EP3505347A1 - Procédé et dispositif pour réaliser une image sur un conteneur des fruits et des légumes - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour réaliser une image sur un conteneur des fruits et des légumes Download PDF

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EP3505347A1
EP3505347A1 EP18215197.7A EP18215197A EP3505347A1 EP 3505347 A1 EP3505347 A1 EP 3505347A1 EP 18215197 A EP18215197 A EP 18215197A EP 3505347 A1 EP3505347 A1 EP 3505347A1
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Giuseppe MONTAGUTI
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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
    • B41F17/24—Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on flat surfaces of polyhedral articles
    • B41F17/26—Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on flat surfaces of polyhedral articles by rolling contact
    • 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
    • B41F17/002—Supports of workpieces in machines for printing on hollow articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F23/00—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing
    • B41F23/005—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing of non-flat articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F23/00—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing
    • B41F23/04—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing by heat drying, by cooling, by applying powders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F23/00—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing
    • B41F23/08—Print finishing devices, e.g. for glossing prints
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M3/00—Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns
    • B41M3/008—Sequential or multiple printing, e.g. on previously printed background; Mirror printing; Recto-verso printing; using a combination of different printing techniques; Printing of patterns visible in reflection and by transparency; by superposing printed artifacts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/40—Details of walls
    • B65D1/42—Reinforcing or strengthening parts or members
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO PRINTING, LINING MACHINES, TYPEWRITERS, AND TO STAMPS
    • B41P2217/00—Printing machines of special types or for particular purposes
    • B41P2217/50—Printing presses for particular purposes
    • B41P2217/60—Means for supporting the articles
    • B41P2217/61—Means for supporting the articles internally, e.g. for mugs or goblets

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  • This invention relates to a method for making an image on a container, preferably for containing fruit and vegetables, and a machine configured for automatically actuating the method.
  • the containers for fruit and vegetable products are currently identified with images representing the product contained and/or the manufacturer.
  • the images are printed on adhesive elements attached to the container.
  • the adhesive elements are pre-printed and are produced in groups including a large number of adhesive elements. In order to change the identification image of the container, it is necessary to throw away the adhesive elements already prepared, thus resulting in, for the manufacturer of the containers, a waste of costs necessary for the production and/or the purchase of the adhesive elements.
  • Patent document WO2006048022 belonging to the prior art for this patent application, describes an apparatus for printing images on the annular wall of plastic containers.
  • Other documents belonging to the prior art of this patent application are patent document WO 2007029197A2 , which describes a printed opaque sub-layer, and patent document DE102015202799A1 , which describes a method for making a component of a domestic apparatus, in which the component is printed with an ink jet technology method.
  • a further need felt by operators in the trade is that of rapidly printing or imprinting a high quality image of a plurality of containers one after the other.
  • the numeral 1 denotes a possible embodiment of an automatic machine according to this description.
  • the machine 1 is configured to make an image on each of a plurality of containers. Some of the containers of the plurality are indicated with C1, C2, C3 and C4 in Figure 4 .
  • the machine 1 is configured to automatically perform, for or on each of the containers of the plurality of containers, a possible embodiment of a method according to the invention.
  • Each of the containers are shown in Figure 4 may be the container labelled C in Figures 1 to 3 .
  • the container C is for containing food products.
  • the container C is preferably for containing fruit and vegetables.
  • a method according to this invention is for making an image on a container.
  • the container could be the container C of Figures 1 to 3 , or one of the containers of Figure 4 .
  • the method could be performed by a machine which is different from a machine 1 according to the invention.
  • An image which can be made by the method is shown in particular in Figure 1 and in detail in Figures 2 and 3 .
  • the image I comprises a background S.
  • the image comprises at least one portion P1 of image superposed on the background S.
  • the background S comprises and/or is made by means of a background colour.
  • the colour of the background may be any colour, preferably, however, the colour is white.
  • the portion P1 comprises and/or is made of a colour of the portion different from that background colour. According to the method, when a plurality of portions P1 are applied, these are advantageously kept at least slightly detached from each other so as not to have interference of colour.
  • the method comprises a first printing or imprinting step.
  • the above-mentioned background S is printed and/or made on a wall L1 of the container C.
  • the background S is preferably made and/or made on an outer side of the wall L1.
  • the wall L1 is preferably a side wall which delimits a compartment for housing the food and/or fruit and vegetable products in the container C.
  • the wall L1 could be flat and/or not curved.
  • the machine 1 comprises a first printing or imprinting station 11.
  • the first printing or imprinting station 11 is configured to perform the first printing or imprinting step on, and/or for each, of the containers of the above-mentioned plurality of containers.
  • the first printing station 11 comprises a respective printing or imprinting roller 111.
  • a first container C1 is in the first printing or imprinting station 11.
  • the background S of the future image I is also indicated, whilst the background S is printed.
  • the printing or imprinting method comprises a first drying step.
  • the above-mentioned background S is at least partly and/or totally dried.
  • the machine comprises a first drying station 12.
  • the first drying station 12 is configured to perform the first drying step on and/or for each of the containers of the above-mentioned plurality of containers.
  • the first drying station 12 may comprise a lamp, for example a UV lamp.
  • a second container C2 is in the second drying station 14.
  • the background S of the future image I is also indicated, considering that the second container C2 has already been subjected to the first printing or imprinting step.
  • the printing or imprinting method comprises a second printing or imprinting step.
  • the above-mentioned at least one portion P1 of the image is printed and/or made on the background S.
  • the image I comprises the background S and the portion P1 f image P superposed on the background S.
  • the image I could comprise a plurality of portions of image superposed on the background S.
  • Each of the portions of image is made by and/or comprises a respective colour different from the above-mentioned background colour and preferably different from each other, that is to say, equal to one or more different portions and different from the others.
  • the image I comprises by way of example two portions P1 and P2 superposed on the background S.
  • the background S could be, by way of example, white.
  • the background S is grey only by way of example and/or for reasons of clarity in the identification of the background S.
  • portion labelled P1 could be green and the portion labelled P2 could be red.
  • Each of the portions of image laid over the background S could be of any colour.
  • each of the containers of the plurality of containers of Figure 4 may be the container C of Figures 1 to 3 .
  • Figure 2 is an enlargement of the zone where the image I of the container C is situated, once the container C has been subjected at least to the first printing or imprinting step.
  • Figure 3 is an enlargement of the same area, once the container C has been subjected at least also to the second printing or imprinting step.
  • Figure 1 is an overall view of the container C once it is been subjected to at least also to the second printing or imprinting step.
  • the machine 1 comprises a second printing or imprinting station 13.
  • the second printing or imprinting station 13 is configured to perform the second printing or imprinting step on, and/or for each, of the containers of the above-mentioned plurality of containers.
  • the second printing or imprinting station 13 comprises a respective printing or imprinting roller 131.
  • a third container C3 is in the second printing or imprinting station 13.
  • the background S is also indicated, considering that the third container C3 has already been subjected to the first printing or imprinting step.
  • the printing or imprinting roller 131 is imprinting on the background S the plurality of portions of images which will be superposed on this background S.
  • the method comprises a second drying step 14. During the second drying step, the image I is at least partly and/or totally dried.
  • the machine 1 comprises a second drying station.
  • the second drying station 14 is configured to perform the second drying step.
  • the second drying station 14 may comprise a lamp, for example a UV lamp.
  • a fourth container labelled C4 is in the second drying station 14. Of the fourth container C4, the entire image I is also indicated, considering that the fourth container C4 has already been subjected to the second printing or imprinting step.
  • the method could comprise a lacquering step. During the lacquering step the image I is lacquered.
  • the machine 1 could comprise a lacquering station.
  • the lacquering station is configured to perform the lacquering step.
  • the method could comprise a third drying step. During the third drying step, the lacquered image I is dried.
  • the machine 1 could comprise a third drying station.
  • the third drying station is configured to perform the third drying step.
  • the steps of the method are performed whilst the container C is subjected to a transport movement.
  • the machine 1 is configured to perform the method on and/or for each of the containers of the above-mentioned plurality of containers
  • the machine comprises a transport system 15 which is configured to generate a respective transport movement for each of the containers.
  • the transport movement of each container is designed to ensure that the container moves through the stations of the machine 1.
  • the transport system 15 may comprise a transport element 153 and at least one motor to generate a movement of the transport element 153.
  • the transport system 15 may comprise a plurality of pads. Each of the pads retains a respective container of the containers to make it integral with the movement of the transport element 153, in such a way as to cause the respective transport movement of the respective container.
  • Figure 4 indicates a first pad 151 which retains the first container C1 and a second pad 152 which retains the second container C2.
  • At least one printing or imprinting step of the method is performed by means of a printing or imprinting movement tangential to the wall of the transport L1 and synchronous with the transport movement.
  • This printing or imprinting movement could be, with reference, respectively, to the first printing or imprinting step and to the second printing or imprinting step, a rotation about itself of the roller 111 of the first printing or imprinting station 11 or of the roller 131 of the second printing or imprinting station 13.
  • the printing movement is a rotation about itself by the respective roller 111; 131.
  • Each of the printing steps occurs by progressive contact between a peripheral angular sector of the respective roller 111 or 131 and the wall L1.
  • Each printing station 11 or 13 is configured so that the respective printing occurs by progressive contact between a peripheral angular sector of the respective roller 111 or 131 and the wall L1.
  • the transport system 15 may comprise, as a transport element 153, a conveyor.
  • the transport system 15 is in that case configured so that the conveyor 153 can be subjected to a translation to generate the transport movement.
  • the transport movement occurs by means of the conveyor 153 subjected to the translation to generate the transport movement.
  • Each printing station 11 or 13 is configured so that the rotation of the respective roller 111 or 131 is synchronised with the translation of the conveyor 153, in such a way that, for each instant of the printing step performed by the respective station 11 or 13, the speed of the angular sector of the respective roller 111 or 131, at the point of contact between roller 111 or 131 and the wall L1, is equal to the translation speed of the conveyor 153.
  • the rotation of the respective roller 111 or 131 is synchronised with the translation of the conveyor 153, in such a way that, for each instant of the printing step, the speed of the angular sector of the respective roller 111 or 131, at the point of contact between the respective roller 111 or 131 and the wall L1, is equal to the translation speed of the conveyor 153.
  • the conveyor may be, for example, a conveyor belt.
  • a method or a machine according to the invention rapidly achieves a high quality print of a plurality of containers one after the other. The method makes it possible to obtain an identification of each container by means of an image with a better aesthetic quality with respect to the images printed on the adhesive elements currently used. Moreover, the method or machine according to the invention allows one or more elements of the image to be printed to be varied on each container without the economic drawbacks which would result from having to throw away labels already purchased and/or already produced.
  • a method according to the invention may also be considered as a method for labelling by printing, since the method is in particular designed in such a way that the printed image reproduces the image of a label.

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WO2007029197A2 (fr) 2005-09-09 2007-03-15 The Procter & Gamble Company Substrat opaque imprime
US20150217559A1 (en) * 2013-06-11 2015-08-06 Ball Corporation Variable printing process using soft secondary plates and specialty inks
DE102015202799A1 (de) 2015-02-17 2016-08-18 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Haushaltsgeräte-Bauteils mit einer Inkjetschicht und einer Sperrschicht sowie Haushaltsgeräte-Bauteil und Haushaltsgerät
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US3735697A (en) * 1970-12-03 1973-05-29 Mobil Oil Corp Apparatus for printing on both sides of the lids of egg cartons
WO2006048022A2 (fr) 2004-11-08 2006-05-11 Superfos A/S Dispositif permettant d'imprimer des images sur la paroi laterale rotative d'un contenant en plastique dimensionnellement stable
US20060144261A1 (en) * 2004-12-30 2006-07-06 Plastipak Packaging, Inc. Printing plastic containers with digital images
WO2007029197A2 (fr) 2005-09-09 2007-03-15 The Procter & Gamble Company Substrat opaque imprime
US20150217559A1 (en) * 2013-06-11 2015-08-06 Ball Corporation Variable printing process using soft secondary plates and specialty inks
DE102015202799A1 (de) 2015-02-17 2016-08-18 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Haushaltsgeräte-Bauteils mit einer Inkjetschicht und einer Sperrschicht sowie Haushaltsgeräte-Bauteil und Haushaltsgerät
WO2016137750A1 (fr) * 2015-02-23 2016-09-01 Printpack Illinois, Inc. Films polymères multicouches imprimés, procédés de fabrication et d'utilisation de ces derniers

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IT202100004037A1 (it) * 2021-02-22 2022-08-22 Pack Innovation S R L Processo per la finitura di stampa di flaconi con particolare effetto lucido

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