EP0943434B1 - Mehrzwecksiebdruckmaschineneinheit für Rundtischmaschinen für den Mehrfarbensiebdruck von Behältern mit gekrümmter Oberfläche - Google Patents

Mehrzwecksiebdruckmaschineneinheit für Rundtischmaschinen für den Mehrfarbensiebdruck von Behältern mit gekrümmter Oberfläche Download PDF

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EP0943434B1
EP0943434B1 EP99200736A EP99200736A EP0943434B1 EP 0943434 B1 EP0943434 B1 EP 0943434B1 EP 99200736 A EP99200736 A EP 99200736A EP 99200736 A EP99200736 A EP 99200736A EP 0943434 B1 EP0943434 B1 EP 0943434B1
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Giovanni Bormioli
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F15/00—Screen printers
    • B41F15/08—Machines
    • B41F15/0872—Machines for printing on articles having essentially cylindrical surfaces
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F15/00—Screen printers
    • B41F15/08—Machines
    • B41F15/0863—Machines with a plurality of flat screens mounted on a turntable

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  • This invention relates generally to silk-screen printing machines for containers with curved surfaces, and in particular to multi-colour silk-screen printing machines of turntable type.
  • the invention relates to a silk-screen printing unit able to be associated with similar printing machines of turntable type, a typical but not exclusive use of which is in decorating glass containers of cylindrical or conical shape.
  • silk-screen printing machines of turntable type comprising a loading table for the containers to be decorated, a series of printing stations and a discharge station for the decorated containers, in which said stations are angularly equidistant along a horizontally extending circular path tangential to which the screens of the printing stations can slide, and along which an equal number of radial mandrels each arranged to support a coaxial container are rotated with a stepwise movement of angular width equal to the width of distribution of said stations.
  • such known machines comprise four printing stations, hence six stations in total which are angularly spaced apart by 60°, in which all or part of said printing stations can be used depending on the number of component colours of the decoration.
  • Such known turntable machines are suitable for decorating containers with curved surfaces, for example glass bottles with a cylindrical body and plastic bottles with a conical body, but notwithstanding attempts made up to the present time for this purpose there is as yet no silk-screen printing machine of turntable type available which is able in one and the same silk-screen printing operation to decorate at least two curved portions of different type present on one and the same container, for example a cylindrical portion and a conical portion, as is often the case for example with glass bottles.
  • the main object of this invention is to provide, within the context of a simple, rational and reliable construction, means which are able to effect such operations and which can be defined as of universal type by being suitable for association with most of currently available multi-colour silk-screen printing machines of turntable type.
  • a silk-screen printing unit to be positioned along the circular path followed by the radial mandrels of a multi-colour silk-screen printing machine of turntable type, and comprises at least two screens arranged to slide parallel to each other tangentially to said circular path, of which one is intended to apply a decoration to a respective cylindrical portion of the container, and the other is intended to apply a decoration to a respective frusto-conical portion of the same container, said applications being made simultaneously.
  • said at least two screens are connected together by a linkage in such a manner that the sliding of one of them, at a linear speed equal to the peripheral speed of that portion of the container to be decorated, results in the sliding of the other at a linear speed equal to the peripheral speed with which the respective container portion to be decorated rotates.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention from above, with parts cut away to show parts which would otherwise not be visible.
  • Figure 2 is a section on the line II-II if Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a view in the direction III of Figure 1.
  • radial or radially and tangential mean directions along a radius or or a tangent to the circular path followed by the mandrel carrier ring of a turntable machine.
  • FIGS. 1 and in particular Figure 2 show a peripheral portion of a circular ring 1 rotatably mounted on a stationary vertical shaft (not shown) pertaining to a multi-colour silk-screen printing machine of turntable type.
  • said radial mandrels 100 each consist of two horizontal, parallel cylindrical bars 3 which extend beyond the peripheral edge of the ring 1, and on which a fixing centre 5 and a seat 6 are positioned, with the facility for adjusting their position apart on the basis of the dimensions of the containers 4 being processed.
  • said containers 1 consist of bottles, with their mouth engaging said fixing centre 5 and their base engaging said seat 6.
  • the body of said bottles is cylindrical, hereinafter called the cylindrical portion and indicated by 40, between the body and mouth there being provided a frusto-conical part, hereinafter known as the frusto-conical portion and indicated by 41.
  • each guide 8 there is associated a unit of the invention, this unit comprising a slider 9 which is engaged with said guide 9, faces the free ends of said bars 3, and is arranged to undergo one complete outward and return travel stroke each time the ring 1 halts after rotating through one step.
  • Said travel stroke is effected by a radial horizontal rack 10 fixed in a height-adjustable manner to the base on the outside of said slider 9.
  • Said rack 10 is constantly engaged by an underlying interchangeable pinion 11 of radial horizontal axis which is rotatably supported by said base 2.
  • the slider 9 is provided with a tangential horizontal shaft 12 which is height-adjustable and on which a flat frame 13 is hinged.
  • said frame 13 In an opposite position to said shaft 12, said frame 13 comprises a tangential horizontal plate 14 lying between two opposing idle wheels 15 of radial horizontal axis.
  • the two wheels 15 are fixed to a salient vertical rod 16, the rod 16 being height-adjustable and driven with to-and-fro vertical rectilinear motion, their purpose being described hereinafter.
  • An interchangeable horizontal screen 18 is removably fixed in a height-adjustable manner below that part of the frame 13 which is close to said plate 14.
  • Said screen is provided to silk-screen print the cylindrical portion 40 of the container 4, with it there being upperly associated an inking brush 118 visible in Figure 1.
  • Said brush 118 is able to independently adjust its height for the reasons explained hereinafter.
  • said screen 21 is intended to silk-screen print the frusto-conical portion 41 of the container 4, and hence is correspondingly inclined to the longitudinal axis of this latter.
  • the ink contained in said screen 21 can be of the same colour as that contained in the screen 18, or not.
  • said slider 20 supports in a height-adjustable manner an underlying tangential horizontal rack 22 constantly engaged with an interchangeable drive pinion 23.
  • said pinion 23 is keyed onto the inner end of a radial horizontal shaft 24, said shaft 24 being rotatably mounted on said slider 9, the outer end of said shaft 24 carrying keyed thereon a second interchangeable pinion 25, said second pinion 25 being constantly engaged with an overlying interchangeable tangential horizontal rack 26, said rack 26 being supported in a height-adjustable manner by a vertical flat frame 27 lowerly secured to the machine base 2.
  • pitch circle diameter of the pinion 7 controlling the seat 6 is equal to the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion of the containers 4 ( Figure 2).
  • pitch circle diameters of the pinions 23 and 25 are chosen so that the absolute tangential speed at which the screen 21 slides, given by the combination of the tangential motion of the frame 13 relative to the base 2 and the tangential motion of the screen 21 relative to the frame 13, is equal to the peripheral rotational speed of the central point of the longitudinal development of the decoration 210 to be applied to the frusto-conical portion 41 of the container 4.
  • Said pinions 7, 23, 25 and 11 are changed, wholly or partly, if the dimensions of the containers 4 change.
  • the invention operates in the following manner.
  • the pinion 11 is stationary and the frame 13 is slightly raised from the shown position because of the raised position of the rod 16, hence the screens 18 and 21 are spaced from the cylindrical portion 40 and frusto-conical portion 41 of the containers 4, and the brushes 118 and 121 are spaced from the respective screens 18 and 21.
  • the rod 16 When the ring 1 stops, the rod 16 firstly lowers the frame 13 to position the inking plates of the screens 18 and 21 at a very small distance from the cylindrical portion 40 and frusto-conical portion 41 of the underlying container 4, after which the brushes 118 and 121 are lowered to create linear (radial) contact between said screens and said portions 40 and 41, the drive pinion 11 then receiving the command to undergo a rotation, for example in the (anticlockwise) direction indicated by the arrow A in Figure 3, the extent of which depends both on the dimensions of the container 4 and on the type of decorations 210 and 180 (see Figure 2) to be applied to the cylindrical portion 40 and frusto-conical portion 41 of the container 4.
  • a rotation for example in the (anticlockwise) direction indicated by the arrow A in Figure 3, the extent of which depends both on the dimensions of the container 4 and on the type of decorations 210 and 180 (see Figure 2) to be applied to the cylindrical portion 40 and frusto-conical portion 41 of the container 4.
  • the screens 18 and 21 move in phase opposition because the frusto-conical portion 41 which is to receive the decoration 210 has an average diameter less than the diameter of the cylindrical portion 40, but it is evident that they could be made to slide in a single direction, typically if the diameter of said frusto-conical portion 41 is greater than the diameter of the cylindrical portion 40.
  • the container 4 can undergo a rotation of less than, equal to, or greater than one revolution, in the first case the decoration having for example the form of a narrow longitudinal strip, in the second case the form of a complete circumferential band, and in the third case the form of a helical band or stripe.

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  1. Mehrzweck-Siebdruckvorrichtung zum mehrfarbigen Dekorieren von Behältern (4) mit mindestens einer koaxialen zylindrischen Portion (40) und mindestens einer koaxialen kegelstumpfförmigen Portion (41), die drehbar von einer umlaufenden Reihe von im gleichen Winkel und im gleichen Abstand angebrachten radialen Spindeln einer Karussell-Siebdruckmaschine (100) getragen werden. Die Karussell-Siebdruckmaschine ist mit stationären Druckstationen ausgestattet, denen die genannten Behälter durch die genannten Spindeln zum stationären Zeitpunkt zugeführt werden. Die Siebdruckvorrichtung ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie mindestens ein erstes Sieb (18) umfasst, das geeignet ist, sich tangential zum kreisförmigen Lauf der Spindeln zu bewegen, und das auch dazu geeignet ist, ein Dekor (180) auf mindestens eine der genannten zylindrischen Portionen (40) des Behälters (4) aufzutragen. Ferner verfügt die Siebdruckvorrichtung mindestens über ein zweites Sieb (21), das sich parallel zu dem genannten ersten Sieb bewegt, und das auch dazu geeignet ist, ein Dekor (210) auf mindestens eine kegelstumpfförmige Portionen (41) des Behälters aufzutragen, kontextuell zum Auftragen des entsprechenden Dekors durch das genannte erste Sieb; dem Hub des genannten ersten Siebes ist der Hub des zweiten Siebes untergeordnet.
  2. Vorrichtung gemäß des Anspruchs 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass nur eines (21) der genannten mindestens zwei Siebe gleitend an der Halterung des anderen Siebes (16) angebracht ist. Diese Halterung ist ihrerseits gleitend auf einem feststehenden Teil (2) der Maschine angebracht.
  3. Vorrichtung gemäß des Anspruchs 2, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass die genannte Halterung einen ebenen Befestigungsrahmen (13) des genannten Siebes (18) umfasst. Dieser Rahmen (13) verfügt über:
    Eine horizontale Gelenkachse (12) an einer Seite, die tangential zu einem Gleitstück (5) verläuft, das gleitend an einem feststehenden Teil der Maschine angebracht ist und mit einer Zahnstange (10) ausgerüstet ist, die durchgehend in eine gezahnte Antriebshülse (11) greift, die dem genannten Gleitstück während des Druckens eine vollständige Hin- und Herbewegung verleiht, und
    - eine horizontale tangentiale Zahnstange (77) an der gegenüberliegenden Seite, die geeignet ist, in eine mit den Spindeln kombinierte gezahnte Hülse (7) zu greifen und sich von dieser zu lösen, was dank einer horizontalen tangentialen Scheibe (14) möglich ist, die derart an einem in senkrechter Richtung bewegbaren Halteorgan (15) befestigt ist, dass sie parallel zu sich selbst gleiten kann.
  4. Vorrichtung gemäß des Anspruchs 2, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass das genannte andere Sieb (21), dessen Betriebsposition einstellbar ist, an einem entsprechenden Gleitstück (20) angebracht ist, das durch den genannten Rahmen (13) getragen wird, der als Anschlussflansch des genannten Siebes (18) dient.
  5. Vorrichtung gemäß des Anspruchs 2, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass die genannten mindestens zwei Siebe kinematisch gekoppelt sind, damit die Verschiebebewegung des genannten anderen Siebs (21) von der Verschiebebewegung des genannten Siebes (18) abgeleitet wird.
  6. Vorrichtung gemäß des Anspruchs 5, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass die genannte kinematische Kopplung zwei gezahnte Hülsen (25, 23) umfasst, die auf eine drehbare radiale Welle (24) aufgeschrumpft sind, die an dem genannten Gleitstück (9) der genannten Siebhalterung installiert ist. Von den genannten Hülsen (25, 23) greift die eine (25) durchgehend in eine horizontale tangentiale Zahnstange (26), die an einen festen Punkt (27) der Maschine angeschlossen ist, während die andere (23) durchgehend in eine horizontale tangentiale Zahnstange greift, die an dem genannten Gleitstück (20) des genannten anderen Siebes (21) befestigt ist.
  7. Mehrfarben-Siebdruckmaschine Typ Karussell, umfassend eine umlaufende Reihe radialer Spindeln (100), die im gleichen Winkel und im gleichen Abstand angebracht sind, und dazu dienen, die zu dekorierenden Behälter drehbar abzustützen. Diese Spindeln (100) werden derart gesteuert, dass sie sich schrittweise längs einer kreisförmigen horizontalen Strecke bewegen, um die genannten Behälter einer Reihe feststehender Druckstationen zuzuführen, die tangential zu der genannten kreisförmigen Strecke angeordnet sind. Die genannten einzelnen Druckstationen bestehen aus einer Vorrichtung gemäß den Ansprüchen 1 bis 6.
EP99200736A 1998-03-17 1999-03-11 Mehrzwecksiebdruckmaschineneinheit für Rundtischmaschinen für den Mehrfarbensiebdruck von Behältern mit gekrümmter Oberfläche Expired - Lifetime EP0943434B1 (de)

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