IL35898A - A method for applying a pattern to candles - Google Patents

Description

a A method for to candles ARIEH SOLOMON 33611 this relates to a method applying a preferably pattern to known technique of printing has hitherto been used in applying such patterns to tubes and the glass or All these articles are characterized by their relative resistance to heat deformation below a eertain In the known process the pattern is transferred to the article from a paper web coated with a special release on which the pattern has previously been The process may be carried out automatically by known in which the drawn off from a supply is preheated and applied by pressure to the article to be the latter is translationally rotationally displaced in relation to the In the know automatic apparatus these motions are to the article by a which consists of a rotatable disc provided with a plurality of recesses along its These recesses are of such shape and dimension as to accommodate the particular articles which are to be It an object of the present invention to provide a method for applying a preferably pattern to candles by heat transfer According to the present invention there is provided a method for the automatic printing of candles comprising the steps of fitting the lower end portion of each in a rigid locating each such adapter in a corresponding recess formed in a rotatable turret of automatic heat transfer printing apparatus so as to be gripped and to be rotated by the imparting a relative displacement between the candle and heat web while pressing the latter together and removing each printed candle tted in the adapters which serve as candle The use of the adapter according to the invention is that which renders possible the application of heat transfer printing to candles avoids the inevitable damage which the candle would were it to be submitted without the adapter to automatic printing techniques as these have been developed for use with with known heat transfer printing the object to be such as for example a is fitted into a receiving well which foms part of the rotating turret and is therefore with turret and independently of the It is clear that such independent motion would irreparably damage an object such as a In accordance with the present invention a howeve the candle is associated prior during and after the printing with an adapter which moves adapter fits into and is retained by turret only during printing and subsequently remains attached to the candle as a candle The adapter may be made of any suitable such for a plastics In order to ensure that the candle is rotated together with the adapter while the latter is the candle must firmly lodged in its this end the inner dimensions of the hollow recess of the adapter may be chosen so as to closely match the cross section of the The adapter may be removed from the candle the transfer printing and reused with a fresh Alternatively and as a In the latter according to a further of the bottom end of the candle may be provided with a polygonal adapted to fit into correspondingly shaped provided in the of the hollow recess of the invention will be described by way of example in the accompanying drawings in 1 is a longitudinally sectioned view of a 2 is a side elevation of a candle and an adapter together with a transparent sleeve and end and showa schematically the heat transfer printing method in accordance with the As seen in an adapter 1 comprises an upper portion la and an integral lower portion lb of reduced diameter pared to the upper The upper portion la is provided with a cylindrical recess 2a communicating with a rectangular aperture 3a of reduced Similarly the lower portion is provided with a cylinder recess 2b with a angular aperture A candle 4 has lower portion 4a formed as a rectangular tongue as shown in fits into the rectangular aperture the diameter of the candle 4 corresponding to the inner diameter of the recess As seen in 3 of the drawings candles 4 are fitted with their ends 4a into adapters 1 and are fed on a veyor belt to a turret 6 of an automatic heat transfer printing apparatus 6 of known The turret 6 which is rotatably mounted is provided with a plurality of recesses 6a each of which is adapted to grip an adapter and to rotate it past a heat transfer web 7 which passes via intermediate guide rollers 8 and a ing platen 9 from a supply roll 10 to a roll The web 7 is passed against each candle 4 by a rubber transfer roller The operation of the apparatus is conventional and is fore not described in Suffice it to say that at no time is a candle gripped or otherwise contacted by the turret and is not damaged The finished ornamented candle 4 in its adapter 1 can be as shown in of the by being enclosed in a transparent sleeve cover caps 15 being provided at the upper and lower ends of the sleeves In this manner the adapter in addition to serving in essential protective role during the heat transfer also serves as a candle in the case described the adapter is of two portionn of different diameter both portions can be adapted to receive alternately candles of differing insufficientOCRQuality

Claims (8)

1. A method for the automatic heat-transfer printing of candles comprising the steps ©f fitting the lower end portion of each candle in a rigid cap-like adapter, locating each such adapter in a corresponding recess ormed in a rotatable turret of automatic heat transfer printing apparatias so as to be gripped and to be rotated by the turret, imparting a relative displacement between the candle and heat transfer web while pressing the latter together and removing each printed candle itted in the adapters which serve as candle holders.

2. A method according to Claim 1, wherein the candle is connected to the adapter by means of a tongue and groove connection*

3. A method according to Claim 1 substantially as hereinbefore described by way of example.

4. A candle when printed by a method according to any one of the preceding claims.

5. Fo use in the method according to any one of the preceding Claim© 1 to 3» a cup-like adapter, preferably of a plasties material.

6. An adapter according to Claim 5 and formed with at leaat one groove adapted to accommodate a tongue integral with the candle.

7. An adapter according to Claiia 5 or 6 and comprising two portions of differing diameters.

8. A combination ©f a decorated candle according to Claim 4 and an adapter according to Claim 5, 6 or 7 fitte on the candle and serving as a candle holder.