EP0474262B1 - Tampondruckmaschine - Google Patents

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EP0474262B1
EP0474262B1 EP91118483A EP91118483A EP0474262B1 EP 0474262 B1 EP0474262 B1 EP 0474262B1 EP 91118483 A EP91118483 A EP 91118483A EP 91118483 A EP91118483 A EP 91118483A EP 0474262 B1 EP0474262 B1 EP 0474262B1
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Wilfried Philipp
Heinz Cramer
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F17/00—Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for
    • B41F17/001—Pad printing apparatus or machines

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  • the invention relates to a pad printing machine with a holder for a cliché, with an ink supply device having a hollow body, the hollow body resting on the cliché with its end face when the machine is working, with a pressing device for pressing the end face of the hollow body against the cliché, with a Drive device for generating a relative movement between the plate and the hollow body, and with a tampon which can be pressed onto the inked plate and which absorbs the color from the recesses of the plate and transfers it to an object to be printed.
  • Such a machine is known from EP-A-0 140 165.
  • the tampon can be moved vertically from an upper end position into a lower end position and back via a guide piece, wherein it is pressed onto the cliché in the lower end position.
  • the cliché is moved back and forth in a horizontal direction via a piston-cylinder unit, in one end position dyed and in the other end position the color is lifted off the cliché using the tampon. It has been shown that only a certain number of prints per unit of time are possible with such a pad printing machine.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a machine of the type described above, with which higher pressure frequencies are possible.
  • the drive device for the relative movement between the hollow body and the cliché has a first rotationally drivable curve
  • a first pivoted lever has two support rollers which are engaged with the first curve, such that the first lever can be pivoted in both pivot directions by the first curve, and that the part to be moved is coupled to the first lever
  • a Drive device for the tampon has a second rotationally drivable curve
  • a second pivotally mounted lever has two support rollers which are engaged with the second curve, such that the second lever is pivotable in both pivoting directions through the second curve, and that with the second lever of the tampon is coupled and that the first and second curves are coupled together.
  • the machine with a mechanical drive of the tampon and for the relative movement between the cliché and ink container has the advantage over machines with a pneumatic drive that, because all movements are positively controlled, the machine can run particularly quickly.
  • the curves are arranged on the same shaft.
  • the first and / or second curve is formed by two cam disks arranged parallel to one another and adjustable relative to one another with respect to the axis of rotation of the curves, and that the two support rollers of the first and / or second lever each have one of the Cam discs are engaged.
  • the position of the pivot bearing of the first and / or second lever is adjustable.
  • the pad printing machine shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 has a machine frame essentially formed by two side plates 60 and 61, in which an axle bolt 64 is mounted, on which a first lever 66 and a second lever 68 are rotatably mounted.
  • the first lever 66 is used to drive a cliché support 69, which is slidably mounted in a manner not shown, on which a cliché 70 is detachably fastened, in the horizontal direction.
  • the second lever 68 is used to drive the tampon 72 in the vertical direction, which is guided in a guide 73 slidably.
  • the first lever 66 has two support rollers 7 and 71, which each cooperate with an associated cam disk 76 or 77, which is fastened in a rotationally fixed manner on a shaft 75, in such a way that they act on an outer surface of the cam disks running parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft 75 issue.
  • the cam disks 76 and 77 can be rotated relative to one another and can be locked on the shaft 75, so that with a suitable curve shape of the cam disks 76, 77 there is a positive control for the respective position of the first lever 66, any unwanted play being prevented.
  • the axle pin 64 can be arranged on a holder which is adjustable relative to the machine frame, so that the goal of freedom from play can also be achieved or more easily achieved by changing the position of the pivot axis of the lever 66.
  • a bolt connected to the cliché or to a support of the cliché 70 preferably engages in an elongated hole 78 provided at the lower end of the first lever 66 using a so-called sliding block. Instead of disk curves, groove curves could be used if necessary.
  • cam disks 86 and 87 On the shaft 75 there are also rotatably mounted cam disks 86 and 87 which engage with support rollers 80, 81 of the second lever 68 and drive them in a manner similar to that described for driving the first lever 66.
  • the cam disks 86, 87 are also against one another adjustable and lockable. Since the cam disks 76, 77, 86, 87 are fixed in a rotationally fixed manner on the shaft 75, there is a phase-locked relationship between the drive of the cliché 70 and the tampon 72.
  • the way in which the shaft 75 is driven is not shown in the drawing for simplification .
  • the shaft 75 can be guided through one of the side walls 60, 61 and can be coupled there to a drive motor, or can be provided with a gearwheel that is coupled in a rotationally rigid manner to a drive device of a production line.
  • a frequency-controlled motor or a chain can be used, by means of which the machine can be coupled to other devices and machines in a production line.
  • the cam disks driving the tampon are preferably designed in such a way that the tampon 72, after it has removed the ink from the cliché 70, occurs when the cliché has been pushed to the left in the dot-dash position in comparison with FIG. 1 the printing of an object to be printed remains in the air as long as possible because it has been shown that in this case the color is transferred particularly well to the object to be printed. Due to the cam disks, it is easily possible to determine the period within which the Ink transfer from the cliché 70 is to be made as short as possible and the length of time that passes until the tampon 72 touches the object to be printed is as long as possible.
  • the kinematics described for the drive of the cliché and the tampon can be used for different sizes of the machine. According to current considerations, machine sizes in the range between a length of approximately 35 cm to approximately 100 cm are possible. The remaining dimensions result approximately from the figures 1 to 3, which are to scale in this respect.

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  • Production Of Multi-Layered Print Wiring Board (AREA)
  • Inking, Control Or Cleaning Of Printing Machines (AREA)
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EP91118483A 1987-11-07 1988-09-29 Tampondruckmaschine Expired - Lifetime EP0474262B1 (de)

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DE19873737937 DE3737937A1 (de) 1987-11-07 1987-11-07 Tampondruckmaschine
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EP88116105A EP0315769B1 (de) 1987-11-07 1988-09-29 Tampondruckmaschine

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EP (2) EP0474262B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JP (1) JPH0710590B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AT (2) ATE110629T1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (4) DE3737937A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
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ATE110629T1 (de) 1994-09-15
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DE3744979C2 (de) 1994-10-06
DE3737937A1 (de) 1989-05-18
ES2059017T3 (es) 1994-11-01
EP0315769A3 (en) 1989-11-15
ES2037172T3 (es) 1993-06-16
US4905594A (en) 1990-03-06
DE3876760D1 (de) 1993-01-28
EP0315769A2 (de) 1989-05-17
EP0474262A1 (de) 1992-03-11
ATE83436T1 (de) 1993-01-15
JPH0710590B2 (ja) 1995-02-08
JPH01156066A (ja) 1989-06-19

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