EP2861427A1 - Method and device for printing patterns on three-dimensional articles - Google Patents
Method and device for printing patterns on three-dimensional articlesInfo
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- EP2861427A1 EP2861427A1 EP13756521.4A EP13756521A EP2861427A1 EP 2861427 A1 EP2861427 A1 EP 2861427A1 EP 13756521 A EP13756521 A EP 13756521A EP 2861427 A1 EP2861427 A1 EP 2861427A1
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- 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
- B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
- B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
- B41J3/4073—Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
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- 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
- B41J11/00—Devices or arrangementsĀ of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
- B41J11/008—Controlling printhead for accurately positioning print image on printing material, e.g. with the intention to control the width of margins
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- 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
- B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
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- 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
- B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
- B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
- B41J3/4073—Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
- B41J3/40733—Printing on cylindrical or rotationally symmetrical objects, e. g. on bottles
Definitions
- the invention relates to the printing of patterns on three-dimensional articles, and more particularly to printing on articles mounted on rotary receiving elements.
- Bottles, tubes, jars used for inkjet printing are generally made of plastic, because they are particularly inexpensive, unbreakable, light, and colorable.
- the bottles can also be formed of glass.
- a treatment for example by corona, flame, plasma, or any appropriate surface treatment.
- a white background is then optionally printed which is dried, for example with ultraviolet radiation, before printing a four-color process (black, magenta, cyan, yellow).
- printing machines are used which have a plurality of fixed ink jet printheads, and an article is moved relative to the heads. The machines include a drive mechanism for rotating the articles to print a pattern. Regardless of the printing device used, printing defects may occur due to misalignment, article, or printheads.
- British patent application GB 2376920 discloses a method for printing a pattern on a cylinder (or cone) of any size with the aid of several printing heads.
- the printheads are radially disposed with respect to the center of the article for printing on curved objects.
- the printheads can be fixed or movable along an axis.
- the cylinder is rotated about its axis while a print head moves in translation along a generatrix of the cylinder.
- the relative trajectory of the print head relative to the cylinder is helical.
- a software managing the printing takes into account the parameters of the helix to correct the printed image.
- the software can perform image processing to print an image of the rectangular type on an article of the conical type.
- the software uses a modified print file to adapt the rectangular image to the conical shape of the article. But this process only allows to print a single pattern on one object at a time, it is unsuited to an industrial process where it is desired to print several patterns on several items with a high rate.
- An object of the invention is to overcome these disadvantages, and more particularly to provide a means for printing patterns with a high print timing and high accuracy.
- Another object is to be able to provide a means for correcting printing errors due, in particular, to variations in pattern development.
- a method of pattern printing on three-dimensional articles respectively mounted on rotary receiving elements comprising a step of producing, for each receiving element, a set of plural digital images intended to print respectively parts of the same pattern on an article mounted on the receiving element, and a step of successive impressions of the parts of the same pattern on the same article respectively from the digital images of the set associated with the receiving element of the article.
- the digital images of the same set have the same length, the method comprising a step of simultaneous printing of several parts of distinct patterns on respectively several articles, each simultaneous printing of a part of a pattern on an article being performed at from a digital image of the set associated with the receiving element of the article.
- the rate of printing of the patterns on several articles is increased.
- the length of the digital images associated with each receiving element is adapted to obtain an accurate impression of the patterns.
- Each digital image can represent a monochromatic part of a pattern.
- the length of the digital images of the same set associated with a receiving element can be determined from the length of an arc described by the rotation of the article mounted on the receiving element.
- the differences in rotation between the receiving elements are taken into account in order to obtain an even more precise impression of the patterns on the articles. Indeed, there may be variations in rotation between two receiving elements due to a machining defect of the elements, or to a positioning error of the elements. Thus, the printing of the patterns is adapted according to the rotational variations between two receiving elements.
- a device for printing patterns on three-dimensional articles comprising:
- a support plate provided on its periphery with a plurality of article receiving elements, each receiving element being rotatably mounted on the support plate;
- image processing means configured to produce, for each receiving element, a set of several digital images intended to print parts of the same pattern respectively on an article mounted on the receiving element; and means for rotating the support plate configured to place each article mounted on a receiving element successively facing each print head so as to successively print the parts of the same pattern on the same article respectively from the digital images of the set associated with the receiving element of the article.
- the digital images of the same set have the same length, and the printheads are configured to simultaneously print several parts of distinct patterns on respectively several articles, each print head printing a part of a pattern on an article to from a digital image of the set associated with the receiving element of the article.
- the image processing means can produce monochromatic digital images.
- the image processing means can determine the length of the digital images of the same set associated with a receiving element from the length of an arc described by the rotation of the article mounted on the element of reception.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a perspective view of an embodiment of a printing device according to the invention
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a top view of the printing device of Figure 1;
- FIG. 3 schematically illustrates the main steps of an embodiment of a printing method according to the invention
- FIG. 4 schematically illustrates a mode of implementation of a step of determining the length of the digital images
- FIG. 1 schematically represents an embodiment of a printing device on three-dimensional articles A1 to A32, making it possible to ensure accurate printing at a high rate.
- Articles A1 to A32 may be generally cylindrical in shape (eg bottles, bottles, jars, etc.).
- the shape of an article A1 to A32 may deviate slightly from that of a cylinder; it can be slightly conical (eg cups), concave, or convex. It can also have an elliptical or ovoid section.
- the printing device comprises a support plate 1.
- This support plate 1 can be rotated, about an axis substantially perpendicular to the plane of the plate, by rotating means such as a main motor 2 ( Figure 2) coupled to the support plate 1.
- the rotation of the support plate 1 makes it possible to place the latter in different indexed positions for printing or processing articles A1 to A32.
- the support plate 1 is provided on its periphery with a plurality of receiving elements P1 to P32 of articles A1 to A32.
- the printing device comprises thirty-two articles A1 to A32 mounted respectively on thirty-two reception elements P1 to P32.
- the receiving elements P1 to P32 can be angularly distributed homogeneously on the periphery of the support plate 1 which has the general shape of a disk. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the reception elements P1 to P32 are distributed along a circle Ci at equidistance from the center of the support plate 1 coinciding with the center of the circle Ci. Each receiving element P1 to P32 is rotatably mounted about its longitudinal axis B, for example by means of ball bearings. In other words, each receiving element can turn on itself. Rotating a receiving element P1 to P32 rotates an article A1 to A32.
- an article A1 to A32 can both rotate about itself about the longitudinal axis B of the receiving member on which it is mounted, and be displaced by the rotation of the support plate 1 along the circle.
- the axis of rotation B of the receiving elements P1 to P32 is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal plane of the support plate 1, that is to say the plane of the sheet of FIG. description, by substantially perpendicular is meant perpendicular to plus or minus 10 degrees from a right angle.
- the receiving elements P1 to P32 are arranged to axially receive the respective articles A1 to A32, an article A1 to A32 being associated with a receiving element P1 to P32 carrying it.
- axially is meant that the articles A1 to A32 are arranged on the receiving elements P1 to P32 with their longitudinal axis oriented substantially perpendicular to the plane of the support plate 1.
- the reception elements P1 to P32 are provided to ensure stable and sufficiently accurate maintenance of items A1 to A32 during the various treatments.
- the receiving elements P1 to P32 may have a shape that fits inside the pots, the pots being arranged on the receiving elements P1 to P32 with their opening facing the support plate 1.
- the receiving elements P1 to P32 may have a cylindrical shape to the diameter of the inside of the necks of the bottles.
- the receiving elements P1 to P32 may be provided with an expansion system that allows the shape to be shaped inside the necks.
- a tailstock, not shown here for simplification purposes, supported in the bottom of an article A1 to A32 may be provided to complete the alignment of the longitudinal axis of the article A1 to A32.
- the printing device comprises a printing station 30 comprising four inkjet printing heads 22a to 22d. Furthermore, the printing device may comprise another printing station 6 comprising one or two print heads 5a, 5b. The printing device may further comprise one or more printing stations each provided with at least one print head.
- the printing device may also comprise other items processing stations A1 to A32, such as a loading station 17 of items A1 to A32 on the receiving elements P1 to P32, and an unloading station 18 articles A1 to A32.
- the loading station 17 may be equipped with a gripping arm capable of gripping an article A1 to A32 from a workstation, and fitting the gripped article A1 to A32 with a receiving element P1 to P32 proximal to the workstation.
- the unloading station 18 may comprise a gripping arm for recovering an article A1 to A32 disposed opposite the unloading station 18.
- anti-static treatment unit 19 a surface treatment station 20 (corona, flame or plasma type), the additional printing station 6, a drying station 21 by ultraviolet radiation, the printing station 30, and a another drying station 23 by ultraviolet radiation.
- the printing station 30 is preferably a color printing station where the four print heads 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d are respectively associated with the four colors cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
- Each head 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d is preferably associated with a single color to print part of a pattern on an item A1 to A32, especially a monochrome portion of a polychrome pattern.
- Each head 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d may have an independent adjustment in inclination relative to the vertical of the support plate 1 so as to follow the profile of an article A1 to A32, especially when the latter is tapered.
- Each print head 22a to 22d, 5a, and 5b has a plurality of nozzles 40 which are preferably perpendicular to the plane of the support tray 1.
- the printing heads 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d are adjacent to each other. at each rotation of the support plate 1, in particular when the support plate 1 passes from one indexed position to the other, an article A1 to A32 passes successively from one print head to the other.
- the printing heads 22a to 22d, 5a, and 5b are fixedly mounted on the same base 101.
- the base 101 forms a perforated support plate so as to pass the support plate 1.
- the plane of the support plate 1 and the plane of the support plate 101 is preferably parallel (or substantially parallel). As illustrated in FIG.
- the printing device furthermore comprises image processing means 31 coupled to the printing heads 22a to 22d, respectively via connections 32 to 35.
- the processing means 31 are configured to develop at least one digital image for printing, via a print head, part of a pattern on one or more articles.
- the processing means 31 elaborate several digital images, for example monochromatic images, intended to print respectively the parts of the same pattern, for example a polychromatic pattern.
- the print heads of the station 30 can print the monochrome parts of the same initial pattern on the same article, so that the superposition, the mixture or the juxtaposition of the four monochrome parts on the article restores the initial pattern .
- the processing means 31 produce four monochrome digital images respectively cyan, magenta, yellow and black, respectively representing four monochrome portions of a four-color process to be printed on an article.
- Monochrome digital images are transmitted by means of processing 31 to the print heads 22a to 22d so that each print head prints the portion of the pattern from the digital image having the color corresponding to that of the print head.
- FIG. 3 diagrammatically shows the main steps of an embodiment of a printing method making it possible to ensure accurate printing at a high rate.
- the printing method can be implemented by the printing device defined in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- the method comprises a production step S1 in which, for each receiving element P1 to P32, an article is produced.
- a set of several digital images for respectively printing parts of the same pattern on the article mounted on the receiving element P1 to P32.
- an associated set of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black digital images for printing the pattern on an article A1 to A32 is produced for each receiving element.
- a second step S2 successively prints the parts of the same pattern on the same article from respectively digital images of the set associated with the receiving element of the article.
- the support plate 1 has a first article A1 facing a first printing head 22a, the first printing head 22a prints a first part of a pattern of a first color on the article A1, in particular simultaneously with a rotation of the receiving element P1 on itself.
- the main motor 2 drives the support plate 1 in rotation to present the first article A1 facing another print head 22b to print another part of the pattern another color. Successive impressions on an article overlap, mixtures or juxtapose the parts of the motif on the article, which restores the motif on the article.
- S3 is simultaneously printed with several parts of several distinct patterns on several articles respectively.
- each simultaneous printing of a part of a pattern on an article is performed from a digital image of the set associated with the item receiving element.
- the color print heads 22a to 22d are positioned relative to one another at an angle to the center of the disk equal to the angle between two adjacent receiving members P1 to P32 or a multiple thereof. of seperation. This allows, when one of the print heads 22a is facing a receiving element P1 provided with an associated article A1, to place other articles A3 to A4 respectively opposite the other print heads 22b to 22d.
- the four printing heads 22a to 22d simultaneously print respectively four monochrome portions of respectively four distinct patterns on respectively four items.
- the four patterns may be the same or different from each other.
- each successive printing of a part of a pattern on an article using a first print head 22a, three other parts of three other patterns are respectively printed on three other articles at the same time. using the other three printheads 22b to 22d.
- the printing device is particularly suitable for printing several four-color process patterns on several items A1 to A32 from the four print heads 22a to 22d.
- four items A1 to A4 are placed in front of the four color printing heads 22a to 22d, respectively.
- a first part of a first pattern in cyan color is simultaneously printed on the first article, a second part of a second pattern in magenta color on the second article, a third part of a third pattern in yellow on the third article, and a fourth part of a fourth pattern in black color on the fourth article.
- the four articles are moved to place each article in front of another print head to print another part of pattern on each article.
- an impression of a part of pattern called successive printing.
- each successive printing several patterns are simultaneously printed on several articles respectively. It is also possible, for example, to carry out a step of drying an article, preferably by ultraviolet radiation, after the step of successive impressions of the parts of the same pattern on the article.
- a partial drying step of each article between two simultaneous printing steps that is to say between two impressions respectively of two parts of the same pattern on the article.
- digital images S1 are produced with a printing format adapted to each of the reception elements. Indeed, every time a part of a pattern is printed on an item, the rotating article is driven via the rotary receiving element. The same receiving element performs the same rotation in front of each print head. Thus, for each receiving element, an associated set of images having the same length determined from the rotation of the receiving element is developed. Furthermore, the receiving elements may have rotations different from each other. In particular, the length of the images of the same set associated with a receiving element is determined from the length of an arc defined by the rotation of the article mounted on the receiving element.
- the article described when rotates the receiving element, the article described, for example a complete revolution, or a circular arc.
- all the digital images of the same set associated with a receiving element have the same length.
- the length of a set of images associated with a receiving element may therefore be different from that of another set of images associated with another reception element.
- FIG. 4 diagrammatically shows one embodiment of the step of determining the length of images.
- Arefl reference articles are placed at Aref32 on the reception elements P1 to P32, respectively.
- the reference articles may all be different from each other, preferably they are all identical.
- a reference article may be, for example a cylinder, preferably a right cylinder.
- At least one reference digital image lref is produced, having a reference format Fref used by the print heads 22a to 22d.
- the reference digital image lref comprises two pins r1 and r2, and the reference format Fref comprises a reference length Lref and a reference height Href.
- each Arefl reference material Aref2 is printed with a pattern M1, M2 from the reference digital image lref.
- each printed pattern is analyzed on each of the reference articles and it is determined whether a printing error has occurred. For example, a print error with respect to a mark in the pattern printed on the reference article can be determined, or it can relate to a mark on the reference article itself. For example, if the pattern is spread over the article, there is an overlap of the edges of the pattern on the article. In this case the length of the image is too long.
- the determined error associated with the reception element for example via a software interface of a computer, is recorded using image processing means 31 for each reception element. .
- an associated correction coefficient CoefPi is calculated from the determined printing error associated with the reception element Pi, that is to say from the developed length. of the reception element Pi.
- the reference Pi designates a particular reception element among the reception elements P1 to P32.
- CoefPi the correction coefficient associated with the reception element Pi
- the first pattern M1 is correctly printed because the two marks r1 and r2 are aligned with the printed pattern M1.
- the lengthwise development Lm1 of the first pattern M1 is identical to the reference length Lref.
- the developed in length of a pattern printed on an article corresponds to the length of the arc described by the outline of the reference article during the rotation of the receiving element of this reference article.
- the second pattern M2 is not correctly printed, since the developed length Lm2 is greater than the reference length Lref. In this case, a printing error eM2 associated with the second receiving element P2 is determined.
- each receiving element P1 to P32 has a developed in defined length, that is to say a determined, mechanically reproducible rotation that is specific to it.
- the lengthwise development of a receiving element is constant regardless of its position in the operating cycle of the printing device, that is to say whatever the indexed position of the tray 1.
- the printing error associated with a The receiving element is identical for all printed patterns regardless of the print head used.
- Darticleref 60 mm: the diameter of each of the Arefl reference articles at Aref32, and where each reference article has a globally cylindrical shape with a circular base;
- the printing error eMi is equal to the difference between the length of the pattern printed on the reference article and the length Lref of the reference image lref. It may be noted that the error eMi can be positive, in the case where the developed in length of the printed pattern is greater than the length Lref, or negative in the case where the developed in length of the printed pattern is less than the length Lref.
- a length LCPi of the associated digital images is determined from the correction coefficient CoefPi associated with the reception element.
- LCPi the length of the digital images of the set associated with the reception element Pi (Pi being the reference of a reception element among the thirty-two reception elements P1 to P32);
- a pattern can be printed from a digital image of any length LM on an article A1 to A32 of any length.
- FIG. 5 diagrammatically shows a print file F1 comprising the different digital images intended to print the same pattern, or different patterns, on the different articles A1 to A32.
- Each digital image is referenced by the general references IMiC_LCPi, IMiMJXPi, IMiJ_LCPi, and IMiN_LCPi, where i is an integer which varies from 1 to 32.
- IMi corresponds to the reference of the pattern to be printed on an article mounted on a reception element Pi
- LCPi corresponds to the length of the digital images of the set associated with the receiving element Pi. Therefore, the reference IMiC_LCPi corresponds to the digital image intended to print the cyan portion of the pattern IMi having the length LCPi, the reference IMiM_LCPi corresponds to the digital image intended to print the magenta part of the IMi pattern having the length LCPi, the reference IMiJ_LCPi corresponds to the digital image intended to print the yellow part of the pattern IMi having the length LCPi, and the reference IMiC_LCPi corresponds to the digital image intended to print the black part of the pattern IMi having the length LCPi.
- the reference IM32J_LCP32 corresponds to the digital image intended to print the yellow part of a thirty-second IM32 pattern having the length LCP32 associated with the receiving element P32 which supports the article A32.
- the first line 11 of the FI file comprises four digital images IM1 C_LCP1, IM2M_LCP2, IM3J_LCP3, and IM4N_LCP4.
- the first digital image IM1 C_LCP1 is used by the first print head 22a to print the first cyan portion of the first pattern IM1 on the item A1. It may be noted that the four digital images IM1 CJ-CP1, IM1 M_LCP1, IM1J_LCP1 and IM1 N_LCP1 of the set associated with the receiving element P1 all have the same length LCP1.
- the printing station 30 simultaneously prints four parts of patterns IM1C, IM2M, IM3J and IM4N, respectively from the first four digital images of the first line 11, respectively on the first four articles A1 to A4.
- the rotating means 2 move the support plate 1 into another indexed position, and the four articles A32, A1 to A3 are opposite the adjacent print head.
- the thirty-second article A32 is facing the print head 22a associated with the cyan color
- the third article A3 is found in front of the fourth print head 22d associated with the black color.
- the printing station 30 simultaneously prints four further parts of patterns IM32C, IM1 M, IM2J and IM3N from the four images respectively. numbers of the second line 12 of the FI file.
- the printing station In order to print all the parts of all the patterns IM1 to IM32, the printing station successively prints the lines of the print file FI at each new indexed position of the support plate 1.
- the printing method which has just been described can be implemented by the printing device defined in FIG. 1.
- the printing device defined in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 2 diagrammatically shows a view from above of the printing device of FIG. 1.
- the printing device comprises the means for rotating the support plate 1 and a system for rotating the elements of rotation. reception P1 to P32.
- the rotation means 2 of the support plate 1 are configured to place four articles A1 to A4, mounted on their respective receiving elements P1 to P4, respectively facing the four printing heads 22a to 22d of FIG. printing station 30.
- face to face is meant that a receiving element P1 is proximal to the print head 22a so that the surface of the article A1 mounted on the receiving element P1 can be printed by the print head 22a.
- the printing device further comprises means for generating a relative translational movement between the base 101 and the support plate 1.
- this movement can be constrained according to a vector between two staggered points along an axis substantially parallel to the axes B rotation of the articles, to allow a helical pattern printing on items A1 to A32, during the rotation of the receiving elements P1 to P32.
- the means for generating the translation movement cooperate with the rotating system of the receiving elements P1 to P32 so as to allow helical printing.
- the support plate 1 can be fixed, the base 101 is then equipped with a motor adapted to move it relative to the support plate 1. If the support plate 1 is fixed, it can be mounted by a total connection on a frame of the printing device. If the base 101 is fixed, it can be mounted by a total connection to the frame of the printing device. By total connection between two elements, it is understood that these two elements behave in their movements as a single piece.
- the rotation system of the receiving elements P1 to P32 comprises a single secondary motor 7 arranged to drive all the receiving elements P1 to P32 in rotation, by means of a single belt, or several belts.
- Each receiving element P1 to P32 comprises a pinion geared by a belt.
- the support plate 1 comprises separate assemblies 8 staggered at the periphery of the support plate 1, and coupled to the secondary motor 7.
- Each set 8 comprises a series of reception elements P21 to P24, and a first driving element 9 rotatably mounted on the support plate 1 and coupled to the secondary motor 7.
- the first driving element 9 has preferably , an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the support plate 1.
- Each assembly 8 further comprises an end transmission element 10 in the form of a closed loop, for example a belt.
- the end transmission element 10 is integral with the receiving elements P21 to P24 of the series and the first driving element 9 of the assembly concerned, allowing the implementation simultaneous rotation of the first driving element 9, coupled to the secondary motor 7, and the series of receiving elements P21 to P24.
- the division in the form of assemblies 8 makes it possible in particular to facilitate the coupling to the secondary motor 7 by limiting the number of transmission elements required, while maintaining a high timing.
- the return to an initial position of the receiving elements P1 to P32 is much faster without having to reverse the direction of rotation of the secondary motor 7.
- the end transmission element 10 of each set 8 is arranged so that at each turn of the latter, the receiving elements P21 to P24 of the series, and the first associated driving element 9, resume an identical initial position.
- all the end transmission elements 10 of the different sets 8 have, preferably , also made a loop tour.
- the receiving elements P21 to P24 of each series and the first associated driving elements 9 take up an identical initial position.
- identical initial position it is meant that a driving element 9 or receiving element P1 to P32 has made at least one complete revolution on itself, or an integer multiple of revolutions on itself, and is found in the same position he had before starting his turn.
- Each receiving element P1 to P32 preferably comprises a pinion whose axis of rotation is preferably substantially perpendicular to the plane of the support plate 1.
- the first driving element 9 is a toothed wheel
- the end transmission element 10 is a toothed belt whose number of teeth is an integer multiple of the number of teeth of each associated gear, and the number of teeth of the associated toothed wheel.
- the teeth of the toothed belt 10 cooperate with the teeth of the toothed wheel 9 and pinions.
- the assemblies 8 are connected in pairs to form separate unit elements 12.
- the first driving elements 9 of two combined assemblies are connected to a second driving element 13, preferably rotatably mounted on the support plate 1, by an intermediate transmission element 14, in the form of closed loop such as a toothed belt, so that each turn of the intermediate transmission element 14 corresponds to a turn of the end transmission elements 10 of the two connected sets.
- the second driving element 13 is coupled to the secondary motor 7.
- the second driving element 13 resumes a position identical to each revolution of the intermediate transmission element 14.
- the second driving element 13 comprises a wheel notch associated with the intermediate transmission element 14.
- the toothed wheel may comprise an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the plane of the support plate 1.
- all the intermediate transmission elements 14 of the printing device also make a loop turn.
- the second drive element 13 preferably has an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the support plate 1.
- the support plate 1 is preferably a disc
- the first driving elements 9 are preferably arranged in a second circle C 2 concentric to the first circle Ci, and of smaller diameter than the first circle Ci.
- the second drive elements 13 are preferably arranged in a third circle C3 concentric to the second circle C2, and of smaller diameter than the second circle C2.
- the first, second and third circles C1, C2, C3 each have their center coinciding with the center of the support plate disk 1. In other words, starting from the periphery of the support plate, we find successively in the direction of the center of the support plate 1 the receiving elements P1 at P32, the first driving elements 9, the second driving elements 13.
- the coupling of the unit elements 12 to the secondary motor 7 can be achieved by connecting them in pairs by a main transmission element 15, in the form of a closed loop.
- Each main transmission element 15 is coupled on the one hand to a third driving element 16 fixed to a central axis driven by the secondary motor 7 and on the other hand to two second driving elements 13 of the unit elements 12.
- the central axis is a shaft of the secondary motor 7.
- the unit elements 12 are connected so that each turn of a main transmission element 15, corresponds to a turn or a half-turn of the intermediate transmission elements 14 of the the connected unit elements 12, and preferably all intermediate transmission elements 14.
- the third drive element 16 resumes an initial position identical to each revolution of a main transmission element 15.
- an intermediate transmission element 14 corresponds to an integer multiple of revolutions of the associated main transmission element 15.
- the third drive element 16 preferably has an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the support plate 1.
- a main transmission element 15 may be formed by a toothed belt.
- the driving element 16 may comprise a toothed wheel whose axis of rotation is substantially perpendicular to the plane of the support plate 1.
- the transmission elements may be in the form of belts, preferably notched, or chains.
- the receiving elements P1 to P32 have performed at least one complete revolution on themselves.
- all the driving elements 9, 13, 16 are in their initial position.
- the printing device comprises eight sets 8 angularly distributed at the periphery of the plate 1, and four distinct unit elements 12.
- Each set 8 comprises four reception elements P21 to P24.
- Each receiving element P1 to P32 is provided with a gear 11 having 25 teeth, and the first driving element 9 of an assembly 8 is formed by a notched wheel of 25 teeth.
- the associated end transmission element 10 is a toothed belt comprising about 150 teeth. In other words, when the toothed belt 10 of a set makes a turn, all the receiving elements P1 to P32, and all the first driving elements 9, do exactly six turns on themselves.
- Each second driving element 13 may comprise two notched wheels whose axis of rotation is preferably perpendicular to the support plate 1.
- notched wheels are interconnected by a total connection, that is to say they are fixed relative to each other, they have the same angular velocity.
- a first toothed wheel of the second drive member 13 is coupled to the intermediate transmission member 14 formed by a toothed toothed belt of 150 teeth.
- a total of four unit elements 12 are then obtained.
- the four unit elements 12 are coupled two by two to the central axis.
- Each coupling can be achieved by a main transmission element 15 in the form of a toothed toothed belt 150 coupled on the one hand to the second 50-toothed wheels of the second drive elements 13 respectively of the two connected unit elements 12, and other part of the third drive element 16 arranged, preferably, in the form of at least a toothed wheel of 50 teeth fixed to the central axis.
- the notches forming the main transmission elements are only two in number.
- Such a printing device makes it possible to ensure the reproducibility of the rotational movements of an article on its receiving element at each indexing of the support plate 1.
- the secondary motor 7 is a motor brushless type ("brushless" in English).
- Such an engine avoids fluctuations in the electrical and mechanical losses associated with other types of engines which would have the consequence of introducing non-reproducible offsets at each turn of the main transmission end, intermediate transmission 14 and transmission transmission elements 15 .
- each receiving element may have a variation of rotation with respect to another receiving element of the device. Such variations may be due to manufacturing variations of the belts and sprockets of the drive system of the receiving elements.
- the printing device defined in FIGS. 1 and 2 is particularly adapted to take these variations into account and to improve the printing accuracy of the patterns.
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