDM rubber is durable synthetic rubber.In yet another embodiment, flexibility two The polymethylene chain of the saturation of secondary plate 14 at least partly includes ethylene propylene monomer compound, and be those skilled in the art EPR the and/or EPM rubber known.In another aspect of this invention, at least facial parts 4 of flexible secondary plate 14 can be by flexible Plastic material composition.
In another aspect of this invention, flexible secondary plate 14 can be made of photopolymer material.Such as those skilled in the art What member will be understood that, suitable flexibility photo polymer plate can be commercially available from a variety of sources.High-quality is printed on flexible package The example of flexible photo polymer plate have: by DuPontTMManufacture and from
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In one embodiment, flexible photo polymer plate has the hardness of about 40 Xiao A hardness to about 110 Shore hardness. In a preferred embodiment, the hardness of flexible photo polymer plate is about 60 Xiao A hardness to about 100 Xiao A hardness.It is excellent at another It selects in embodiment, the hardness of flexible photo polymer plate is about 50 Xiao A hardness to about 90 Xiao A hardness.Optionally, hardness can be with Between about 67 Xiao A hardness and about 90 Shore hardness.A kind of preferred flexible photo polymer plate has hard in about 71 Shore As Hardness between degree and about 81 Xiao A hardness.Another preferred flexible photo polymer plate has in about 64 Xiao A hardness peace treaties Hardness between 74 Xiao A hardness.In another embodiment, the flexible secondary plate of photopolymer has between about 25 and 55 Xiao A hardness.Optionally, the flexible secondary plate of at least one being made of photopolymer material can have about 76 and about 82 hardness Xiao A hardness.In another embodiment, the flexible secondary plate of at least one being made of photopolymer material can have about Xiao A hardness between 68 and about 74 hardness.In another embodiment, at least one being made of photopolymer material is flexible Secondary plate can have the Xiao A hardness between about 62 and about 68 hardness.However, can be used by method of the invention by light The harder or softer secondary plate of flexibility of polymer material composition.In one embodiment, the hardness of flexible photo polymer plate exists Plate is cured and is formed on measurement after image as described below.
Flexible photo polymer plate can be made of any photocurable materials, regardless of whether being made of polymer.One is shown Example is the material of UV curable.Another example is made of the material of the photocuring of different wave length, is not necessarily UV light.Although being permitted More such plates are made of polymer composition now, but present invention can apply to by that can pass through the photocuring of required wavelength Any material and composition made of plate.In one embodiment, photo polymer plate is by using light-catalysed light polymerization process Cured elastomer composition.In another embodiment, photo polymer plate is by being crosslinked with trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate Chlorobutadiene composition.In another embodiment, photo polymer plate is by styrene isoprene rubber and polyacrylate group At.Other embodiments can be used by well known by persons skilled in the art or exploitation in the future other suitable photocurable materials The flexible photo polymer plate of composition.
Flexible photo polymer plate is mainly used for packing (such as flexible plastic vegetables and production bag), label, mark in flexiplast High graphics is generated on note, set up box and paper handkerchief wrapping paper.Due to the high speed printing on the outer surface of metal substrate Significant challenge, flexible photo polymer plate canister industry in be unknown.More specifically, canister manufacturing equipment Operated in Container Industry it is most fast or if not it is most fast be then some production lines in most fast.Due to the height of production line Speed, may decoration technique made of other industry or other materials in container or technique not necessarily produced with canister The work of high speed needed for line.
Referring now to Fig. 4 A-4C, flexible secondary plate 14 is shown, is formed with image 18 thereon.Flexible secondary plate 14A, 14B Facial parts 4 include ink-receptive regions 16.In one embodiment, ink-receptive regions 16 limit a plane.Contact The ink-receptive regions 8 of the printing plate 2 of ink-receptive regions 16 are by least some printing ink transfers to the ink of flexible secondary plate 14 Receiving area.The image 18A of word " BALL " is formed on flexible secondary plate 14A.The image 18B of sport shirt is formed in another soft On the secondary plate 14B of property.In one embodiment, at least part of image 18A, 18B have lower than ink-receptive regions 16 The depth of plane.In other words, in one embodiment, there is no image 18A, the part of 18B is prominent by ink-receptive regions On 16 planes limited.
The process of the image 18 formed on the outer surface to be printed onto canister on flexible secondary plate 14 depends on soft The material of the secondary plate of property.When flexible secondary plate 14 is at least partly made of the composition for the polymethylene chain being saturated, image 18 are formed in (or being transferred to) flexible secondary plate 14 by (or following exploitation) well known by persons skilled in the art any method On, including but not limited to Direct Laser carve (DLE) technique, mechanically or chemically etching or artistic carving, venting technique, pressure at Type technique, or the combination for passing through technique.
In DLE technique, a part of the material of the polymethylene chain of the saturation including flexible secondary plate 14 is burnt by laser Erosion is otherwise removed by laser.Time needed for forming image 18 on flexible secondary plate 14 according to the size of image and The composition of complexity, the depth of image and shade and flexible secondary plate and change.In one embodiment, using DLE technique The processing time needed for forming image 18 in the composition of polymethylene chain for including saturation is about 10 minutes to about 3 hours.
Flexible secondary plate 14 can be fixed to cylindrical surface (not shown), while form image 18 using DLE technique.Circle Cylindrical surface has the radius of curvature of blanket cylinder 32 (shown in Fig. 5) radius of curvature for being substantially equal to decorator 24.Use DLE Technique forms image 18 in the material of polymethylene chain for including saturation and is similar to using laser engraving and diced system, such as Epilog laser fires image in a substrate.However, DLE technique provides higher image resolution ratio and control composition image The ability of the height (referred to as " point podium level ") of 18 shielded point.In contrast, the printing blanket of the prior art, such as Figure 17 Shown in blanket, it is easy to melt.Therefore, the printing blanket of the prior art does not allow to be formed on tiny point image, Such as by using those of the formation of polymethylene chain flexibility subordinate cover layer 14 at least partly including saturation image.
In etching or artistic carving, the predetermined of the material of the polymethylene chain of the saturation including flexible secondary plate 14 is removed Part is to form image 18.In machinery etching or artistic carving, the predetermined of the material of flexible secondary plate 14 is removed using tool Part.The tool may include cutting element, rotary drilling-head, milling tool, fluid tool or can operate with from flexible secondary plate 14 facial parts 4 remove the tool of any other type of the material of predetermined amount.High-pressure spray can be directed to by fluid tool In the facial parts 4 of flexible secondary plate 14.The high-pressure spray of fluid tool may include at least one in gas, liquid and solid Kind, for removing rubber from the facial parts 4 of flexible secondary plate 14.Optionally, when image 18 is formed on flexible secondary plate 14 When, tool can be heated to predetermined temperature.
In chemical etching or artistic carving, the predetermined portions of the material of flexible secondary plate 14 are removed using chemicals.It can Mask material to be applied on the material of flexible secondary plate 14, to ensure that chemicals only contacts and removes the poly- Asia including saturation The predetermined portions of the material of methyl chain are to form image 18.Selection masking material is to adhere on material and masking material is opposite It is inert in chemicals, includes the non-image areas of the material of the polymethylene chain of saturation with protection.In one embodiment, Mask material can be applied to the entire facial parts 4 of flexible secondary plate 14.Then the selectivity from the region for forming image 18 Ground removes mask material.In another embodiment, mask material is applied only in the facial parts 4 of flexible secondary plate 14 Non-image areas.Then chemicals is applied to facial parts 4 and contacts the image-region of not masked material protection.In predetermined amount Time after, remove or neutralization chemicals, and masking material is removed from flexible secondary plate 14.Optionally, flexibility two Secondary plate 14 can be at least partially submerged in the bath of chemicals.In another embodiment, mask material is not used, and will be changed Product are applied selectively to include on the predetermined portions of the material of the polymethylene chain of the saturation of flexible secondary plate 14.
When forming image 18 using venting technique, the predetermined portions of flexible secondary plate 14 are suitable for having acceptance to ink Or repellency.In one embodiment, it will repel or the chemicals of ink or material attracted to be applied to the pre- of flexible secondary plate 14 Fixed part is to form image 18.In another embodiment, before image 18 is formed on flexible secondary plate 14, the face of plate Part 4 includes the coating for repelling or attracting ink.Selectively the predetermined portions of coating are removed to be formed from flexible secondary plate 14 Image 18.The image formed using venting technique is made of the region of attraction ink and other regions of repulsion ink.At one In embodiment, image 18 may include attract the ink of (or repel) at least one type and repulsion (or attraction) it is at least one its The region of the ink of its type.
In pressure forming process, image 18 is initially formed on the surface of the base metal.Base material may include metal, plastics, Photopolymer material or any other suitable material.The polymethylene of the saturation of facial parts 4 including flexible secondary plate 14 The material of chain is crushed on scheduled time quantum on the image on base material, and image is transferred to flexible secondary plate 14 from base material.So The secondary plate 14 of flexibility with image 18 is removed from base material afterwards.The rubber of flexible secondary plate 14 and/or base material can be in flexibility two Secondary plate 14 is heated before being pressed against base material.In one embodiment, flexible secondary plate 14 and base material are heated to about 310 °F of temperature Degree.In another embodiment, flexible secondary plate 14 and base material are pressed together under the pressure of about 1,000psi.
After forming image 18 on flexible secondary plate 14, flexible secondary plate 14 can be cleaned by any suitable method To remove clast from facial parts 4.In one embodiment, gas-pressurized is used to remove clast from flexible secondary plate 14.Another In one embodiment, clast is removed from flexible secondary plate 14 with liquid (such as water or solvent).
When image 18 is formed in the facial parts 4 of flexible secondary plate 14, facial parts 4, which can have, will not receive oil The embossment region 20 of ink and the image 18 that can receive ink.The image 18 being formed on flexible secondary plate 14 can be three-dimensional , and there is different depth in facial parts 4.As described above, in one embodiment, the ink of facial parts 4 connects It receives region 16 and limits a plane.At least part of image 18 has the depth lower than the plane limited by ink-receptive regions 16 Degree.In other words, in one embodiment, without the part of image 18 it is prominent the plane limited by ink-receptive regions 16 it On.In one embodiment, the part of image 18 or image can have about 0.0009 inch relative to the plane of facial parts 4 To about 0.089 inch of depth.In a more preferred embodiment, the depth in the part of the depth of image 18 or image 18 is about 0.001 inch to about 0.084 inch depth.
When flexible secondary plate 14 is at least partly made of photopolymer material, image 18A, 18B pass through computer pair Plate (CTP) technique, conventional panel exposure technology or any other suitable method by flexible photo polymer plate exposure and hardening Material is formed.Backing usually using a piece of polyester film as flexible photo polymer plate 14, although those skilled in the art are logical Often known other materials also are used as backing.Form the image 18 being printed on the outer surface of canister.
In conventional exposure process, the film negative film (film negative) of image 18 is produced.Film negative film is placed on On the predetermined portions of the facial parts 4 of flexible photosensitive polymer sheet 14.Then with the flexible photosensitive polymer sheet 14 of film negative film It is placed in exposure device, flexible photo polymer plate and film negative film are exposed to light source by exposure device.Film negative film, which is used as, to be stopped simultaneously Prevent some light from reaching the negative mask of the facial parts 4 of flexible photo polymer plate 14.Light is shone by the transparent part of film negative film, And harden the material of flexible photo polymer plate 14.It can be at about 0.01 minute to about 10 minutes to the time for exposure of ultraviolet source In range.
Material in the facial parts 4 of flexible photo polymer plate 14 passes through film negative film in light and hits the ground of facial parts 4 Side's hardening.The part of the non-envelope negative film covering of flexible photo polymer plate 14 is also exposed to light and hardens.Flexible photo polymer plate The material below the film negative film region for stopping light or some light in 14 facial parts 4 keeps unexposed and soft.
Using CTP technique, image 18 is transferred directly on flexible photo polymer plate 14 in digital imager device.Number The opaque mask coating in the facial parts 4 of flexible photo polymer plate 14 is eliminated or otherwise removed to imager device Part, to form the negative film of image 18.Then flexible photosensitive polymer sheet 14 is placed in exposure device, and exposure device will be flexible Photo polymer plate 14 is exposed to light source.Exposure device can it is identical as exposure device used in above-mentioned conventional plate exposure technology or It is similar.The not ablated part of mask coating at least partly stops light and prevents the face of the flexible photo polymer plate 14 of light arrival Portion part 4 (or the amount of reach for reducing light).Polymer material of the flexible photo polymer plate 14 under the remainder of mask coating Keep unexposed and soft.Light from exposure device contacts flexible photopolymerization in the image-region for removing mask coating The polymer material of object plate 14, and make the material hardening of flexible photo polymer plate 14.It can be to the time for exposure of ultraviolet source In the range of about 0.01 minute to about 10 minutes.The example of CTP technique is from http://www2.dupont.com/ Packaging_Graphics/en_US/assets/downloads/pdf/AdvFlexo_B rochure.pdf is retrievable " Advancing Flexography, the The Technical Path of Ray Bodwell and Jan Scharfenberg Description, entire contents are incorporated herein by reference in Forward ".The example of suitable digital imager device from http://www2.dupont.com/Packaging_Graphics/en_GB/assets/downloads/pdf/CDI_ Retrievable " the Cyrel of family_English.pdfTMDescription in Digital flex plate Imagers (CDI) ", it is complete Portion's content is incorporated herein by reference.
Once image 18 is transferred on flexible photo polymer plate 14 using CTP technique or conventional plate exposure technology, then move Except the soft unexposed polymer material in the facial parts 4 of exposed flexible photo polymer plate 14.In one embodiment In, the flexible photo polymer plate 14 of exposure is placed in washing website.Flexible light is removed by washing and cleaning facial parts 4 Unexposed flexible polymer material on the unexposed area of the facial parts 4 of polymer sheet 14.Washing website may include water Or solvent, such as Cyrel Nutre-Clean.As it will be appreciated, other solution and solvent can be used in washing website.Another In one embodiment, unexposed polymer material is by the after-treatment device without using solvent and/or other liquid from face It is removed in part 4.Thermal energy and development roller can be used to remove unexposed polymer material in after-treatment device.It is soft removing After soft unexposed polymer material, flexible photo polymer plate 14 can be exposed to complete to polymerize for second, and be ensured The all areas of flexible photo polymer plate 14 are hardened and obtain maximum durability.
When the unexposed flexible material on the region of the facial parts 4 of flexible photo polymer plate 14 is removed, The hardening region for forming image 18 that facial parts 4 will have the embossment region 20 that will not receive ink and can receive ink. The image 18 being formed on flexible photo polymer plate can be it is three-dimensional, and in facial parts 4 according to by film negative film or The light quantity for sheltering coating has different depth.A part of image 18 or image 18 has about 0.0009 inch to about 0.089 The depth of inch.In a more preferred embodiment, the depth in the part of the depth of image 18 or image 18 is about 0.001 inch To about 0.084 inch of depth.
In some embodiments, flexible photo polymer plate 14 can also be before, during or after solidification process in face It is etched or carves on part 4 to form one or more other recesses.Laser can be used in etching or carving area Or any other means well known by persons skilled in the art are formed.
For including both the polymethylene chain of saturation or the soft secondary plate 14 including photopolymer material, image 18 is most Big thickness is equal to the original thickness of flexible secondary plate 14.For example, as shown in the cross-sectional side view of Fig. 4 C, in one embodiment In, flexible secondary plate 14B from facial parts 4 to the homogenous material of back portion 6 by forming.In contrast, in Figure 17 A-17C The prior art printing blanket 106 in, picture depth is only limitted to the outer layer of the laminated material of blanket.Therefore, by least The composition composition of polymethylene chain partly comprising saturation or the secondary plate of flexibility 14 being made of photopolymer material with it is existing There is the printing blanket of technology to compare and provides the more more options for being used to form image.
Image 18 can be embossed the encirclement of region 20.When flexible secondary plate 14 is at least partly made of photopolymer material When, embossment region 20 includes part that is unexposed and therefore keeping soft photopolymer material.Then remove flexible photopolymerization The unexposed flexible material of object plate is to form embossment region 20.It is formed in the ruler of the embossment region 20 in flexible secondary plate 14 Very little, location and shape can be with the non-ink region 10 of printing plate 2A shown in figure 1A and floating for printing plate 2B as shown in Figure 2 A Carve size, the location and shape alignment in region.
In one embodiment, it is formed in shown in the size, location and shape and Fig. 1 of the image 18 on flexible secondary plate 14 Printing plate 2A ink-receptive regions 8A size, location and shape alignment.In other words, when flexible secondary plate 14 is fixed to On the blanket cylinder 32 of decorator 24 and when printing plate 2A is fixed to plate cylinder 26A, ink-receptive regions 8A will be contacted simultaneously Shift the image 18 at least some ink to one in flexible secondary plate 14.
In addition, size, the location and shape of the image 18 being formed on flexible secondary plate 14 can be optionally and shown in Fig. 2 Printing plate 2B embossment region 12 size, location and shape alignment.Therefore, when printing plate 2B is fixed to the plate of decorator 24 When roller 26B, embossment region 12 will not contact ink and will not will be on the image 18 on printing ink transfer to flexible secondary plate 14.
The embossment region 20 of flexible secondary plate 14 will not receive ink from printing plate 4, and can be used for holding in metal Unique non-decorative zones (or non-ink region) is generated on device.Image 18 may include the embossment region 20C for not receiving ink, It and can also include the shielding area 22 of the reception as shown in Figure 4 B ink fewer than the other parts of image.Although Fig. 4 A, 4B and 4C shows the image 18 surrounded by embossment region 20, it is to be understood that, as shown in Figure 6 A and 6B, image 18 can be formed On flexible secondary plate 14, the embossment region of image 18 is not surrounded.In addition, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that embossment Region 20 can be any desired size or shape, and can form more than one embossment region on flexible secondary plate 14 20。
After in the facial parts 4 that image 18 has been formed in flexible secondary plate 14, by adhesive transfer band or it can glue It closes on the polyester film part or other backings that sticky agent is added on the back portion 6 of flexible secondary plate 14.Suitable bonding Sticky agent can be obtained from various commercial suppliers.In one embodiment, bonding sticky agent with a thickness of about 2.0 mils (or about 0.002 inch).In another embodiment, sticky agent is bonded with a thickness of about 15 mils (or about 0.015 inch).It then will back The secondary plate 14 of flexibility on portion part 6 with sticky agent is attached to the blanket cylinder 32 of decorator 24.
Although not showing in figures 1-4, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that one or more printing plates 2 and/or flexibility two Secondary plate 14 can have the printing localization region for monitoring the positioning of the different colours or special ink that are printed by different plates with Image is formed on metallic containers.For example, setting localization region can be printed on printing plate 2 and/or flexible secondary plate 14, with Monitor position and the alignment of the print content on canister.
Multiple figures are formed on canister 34 using flexible secondary plate 14 and special ink referring now to Figure 5, showing As 18 decorator 24.Decorator 24 includes at least one plate cylinder 26.It is appreciated that decorator 24 can have any quantity Plate cylinder 26.In one embodiment, decorator 24 includes that about four plate cylinders 26 arrive about 18 plate cylinders 26.
One or more printing plates 2 are attached to each plate cylinder 26.Alternatively or additionally, printing plate 2, which can be, encloses The sleeve or cylinder wrapped up around the circumference of plate cylinder 26.Plate cylinder 26 can be operated to be rotated in a first direction.With roller 30 Ink container 28 is associated with each plate cylinder 26.The roller 30 of each ink container 28 is by a kind of ink of color or type a kind of Special ink is transferred to the ink-receptive regions 8 of printing plate 2.
As discussed herein, special ink includes but is not limited to thermal color-changing printing ink, photochromic ink, glossiness heat Color shifting ink, fluorescent ink, UV ink, dark ink, black light ink light oil ink, infrared ray ink, phosphor ink, pressure-sensitive oil Ink, tactile ink, tactile thermal color-changing printing ink, leuco dye, non-gloss ink, and in response to temperature change or it is exposed to light or pressure Power and change appearance, ink, dyestuff or the varnish of color and/or any other type of texture.Special ink and using theirs Method is disclosed in United States Patent (USP) 4, and 889,560, United States Patent (USP) 5,502,476, United States Patent (USP) 5,591,255, United States Patent (USP) 5, 919,839, United States Patent (USP) 6,139,779, United States Patent (USP) 6,174,937, United States Patent (USP) 6,196,675, United States Patent (USP) 6,309, 453, United States Patent (USP) 6,494,950, United States Patent (USP) 7,810,922, United States Patent (USP) 8,409,698, U.S. Patent Application Publication 2012/0238675, U.S. Patent Application Publication 2013/0075675, U.S. Patent Application Publication 2013/0105743, the U.S. is special Benefit application discloses 2013/0231242, U.S. Patent Application Publication 2012/0315412, U.S. Patent Application Publication 2013/ 0340885, U.S. Patent Application Publication 2014/0039091, U.S. Patent Application Publication 2014/0072442, United States Patent (USP) Shen It please disclose 2014/0187668, U.S. Patent Application Publication 2014/0210201, U.S. Patent Application Publication 2014/0212654, U.S. Patent Application Publication 2014/0272161 and International Publication WO 2014/096088, respective full content is by quoting simultaneously Enter herein.
The special ink of the ink of first color or the first kind can be applied to the printing plate 2A of the first plate cylinder 26A On, and the special ink of the ink of the second color or Second Type can be applied to the printing plate 2B of the second plate cylinder 26B On.Provided that additional plate cylinder 26, then can be used the ink and further types of special ink of more colors.At one In embodiment, decorator 24 includes 4 to 18 plate cylinders 26 and 4 to 18 ink containers 28, and each ink container can be operated with will not The predetermined portions of printing plate 2 are applied to the ink of color or different types of special ink.In a more preferred embodiment, it fills Frilled organ 24 includes 6 to 18 plate cylinders and 6 to 18 ink containers, and each ink container can be operated by the ink of different colours or not The special ink of same type is applied to the predetermined portions of printing plate 2.
The printing plate 2B of the second plate cylinder 26B includes common content in the example shown in FIG. 5, by being transferred to Flexible secondary plate 14 in ink-receptive regions 8 with the image 33 of the form of alphabetical " Please Recycle ".However, such as As it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, printing plate 2B need not include image.For example, printing plate 2B can arrive printing ink transfer Flexible secondary plate 14 is without image to be transferred on flexible secondary plate 14.In other words, printing plate 2 can will without word or other On the printing ink transfer of label to flexible secondary plate 14.First and second plate cylinder 26A, 26B may include having one or more The printing plate 2 of embossment region 12 and non-ink region 10.
In one embodiment, embossment region 12 can be formed in all printing plate 2B fixed to the second plate cylinder 26B Same position.Another part formation of printing plate 2B may include the ink-receptive regions 8 of image 33.In one embodiment, The image 33 being formed on the ink-receptive regions 8 of printing plate 2B may include text.For example, as shown in figure 5, in printing plate 2B Ink-receptive regions 8 on form the image 33 comprising alphabetical " Please Recycle ".It will be understood to those of skill in the art that Other text or images can be formed on the ink-receptive regions of printing plate 2B 8.
The embossment region 12 being formed in printing plate 2B will not receive ink from ink container 28B, and will not turn ink It moves on on flexible secondary plate 14.The ink-receptive regions 8 of printing plate 2B will receive ink and can be by printing ink transfer to flexibility Secondary plate 14.Continue the present embodiment, the printing plate 2A fixed to the first plate cylinder 26A may include ink-receptive regions 8A.Oil Black receiving area 8A can be formed on the predetermined position of printing plate 2A, so that the ink being placed on the 8A of region will be transferred to All images 18 of the ink-receptive regions 8A of the facial parts 4 of the contact printing plate 2A of flexible secondary plate 14.
In one embodiment, the embossment region 12 of the ink-receptive regions 8A and printing plate 2B of printing plate 2A are aligned.So And as it will appreciated by a person of ordinary skill, the printing plate 2A fixed to plate cylinder 26A is not during the operation of decorator 24 Contact is fixed to the printing plate 2B of plate cylinder 26B.In another embodiment, the ink-receptive regions 8A of printing plate 2A and formation Image 18 on flexible secondary plate 14 is aligned.Therefore, during the operation of decorator 24, the ink-receptive regions of printing plate 2A The part of the flexible secondary plate 14 of the contact of 8A is by least some printing ink transfers to the secondary plate 14 of flexibility.Optionally, printing plate 2A The embossment region 12 of ink-receptive regions 8A and printing plate 2B can certain predetermined amount bigger than the image 18 of flexible secondary plate 14.
Alternatively or additionally, one or more printing plates 2 can be by the ink of different colours and different types of spy Same position of the kind printing ink transfer to flexible secondary plate 14.Therefore, the ink of different colours and different types of special ink can Same position with the secondary plate 14 of flexibility being transferred to from one or more printing plates 2 in overlapping layer.
Decorator 24 further includes blanket cylinder 32, and one or more flexible secondary plates 14 are attached on blanket cylinder 32. Optionally, in one embodiment, position of the flexible secondary plate 14 on blanket cylinder 32 can axially and radially change Predetermined amount, and be still aligned with the ink-receptive regions 8A of printing plate 2A.Alternatively or additionally, one or more flexible Secondary plate 14 can be coated on the sleeve or cylinder or saturation of the photopolymer material of the circumference of blanket cylinder 32 The sleeve of polymethylene chain composition.
Blanket cylinder 32 is rotated along the second direction opposite with the first direction of plate cylinder 26.Each secondary plate 14 of flexibility It can have the different images 18 being formed thereon.For example, the secondary plate 14 of flexibility shown in fig. 5 includes the movement being formed thereon The image 18B, star-shaped image 18C, the image 18D of " X " and the image 18E of lightning of shirt.
Image 18 on flexible secondary plate 14 can be formed in the oil with the embossment region 12 of printing plate 2B and printing plate 2A The position of black receiving area 8A correspondence or alignment.The image 18 of flexible secondary plate 18 can be to be stayed on the canister 34 of decoration The negative film (embossment region 20 by that will not receive ink is formed) in lower non-ink region.Alternatively, image 18 can be when figure Ink will be received when having received one or more ink-receptive regions 8 of the printing plate 2 of ink from ink container 28 as 18 contacts Front.Metal is transferred to using the secondary plate 90 of flexibility of the composition including the polymethylene chain at least partly including saturation to hold The example of the positive image 94 of device 100 and negative identical image 96 is provided in Figure 16 A-16C.
For the secondary plate 14 of flexibility at least partly formed by photopolymer material, the positive part of image is by flexible photopolymerization The hardening region of the exposure of object plate 14 is formed.Be formed on flexible secondary plate 14 at least partly by comprising being saturated poly methylene The positive part for the image that the composition of chain is formed include the facial parts 4 of flexible secondary plate 14 during image forming course not Removed part is suitble to attract the region of ink.Image 18 can also include the combination of negative region and positive region.This field Technical staff will be understood that positive image applies ink to canister 34, and negative image means the print in image There is no ink in brush or positive part.
Plate cylinder 26 is rotated in a first direction, and blanket cylinder 32 is consistently rotated along second opposite direction, so that printing Plate 2 is contacted with flexible secondary plate 14.Ink is transferred to the secondary plate 14 of flexibility of the ink-receptive regions 8 of contact galley 2,8A Image 18 and ink-receptive regions 16.Primary picture exposure occurs on inking printing plate 2, and secondary image is by flexible secondary plate 14 are made.Flexible secondary plate 14 can have for the common ink-receptive regions 16 of flexible secondary plate 14.Such as Fig. 4 A and Image 18A shown in 4B, 18B, image 18 is formed in the region on flexible secondary plate will be for the secondary creation of plate 14 of each flexibility only One inking region.The technique is similar to stamp ink pad and rubber seal, wherein the convex portion of only rubber seal is from oil Ink pad collects ink and is transferred to substrate for ink as image.20 (if present) of embossment region of flexible secondary plate 14 will not Ink can be received from printing plate 2.Only the ink-receptive regions 16 of flexible secondary plate 14 and/or image 18 will connect from printing plate 2 Receipts ink simultaneously will be on printing ink transfer to the surface of canister 34.It is secondary by using the flexibility for being formed with different images 18 thereon Plate 14 will print entirely different image 18 on each canister 34.This causes in the plate cylinder 26 by decorator 24 Single group printing plate 2 generates multiple lithographic images.The technique uses the high-resolution solid being formed on flexible secondary plate 14 With masked images 18, thus by unique printing ink transfer to canister 34.
In operation, canister 34 is supplied to support from storage location or equipment 42 by conveyer 36 or other devices Roller 38.Support roller 38 that there are multiple websites 40, it is right with flexible secondary plate 14 suitable for being received and held in canister 34 Quasi- predetermined position.Canister 34 can be maintained at resting position by website 40, and canister 34 can also be made to surround The longitudinal axis of each container rotates.When blanket cylinder 32 rotates in a second direction, flexible secondary plate 14 is relative to fixation Printing plate 2 to plate cylinder 26 turns to scheduled alignment position.Flexible secondary plate 14 is by contacting each plate cylinder 26A, 26B Printing plate 2A, 2B receives at least some ink.
Blanket cylinder 32 continues to rotate in a second direction, and roller 38 is supported consistently to rotate in a first direction, So that secondary 14 rotating contact of plate of flexibility of the outer surface 44 of canister 34 and the inking being attached on blanket cylinder 32.So Ink is transferred to the outer surface 44 of canister 34 from flexible secondary plate 14 afterwards.Although support roller 38 is shown in FIG. 5, It is understood that other dresses that support canister 34 can be used and contact its outer surface 44 with flexible secondary plate 14 It sets, such as core wheel or conveyer belt.
After printing ink transfer to canister 34, varnish unit 48 can will optionally cross paint and be coated to canister 34 On.Crossing paint may include special ink.If desired, ink and/or mistake paint can pass through well known by persons skilled in the art Where method is solidified by solidified cell 50.In one embodiment, thermal energy, ultraviolet energy and electronics can be used in solidified cell 50 One of beam or it is a variety of come curing metal container 34 on ink and/or cross paint.
The canister 34A, 34B of two decorations are also shown in Fig. 5.The canister 34 of decoration includes respectively from print The common images 33 of " the Please Recycle " of brush board 2B transfer.Container 34A includes unique content, the image of sport shirt 18B, container 34B include the unique image 18C of star.In one embodiment, each freedom of image 18B, 18C is from fixed to the first plate Received first ink of the ink-receptive regions 8A of the printing plate 2A of roller 26A is formed.Common figure on each container 34A, 34B As 33 from received second ink of printing plate 2B fixed to the second plate cylinder 26B by forming.It will be understood by those skilled in the art that At least one of first ink and the second ink may include special ink as described herein.
The decorator 24 used in commercial metals Container Industry is usually independent between about 4 to 12 with being attached with The secondary plate 14 of flexibility blanket cylinder 32.It is formed in when each of 4 to 12 individual flexible secondary plates 14 have When unique image 18 thereon, decorator 24 can produce 4 to 12 different lithographic images without changing printing plate 2. The present invention will be used together with having the blanket cylinder 32 for the secondary plate 14 of any amount of flexibility for being attached to its circumference.Example Such as, in one embodiment, blanket cylinder 32 includes about 4 to 24 different secondary plates 14 of flexibility.In addition, although flexibility two Secondary plate 14 is shown in Figure 5 for individual secondary plate, but in some embodiments, blanket cylinder 32 can have a light The continuous blanket of the composition of polymer material or the polymethylene chain at least partly comprising saturation, continuous blanket have The multiple unique images 18 being formed thereon.In another embodiment, at least partly include polymethylene chain by being saturated One or more flexible secondary plates 14 and at least partly one or more secondary plates 14 of flexibility including photopolymer material can be with It is attached on blanket cylinder 32 simultaneously.Each secondary plate 14 of flexibility can have the different figures of the one or more being formed thereon As 18.In another embodiment, it is formed by the composition or flexible photopolymer material that include the polymethylene chain being saturated Printing plate 2 can be attached to one or more plate cylinders 26.The printing plate 2 or photopolymer being made of the polymethylene chain being saturated Printing plate 2 can have the one or more ink-receptive regions 8 to form image 33, non-ink region 10 and embossment region 12.
Referring now to Fig. 6 A, the photo for the secondary plate 14F of flexibility being made of photopolymer material is provided.Flexible secondary plate 14F includes the image 18 of the sport shirt for being formed with digital " 92 " thereon according to various embodiments of the present invention.Fig. 6 B is Fig. 6 A Image 18 enlarged photograph.In the embodiment shown in Fig. 6 A and 6B, image 18 is not embossed region encirclement.
Referring now to Fig. 7 A, the various implementations according to the present invention using the secondary plate 14F of flexibility shown in Fig. 6 A are provided The photo of the substantial cylindrical canister 34F of example decoration.Fig. 7 B is the amplifier section of the photo of Fig. 7 A.Photo shows decoration There is the substantial cylindrical canister 34F of the image 18 of sport shirt, image 18 includes the non-ink parts 46 for being formed in decoration Number " 92 " in (or negative film).The present invention can be used and form other numbers, shape, word or design carry out decorating board.
Referring now to Figure 8, provide according to various embodiments of the present invention formed thereon it is another there are two image 54,55 The photo of one flexible secondary plate 52.Flexible secondary plate 52 is made of photopolymer material.More specifically, flexible secondary plate 52 includes The image 54 of children face and the image 56 of woman face.After receiving at least two different ink from printing plate 2, to soft The secondary plate 52 of property is taken pictures.Then by printing ink transfer into canister 34.Therefore, the ink reception area of flexible secondary plate 52 Domain 58 includes part 60,62,64 and 65 comprising from the received dry ink of the printing plate 2 of decorator 24.First part 60 includes dry Blue ink comprising inverted letter and blue recycling symbol.Second part 62 includes blue ink comprising is inverted word The female and number including " 16oz ".Part III 64 includes the square filled with blue ink and the inversion word including " Ball " Female white ink.Part IV 65 includes the white ink of inverted letter, and letter includes " eat.drink.imagine ".
It is decorated according to various embodiments of the present invention referring now to Figure 9, showing using the flexibility secondary plate 52 of Fig. 8 The photo of substantial cylindrical canister 66.More specifically, canister 66 includes the children shifted from flexible secondary plate 52 The image 54 and 56 of face and the part of woman face.Canister 34G further includes negative image 68, which includes text This " 12 FACES of TEST IMAGE ".Negative image 68 is formed in gold by the embossment region in a part including blanket 52 Belong on container 66.Embossment region will not receive ink from any printing plate 2.However, forming the embossment region of image 66 in fig. 8 It is sightless in the photo of the secondary plate 52 of flexibility of shooting.
Figure 10 A, 10B provide the first image 54 and the woman of the children face being formed on canister 66 shown in Fig. 9 The enlarged photograph of second image 56 of face.In addition, being can see in Figure 10 A by the ink receiving element 58 of flexible secondary plate 52 First part 60 shift by blue ink form recycling symbol a part.
Referring now to Figure 11, providing another photo for the secondary plate 70 of flexibility being made of photopolymer material.It is flexible secondary Plate 70 does not have backing or adhesive layer.More specifically, the photo of Figure 11 is clapped by the back portion 6 of flexible secondary plate 70 from below It takes the photograph.This shows the secondary plate of flexibility of the invention and can be formed by homogenous material, with the printing blanket of the prior art (Figure 17 A, Shown in 17B) it is opposite.Black patch 72 is placed on flexible secondary plate 70 (against the facial parts of flexible secondary plate) in the following, to provide The contrast of photo.Black patch 72 will not form a part of the invention, and during container decoration not with flexible secondary plate 70 are used together.
Two images 74,76 have been formed in the facial parts of flexible secondary plate 70.First image 74 is dog, the second figure As 76 be cat.In the photo of Figure 11, image 74,76 is on the contrary, as mentioned above, photo is from the back of flexible secondary plate 70 What part 6 was shot.
Referring now to Figure 12, providing the photo for the canister 78 decorated using the secondary plate 70 of flexibility of Figure 11.Metal Container 78 includes the image 74,76 by being formed from image 74, the 76 received ink of flexible secondary plate 70.
Referring now to Figure 13, providing another photo of the secondary plate 80 of flexibility being made of photopolymer material.Exist Various images are formd in the facial parts 4 of flexible secondary plate 80.Back lining materials 82 are already affixed to the back of flexible secondary plate 80 Portion part, for comparing.Back lining materials 82 are not a part of the invention, and canister decoration during not with flexibility two Secondary plate 80 is used together.Building is formed with an image 84 of City Skyline with three kinds of different sizes.
Referring now to Figure 14 A, 14B, the photo for the canister 88 decorated using the secondary plate 80 of flexibility of Figure 13 is provided. More specifically, image 84A, 84B, 84C are shown as by being formed in canister from the flexible received ink of secondary plate 80 On outer surface.
Referring now to Figure 15 A, 15B, provide by least partly include saturation polymethylene chain composition form it is soft Two different photos of the secondary plate 90 of property.The two of the same woman is formd in the facial parts 4 of flexible secondary plate 90 A image 94,96.Image 94 is the negative-appearing image of image 96.
Deep calibration 98 has been formed in the facial parts 4 of flexible secondary plate 90.Deep calibration 98 show from The relative depth for the rubber material that facial parts 4 remove.The amount of the rubber material removed from facial parts 4 is from close to deep calibration Seldom material of 98 part 98A increases to the lot of materials of the removal of the part 98B close to deep calibration 98.Therefore, portion 98A (being difficult to differentiate between in Figure 15 A, the photo of 15B) is divided to be roughly parallel to the plane formed by facial parts 4, and will be than depth The part 98B of degree scale 98 receives and shifts a greater amount of ink.
Referring now to Figure 16 A-16C, the photograph for the canister 100 decorated using the secondary plate 90 of flexibility of Figure 15 is provided Piece.Canister 100 includes the priming coat 102 of white ink, shown in Figure 16 C associated with deep calibration part 98B Canister 100 part on it is most visible.In other words, slave flexibility of the white ink of priming coat 102 in canister 100 Secondary plate 90 is most visible on the part almost no or no for receiving ink.Canister 100 is received via from ink The image 94,96 of the secondary plate 90 of flexibility of the outer surface of the received black light ink in region 16 and contact canister 100 is filled Decorations.
Referring now to Figure 17 A and 17B, the photograph of the printing blanket 106 for the prior art being made of known materials is shown Piece.Figure 17 A is the top view of printing blanket 106.The image of image 108 including woman has been formed in printing blanket In 106 facial parts.It as seen in this fig. 17b, is the angled side view of printing blanket 106, and for example in the cross of Fig. 4 C The secondary plate of flexibility of the invention is on the contrary, printing blanket 106 is made of the several layers of of different materials shown in side cross-sectional view.It is some The printing blanket of the prior art is formed by four layers or more.
Printing blanket 106 generally includes facial parts 110, the first tissue layer 112, compressible stratum 114 and the second fabric Layer 116.For the sake of clarity, the paper backing 118 of the covering jointing material pulled out from the second tissue layer 116 is also shown.Printing The schematic side elevation of the layer 110,112,114 and 116 of blanket 106 provides in Figure 17 C.
The material that facial parts 110 include and contain the secondary plate of polymethylene chain flexibility of saturation of the invention is different Relatively thin rubber material.In the printing blanket 106 of a prior art, facial parts 110 include nitrile rubber (NBR).As it will appreciated by a person of ordinary skill, NBR is 2- acrylonitrile and various divinylic monomers (1,2- butadiene and 1,3- Butadiene) unsaturated copolymer race.NBR is also referred to as Buna-N, Perbunan, acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, Nipol, Krynac and Europrene.
Importantly, the material of facial parts 110 relatively easily melts, and needs cannot be formed on metallic containers Generate the tiny point image of fine definition lithographic image.In addition, with the secondary plate 14,52,70,80 and 90 of flexibility of the invention Homogeneous compare, the printing blanket 106 of the prior art of Figure 17 is by several different materials for being arranged in discrete layer 110-116 Composition.When facial parts 110 are relatively thin, compared with the flexible secondary plate of homogeneous of the invention, it is possible to create in printing rubber The depth of image in cloth 106 is restricted.In other words, the comparison thinness of facial parts 110 limit may from printing rubber Skin cloth 106 is removed to form the depth of the material of image.
The layer of the printing blanket of the prior art is from http://www.offsetprintingtechnology.com/ Sub-categories/blanket-for-offset-printing/ (finally accessing on April 7th, 2016) is retrievable Description, entire contents pass through in " Blanket for Offset Printing " (hereinafter referred to as " Offset Printing ") It is incorporated herein by reference.According to " Offset Printing ", mackintosh of offset printing surface texture, profile and hardness are to mackintosh of offset printing Printing performance it is extremely important and have contributed much.Exploitation is used for the printing surface of the mackintosh of offset printing of high quality hectographic printing Suitable rubber composition is not easy to.Difficulty is that the chemistry that may be found that in printing operation mutually conflicts with mechanical requirements.
Referring now to Figure 18, providing the photo for the canister 120 decorated using the printing blanket 106 of Figure 17.With make The high-resolution and details of the image 54,56 of the Figure 10 generated with the secondary plate of flexibility of the invention and Figure 16 image 94,96 It compares, the image 108 in Figure 18 B includes significant point and less details.
The photo for another canister 122 decorated with the printing blanket of the prior art is provided in Figure 19.It is formed Image 124 on container 122 does not have the amount of detail and clarity of the image generated using the secondary plate of flexibility of the invention yet.
Description of the invention is presented for the purpose of illustration and description, but is not intended to exhaustive or limits this hair Bright open form.Many modifications and variations are obvious for those of ordinary skill in the art.In order to best explain The principle of the present invention, practical application, and make the skilled artisan will appreciate that the present invention, selects and describe in figure The embodiment being described and shown in out.
Although various embodiments of the present invention are described in detail, it will be evident that those skilled in the art It will expect the modifications and changes of these embodiments.It is expressly understood, however, that as described in the appended claims, these modifications Within the scope and spirit of this invention with change.In addition, invention described herein can have other embodiments and can It is practiced or is performed in various ways.In addition, it should be understood that wording used herein and term be for purposes of description, It is not construed as limiting." comprising " used herein, "comprising" or " having " and its modification mean to include the item listed thereafter Mesh and its equivalent and addition item.

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1. a kind of method for decorating the outer surface of canister using flexible secondary plate in printing technology, comprising:
By removed in laser engraving technique flexible secondary plate facial parts it is at least some come in the face of flexible secondary plate The first image is formed on the predetermined portions of portion part, wherein the secondary plate of flexibility is made of single layer ethylene propylene diene monomer；
The secondary plate of flexibility with the first image is removably secured on the blanket cylinder of decorator；
Printing plate is attached in the plate cylinder of the decorator；
Ink is applied to the printing plate from ink container；
At least some ink are transferred to at least part of the secondary plate of flexibility from the printing plate；And
Ink is transferred to the outer surface of the canister from the secondary plate of flexibility, wherein the canister is decorated.
2. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein, flexible secondary plate is formed by no lamination material.
3. the special ink includes thermo-color according to the method described in claim 1, wherein, the ink is special ink Ink, photochromic ink, fluorescent ink, UV ink, black light ink, infrared ray ink, phosphor ink, pressure sensitive ink, tactile Ink, temperature-sensitive touch one of ink, leuco dye and matt ink.
4. according to the method described in claim 3, wherein, the thermal color-changing printing ink is odorous thermal color-changing printing ink.
5. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein, the depth that the first image being formed on the secondary plate of flexibility has It is 0.0009 inch to 0.089 inch.
6. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein, when forming the first image, flexible secondary plate is fixed to cylindrical table Face.
7. according to the method described in claim 1, further include:
Second ink is applied to the second printing plate attached in the second plate cylinder from the second ink container, wherein second oil Ink is the ink with the ink different type or different colours that are applied by the ink container；
At least some of described second ink is transferred to the second part of the secondary plate of flexibility from second printing plate, And wherein second printing plate is not by second printing ink transfer to the first image of the secondary plate of flexibility；And
The ink and second ink are transferred to the outer surface of the canister from the secondary plate of flexibility, wherein institute Stating the first image includes at least some of described ink.
8. a kind of for forming the device of fine definition lithographic image on the outer surface of canister, comprising:
Plate cylinder；
Printing plate is attached to the circumference of the plate cylinder；
Ink container can be operated with by printing ink transfer to the printing plate；
Blanket cylinder；
The secondary plate of flexibility fixed to the blanket cylinder, the secondary plate of flexibility include single layer saturation polymethylene chain, Including the image formed by laser engraving technique, wherein the blanket cylinder can be operated to move the secondary plate of the flexibility It moves into and is contacted with printing plate, so that ink is transferred to the image of the secondary plate of flexibility from printing plate；And
Roller is supported, the support roller can be operated so that canister to be moved into and the flexibility fixed to the blanket cylinder Secondary plate is in contact, and wherein ink is transferred to the canister from the secondary plate of flexibility, described to be formed on the outer surface Fine definition lithographic image.
9. device according to claim 8, wherein the secondary plate of flexibility is formed by no lamination material.
10. device according to claim 9, wherein the secondary plate of flexibility is made of single layer ethylene propylene diene monomer.
11. device according to claim 8, wherein when forming image, flexible secondary plate is fixed to cylindrical surface.
12. device according to claim 8, wherein described device is dry glue version decorator.
13. a kind of flexibility for being suitable for being formed fine definition lithographic image in printing technology on the outer surface of canister Secondary plate, the secondary plate of flexibility include:
The plate body of predetermined size, the plate body is by including that the monolayer material for the polymethylene chain being saturated is formed, and has face portion Point and back portion, wherein the back portion is suitable for being removably attached to the blanket cylinder of decorator, and wherein lead to Cross remove include saturation polymethylene chain material in some form image in facial parts.
14. the secondary plate of flexibility according to claim 13, wherein the secondary plate of flexibility is formed by no lamination material, and And wherein, described image is formed by Direct Laser artistic carving.
15. the secondary plate of flexibility according to claim 13, wherein the secondary plate of flexibility is by single layer propylene diene list Body composition.
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