EP0856416A3 - Device, method and an equipment for thermally transferring an image onto an article - Google Patents

Device, method and an equipment for thermally transferring an image onto an article Download PDF

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EP0856416A3
EP0856416A3 EP97122847A EP97122847A EP0856416A3 EP 0856416 A3 EP0856416 A3 EP 0856416A3 EP 97122847 A EP97122847 A EP 97122847A EP 97122847 A EP97122847 A EP 97122847A EP 0856416 A3 EP0856416 A3 EP 0856416A3
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roller
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Giovanni Tabasso
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
    • B41M5/382—Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes
    • B41M5/38207—Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes characterised by aspects not provided for in groups B41M5/385 - B41M5/395
    • B41M5/38221—Apparatus features
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/325—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J31/00—Ink ribbons; Renovating or testing ink ribbons
    • B41J31/05—Ink ribbons having coatings other than impression-material coatings
    • B41J31/08—Ink ribbons having coatings other than impression-material coatings the coatings being superimposed on impression-transfer material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
    • B41J33/40—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms with arrangements for reversing the feed direction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
    • B41J33/40—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms with arrangements for reversing the feed direction
    • B41J33/44—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms with arrangements for reversing the feed direction automatically
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
    • B41M5/382—Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes
    • B41M5/38257—Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes characterised by the use of an intermediate receptor

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Electronic Switches (AREA)
  • Labeling Devices (AREA)
  • Impression-Transfer Materials And Handling Thereof (AREA)
  • Rolls And Other Rotary Bodies (AREA)
  • Developing Agents For Electrophotography (AREA)
  • Printing Methods (AREA)
  • Inks, Pencil-Leads, Or Crayons (AREA)

Abstract

The device comprises a support structure (21) in which is mounted a motorised drive roller (24) rotatable about a fixed axis (X-X) in contact with a heating roller (26) which is rotatable in contact with a roller pad (34). The heating roller (26) and the roller pad are rotatable about respective axes (Y-Y; Z-Z) movable with respect to the support structure (21). The roller pad (34) is resiliently urged against the heating roller (26) towards the drive roller (24). A pair of free rollers (32, 33) retain the heating roller (26) between the roller pad (34) and the drive roller (24).
EP97122847A 1996-12-30 1997-12-24 Device, method and an equipment for thermally transferring an image onto an article Expired - Lifetime EP0856416B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ITTO961098 1996-12-30
IT96TO001098A IT1289818B1 (en) 1996-12-30 1996-12-30 PROCEDURE, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS FOR THE PRINTING OF AN IMAGE ON AN ARTICLE.

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EP0856416A2 EP0856416A2 (en) 1998-08-05
EP0856416A3 true EP0856416A3 (en) 1998-10-07
EP0856416B1 EP0856416B1 (en) 2003-03-12

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EP97122847A Expired - Lifetime EP0856416B1 (en) 1996-12-30 1997-12-24 Device, method and an equipment for thermally transferring an image onto an article

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DE (1) DE69719718T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2193322T3 (en)
IT (1) IT1289818B1 (en)

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IT201600081050A1 (en) * 2016-08-02 2018-02-02 Eidos S R L Machine for printing images on articles using a thermal transfer roller.

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JPS59214666A (en) * 1983-05-19 1984-12-04 Mitani Denshi Kogyo Kk Thermal transfer recorder
EP0419236A2 (en) * 1989-09-19 1991-03-27 Dai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Composite thermal transfer sheet
EP0585852A2 (en) * 1992-08-31 1994-03-09 Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. An image transfer device
EP0610894A1 (en) * 1993-02-09 1994-08-17 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Thermal transfer systems having delaminating coatings
US5342818A (en) * 1991-09-18 1994-08-30 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Thermal dye transfer printing method, intermediate media and transfer media therefor
JPH06255080A (en) * 1993-03-04 1994-09-13 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Press roller and gripping feed roller device
JPH07227956A (en) * 1994-02-22 1995-08-29 Toppan Printing Co Ltd Printing pressure emergent release device of thermal transfer card printer
EP0680835A2 (en) * 1994-04-05 1995-11-08 Michiharu Tohdo Method and apparatus for thermal transfer type printing
US5549401A (en) * 1993-11-13 1996-08-27 Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Continuous form printer
JPH08278669A (en) * 1995-04-05 1996-10-22 Tec Corp Image forming device

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS59214666A (en) * 1983-05-19 1984-12-04 Mitani Denshi Kogyo Kk Thermal transfer recorder
EP0419236A2 (en) * 1989-09-19 1991-03-27 Dai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Composite thermal transfer sheet
US5342818A (en) * 1991-09-18 1994-08-30 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Thermal dye transfer printing method, intermediate media and transfer media therefor
EP0585852A2 (en) * 1992-08-31 1994-03-09 Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. An image transfer device
EP0610894A1 (en) * 1993-02-09 1994-08-17 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Thermal transfer systems having delaminating coatings
JPH06255080A (en) * 1993-03-04 1994-09-13 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Press roller and gripping feed roller device
US5549401A (en) * 1993-11-13 1996-08-27 Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Continuous form printer
JPH07227956A (en) * 1994-02-22 1995-08-29 Toppan Printing Co Ltd Printing pressure emergent release device of thermal transfer card printer
EP0680835A2 (en) * 1994-04-05 1995-11-08 Michiharu Tohdo Method and apparatus for thermal transfer type printing
JPH08278669A (en) * 1995-04-05 1996-10-22 Tec Corp Image forming device

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Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 18, no. 653 (M - 1720) 12 December 1994 (1994-12-12) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 9, no. 87 (M - 372) 17 April 1985 (1985-04-17) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 95, no. 11 26 December 1995 (1995-12-26) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 97, no. 2 28 February 1997 (1997-02-28) *

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DE69719718T2 (en) 2004-02-05
EP0856416A2 (en) 1998-08-05
DE69719718D1 (en) 2003-04-17
ITTO961098A1 (en) 1998-06-30
ES2193322T3 (en) 2003-11-01
IT1289818B1 (en) 1998-10-16
EP0856416B1 (en) 2003-03-12

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