EP0894049A1 - Inking-pad printing press - Google Patents
Inking-pad printing pressInfo
- Publication number
- EP0894049A1 EP0894049A1 EP97914027A EP97914027A EP0894049A1 EP 0894049 A1 EP0894049 A1 EP 0894049A1 EP 97914027 A EP97914027 A EP 97914027A EP 97914027 A EP97914027 A EP 97914027A EP 0894049 A1 EP0894049 A1 EP 0894049A1
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- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- container
- movement
- printing machine
- pad printing
- machine according
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- 238000005096 rolling process Methods 0.000 abstract 1
- 238000004040 coloring Methods 0.000 description 6
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Classifications
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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
Definitions
- the invention relates to a tampon printing machine with at least one container for inking a printing plate, with a pressing device for pressing the container onto the printing plate and with a drive around the printing plate and the container for inking a cliché of the printing plate relative to one another - and move around.
- the invention also relates to a method for tampon printing, in which a cliché is colored with a container which is open at the bottom and printed or partial images are transferred to a workpiece with a tampon.
- Pad printing machine and method of the type mentioned are well known in the art. These have an ink container which is open at the bottom and which rests on a rotogravure printing plate, also known as a cliché.
- the ink container has an edge resting on the printing plate with a wedge-shaped edge.
- the printing plate is applied to this ink when the printing plate is shifted and, at the same time, doctored with a further shifting movement.
- the tampon is used to transfer the print image to a print item.
- the container is constantly pressed against the pressure plate, which can be done, for example, with a pressure spring.
- a pad printing machine of this type is known for example from WO-93/11 943.
- the object of the invention is to create a tampon printing machine and a method for tampon printing which are characterized by an even longer service life and higher printing quality.
- the object is achieved in a tampon printing machine according to the invention by changing the relative position of the container to the longitudinal axis of the plate and thus to the printed image by a further relative movement during the inking.
- the method according to the invention is characterized in that the container does not move on a straight line at its edge during coloring, but rather regularly or irregularly covers an area at its outermost region.
- the pad printing machine according to the invention and the method are distinguished by the following advantages.
- the container and the cliché cannot grind on each other even after a long period of operation. With the same container, the cliché can therefore easily be exchanged for another cliché. With the same cliché, the container can also be exchanged for another without further ado.
- the pressure plate is worn more evenly, since the pressure plate with the cliché approaches the container at a different angle. Both the container and the cliché are less worn.
- the relative movement is oscillating, lurching, swinging, oscillating or pushing.
- such a movement is forced onto the container by two eccentrics which perform circular movements as a function of or independently of one another.
- the eccentrics can transfer a circular movement to the pot depending on one another and in the same steps, or transfer a circular movement to the container depending on each other and in different steps and force an oscillating movement on the container. Finally, a circular movement can be transmitted to the container with the two eccentrics independently of one another and in identical or not identical steps.
- the eccentrics can be operated, for example, with a rotating piston rod. A suitable drive is disclosed in the above-mentioned Swiss patent application.
- the container is preferably out of round and comparatively flat. If it is elongated, there is the particular advantage that the cliché can be colored with a comparatively short movement. Since the container does not have to perform a complete rotational movement, it can easily be connected to a line for supplying printing ink.
- FIG. 1 shows schematically three different positions of a container on a cliché during inking
- FIG. 2 shows a section along the line II-II in FIG. 1,
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic plan view of a container according to a variant
- Figure 4 schematically shows a container with a drive according to a variant
- FIGS 5 to 7 schematically further versions, each with a linear drive.
- FIG. 1 shows a pressure plate 2 with a cliché, not shown here, on which a container 1 is pressed with two vertical rods 9.
- the container 1 lies with a peripheral sharp edge 4 on the top 3 of the pressure plate 2.
- the container 1 contains printing ink 5 or another suitable printing medium which can be continuously refilled via a line 24.
- printing ink 5 is applied to top 3 of printing plate 2 and then doctored off. This is well known per se and need not be explained in more detail here.
- a top wall 6 of the container 1 two guides 7 and 8 are arranged at a distance from one another, in each of which an eccentric 9 is rotatably mounted.
- a vertical rod 12 acts on each eccentric 9 and can be rotated independently of one another by a drive 10.
- Rods 12 are preferably piston rods which simultaneously exert pressure on the container 1 from above. Such a Drive is disclosed in Swiss Patent Application No. 34 81/94.
- FIG. 1 shows three positions a, b and c, which the container 1 assumes when inking the printing plate.
- the container 1 is held and the pressure plate 2 is moved back and forth.
- the pressure plate is held and the container 1 is moved back and forth.
- the three positions a, b and c have been pulled apart for drawing reasons only.
- both rods 11 and 12 are rotated about their vertical axis of rotation.
- the eccentrics 9 are set such that the left end 1a executes an oscillating movement in position a. So that this movement can be forced on the container 1, the left eccentric is guided in a longitudinal guide 7.
- the stroke of the other eccentric which runs counter to this eccentric can thus be compensated for.
- the container in FIG. 1 is moved to the right into the position.
- the eccentric is moved accordingly in the longitudinal guide 7.
- position c which adjoins position b laterally, the left end 1 a of the container 1 is now comparatively quiet, while the right end 1 b oscillates.
- the edge 4 of the container 1 thus does not move in a line, as would be the case with a round rotating pot, but sweeps over an area f, as is shown schematically in FIG.
- the relative position of the container 1 to the longitudinal axis 25 of the printing plate 2 or the cliché changes continuously during the inking.
- the oscillating movement of the pot 1 can now be set up in such a way that the cliché approaches the container 1 at a different angle and the cliché is thus worn more uniformly.
- a container 14 is rotatably fixed approximately in its center 15 and at a distance from it with one Eccentric 16 provided that performs a circular movement when coloring. A pendulum movement around the center 15 can thus be forced onto the container 14.
- two linear drives 22 and 23 are provided, each with a rod 18 or 19 in the direction of the arrows 20 or 21 on a container 17, each performing a reciprocating reciprocating movement.
- the drives 22 and 23 are of course articulated to the container 17.
- an oscillating movement can also be exerted on the container 17.
- this movement can also be lurching, swinging, swinging or pushing. It is also important here that the edge 4 sweeps over a surface and is therefore less able to work into the upper side 3 of the pressure plate 2.
- a container 25 is rotatably fixed approximately in the middle with a vertical rod 26 and is guided displaceably to a limited extent in an elongated hole 28 with an eccentric 27.
- the eccentric 27 can be rotated in the direction of the arrow 29 with a drive (not shown here).
- a drive not shown here.
- the container 25 executes a movement about its center, which is expanded in FIG. 5 by dash-dotted lines. This movement is carried out while the printing plate for coloring the cliché is moved linearly.
- the eccentric 27 could be replaced by a linear drive, not shown here, which acts on the container 25 at a distance from the rod 26 and moves it back and forth transversely to its supplementary direction.
- a container 30 is provided in the middle with an eccentric 31 and at a distance from it with two longitudinal guides 32.
- the eccentric 31 is rotated, the container 30 is moved transversely to the longitudinal direction in the direction of the double arrow 33. tion of the container 30 reciprocated.
- the eccentric 31 can be replaced by a linear drive or another suitable drive.
- FIG. 7 shows a container 34 which also has an eccentric 35 in the center.
- the container 34 is provided with two longitudinal guides 36, such that when the eccentric 35 is rotated, the container 34 executes an oscillating movement in the directions of the double arrow 37.
- the relative movement between the container and the pressure plate is essential.
- An embodiment is therefore also conceivable in which not the container but the pressure plate is moved, for example in an oscillating manner, in addition to the translatory movement.
- the additional translational movement is comparatively slow, for example the eccentric is rotated once during coloring. Slower or faster movements are also provided.
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- Printing Methods (AREA)
- Inking, Control Or Cleaning Of Printing Machines (AREA)
Abstract
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Applications Claiming Priority (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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CH86196 | 1996-04-03 | ||
CH86196 | 1996-04-03 | ||
CH861/96 | 1996-04-03 | ||
PCT/CH1997/000134 WO1997037850A1 (en) | 1996-04-03 | 1997-04-02 | Inking-pad printing press |
Publications (2)
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EP0894049A1 true EP0894049A1 (en) | 1999-02-03 |
EP0894049B1 EP0894049B1 (en) | 2000-03-15 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP97914027A Expired - Lifetime EP0894049B1 (en) | 1996-04-03 | 1997-04-02 | Inking-pad printing press |
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US (1) | US6067904A (en) |
EP (1) | EP0894049B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2001500072A (en) |
AU (1) | AU2147997A (en) |
DE (1) | DE59701257D1 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2145588T3 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1997037850A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (3)
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HK1009722A2 (en) * | 1998-03-27 | 1999-05-28 | Wang Man Ho | An ink cup attachment mechanism |
DE19913322C2 (en) * | 1999-03-24 | 2001-09-27 | Tampoprint Gmbh | Pad printing machine |
EP1048463A1 (en) * | 1999-04-29 | 2000-11-02 | Printing International | Process for inking a printing plate with thermoplastic inks and ink tanks to be used therein |
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AT287022B (en) * | 1968-05-09 | 1971-01-11 | Roessler Heinz | Inking device for an offset printing press |
DE3335230A1 (en) * | 1983-09-29 | 1985-04-11 | Wilfried 7014 Kornwestheim Philipp | TAMPON PRINTING MACHINE |
DE3744979C2 (en) * | 1987-11-07 | 1994-10-06 | Tampoprint Gmbh | Ink containers for silk screen printing machine |
CH688442A5 (en) * | 1991-12-09 | 1997-09-30 | Louis Bachmann | Tampon printing machine. |
IT1255116B (en) * | 1992-04-30 | 1995-10-20 | Angelo Galassi | CLICK INK DEVICE |
DE4316294B4 (en) * | 1992-05-15 | 2005-12-15 | Teca-Print Ag | Paint container for coloring a cliché of a pad printing machine |
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US5875716A (en) * | 1996-12-05 | 1999-03-02 | Markem Corporation | Rotating ink cup |
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- 1997-04-02 ES ES97914027T patent/ES2145588T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1997-04-02 JP JP09535715A patent/JP2001500072A/en active Pending
- 1997-04-02 WO PCT/CH1997/000134 patent/WO1997037850A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1997-04-02 AU AU21479/97A patent/AU2147997A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1997-04-02 EP EP97914027A patent/EP0894049B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1997-04-02 DE DE59701257T patent/DE59701257D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1997-04-02 US US09/155,749 patent/US6067904A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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JP2001500072A (en) | 2001-01-09 |
US6067904A (en) | 2000-05-30 |
ES2145588T3 (en) | 2000-07-01 |
WO1997037850A1 (en) | 1997-10-16 |
AU2147997A (en) | 1997-10-29 |
DE59701257D1 (en) | 2000-04-20 |
EP0894049B1 (en) | 2000-03-15 |
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