WO2002040283A1 - Installation pour imprimer un ruban textile, notamment un ruban d'etiquette - Google Patents

Installation pour imprimer un ruban textile, notamment un ruban d'etiquette Download PDF

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WO2002040283A1
WO2002040283A1 PCT/CH2001/000565 CH0100565W WO0240283A1 WO 2002040283 A1 WO2002040283 A1 WO 2002040283A1 CH 0100565 W CH0100565 W CH 0100565W WO 0240283 A1 WO0240283 A1 WO 0240283A1
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Francisco Speich
John Rush
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Textilma Ag
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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
    • B41J15/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs
    • B41J15/04—Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
    • B41J15/046—Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles for the guidance of continuous copy material, e.g. for preventing skewed conveyance of the continuous copy material
    • 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 arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/66—Applications of cutting devices
    • B41J11/70—Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
    • 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
    • B41J3/4078—Printing on textile

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  • the invention relates to a system for printing on a textile tape, in particular a label tape according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the object of the invention is to improve the performance of a system of the type mentioned.
  • the deflection devices are adjustable in their spacing to the repeat of the pattern to be printed in order to be able to print textile tapes with different pattern repeats with the system.
  • the deflecting devices can be designed very differently, such as deflecting rods, for example, they are preferably designed as deflecting rollers. More than two turns can be used. As the number of turns increases, correspondingly more patterns can be printed at the same time, thus further improving the performance and economy of the system.
  • a design according to claim 4 is particularly advantageous, according to which one turn is designed as a deflection turn, so that both the front and the back of the textile tape can be printed in one and the same printing station with the same print head. The same pattern can be printed on each turn or different patterns can be printed.
  • the printing station can have a monochrome printer according to claim 5 or a multicolor printer according to claim 6.
  • the print head can be designed and arranged in such a way that its individual color elements are arranged next to one another as seen in the direction of travel of the print head, as a result of which the individual colors of the pattern are printed one behind the other, that is to say in several passes of the print head.
  • the print head can also be designed and arranged in such a way that its individual color elements are arranged one behind the other as seen in the running direction of the print head, so that all colors can be printed simultaneously in one pass of the print head.
  • the textile tape can be printed in different ways.
  • the print head cannot print the entire pattern of a pattern area at once, but in sections.
  • the print head can be arranged in a fixed manner in the longitudinal direction of the textile tape and the textile tape can be conveyed further by the corresponding print length after each passage of the print head. Due to various factors such as elasticity of the belt, inaccuracies in conveyance and the like, it is difficult to achieve accurate register pressure. It is therefore more advantageous if the print head can be moved in the longitudinal direction over the entire length of the pattern to be printed and the textile belt is not conveyed but stands still while a pattern is being pressed. The printhead can now print section by section of the pattern according to its length.
  • the textile belt can be conveyed according to claim 10 after printing a sample area by the length of such a sample area or according to claim 11 after printing a sample area by a length which corresponds to the length of such a sample area times the number of printing points.
  • the same pattern or different patterns can be printed at the individual printing points. The pattern may change every time the printer is run.
  • the system can also be designed such that the printing station is followed by a further printing station for printing on the back of the textile tape, the printer of this printing station can be the same as or different from the printer of the first printing station, in particular it can be of a simpler design his.
  • At least one of the printers of the printing stations is designed as an inkjet printer, preferably for processing printing inks that can be polymerized by electromagnetic waves. This results in a system that is as simple as it is versatile and quick and that is particularly economical.
  • at least one of the printers of the printing stations can be designed as an electrostatic printer.
  • the printing station has a cleaning device for the print head.
  • the printed textile tape can be rolled up or placed in a tangled container.
  • the system according to claim 16 has a folding station downstream of the printing station for folding the textile tape and / or according to claim 17 has a folding station downstream of the printing station Cutting station for cutting the textile tape into individual textile tape sections, in particular individual labels.
  • the system can also be equipped with various additional devices such as for conditioning and / or coating the textile tape before printing, in order to improve the application of the print and the print.
  • a coating device can be provided in order to provide the print with a protective layer and thereby to make it more resistant and thus more durable.
  • Figure 1 shows a first system for printing a textile tape in the floor plan
  • Figure 2 shows the system of Figure 1 in a view of the long side
  • Figure 3a shows a first scheme for operating the system of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3b shows a second scheme for operating the system of Figure 1;
  • Figure 4 shows a second system for printing a textile tape in the floor plan
  • Figure 5 shows the system of Figure 4 in a view of the long side.
  • the system shown in Figures 1 and 2 for printing a textile tape 2, which is preferably a label tape, has a printing station 4, at which the textile tape 2 via two deflection devices 6, 8, which are preferably designed as deflection rollers, in at least two side by side lying turns 10 (three turns are shown) is performed.
  • the printing station 4 contains a print head 12 which executes a reciprocating movement transversely to and across the turns 10 of the textile tape and at the same time a pattern A at each turn on each turn 10 including the incoming textile tape part 2a and the outgoing textile tape part 2b , B, C, D or a part of the same prints.
  • the print head 12 thus serves the printing points 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D in one pass.
  • the deflection devices 6, 8 can be changed in their spacing a, so that the deflection devices are matched to the repeat of the pattern to be printed. can be put. In one pass of the print head 12, four patterns A, B, C, D can be printed in whole or in part. The pattern from turn to turn 10 and from pattern to pattern can be the same or different.
  • the print head 12 of the printing station 4 which goes back and forth over the windings 10, can be of one or more colors and is preferably designed as an inkjet printer which advantageously processes printing inks that can be polymerized, that is to say fixed, particularly quickly by electromagnetic waves.
  • the printhead contains four color elements 14 lying next to one another in the direction of travel of the printhead, so that the colors on the patterns are printed one after the other.
  • a suitable color element 14 has, for example, a base area of approximately 17.5 ⁇ 15 mm and is equipped with 125 color nozzles.
  • the printing station 4 is equipped with a cleaning device 16 for cleaning the ink nozzles.
  • the print head 12 cannot print the entire pattern A, B, C, D in one pass, but only a portion thereof, for example in a length of 17, 35 or 70 mm or other dimensions.
  • the print head can now be arranged to be stationary in the longitudinal direction of the textile belt and the textile belt can be conveyed further by the corresponding print length after each passage of the print head. Due to various factors such as elasticity of the belt, inaccuracies in conveyance and the like, it is difficult to achieve accurate register pressure. It is therefore more advantageous if the print head can be moved in the longitudinal direction over the entire length of the pattern to be printed and the textile belt is not conveyed while a pattern is being pressed.
  • the printhead can now print section by section of the pattern according to its length.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 can be operated in various ways, as can be seen in FIGS. 3a and 3b.
  • the system is set, for example, such that the area between the pressure points 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D is 4 ⁇ L, where L corresponds to the length of a pattern or a pattern area.
  • the anaige can now be operated in accordance with FIG. 3a such that the feed of the textile tape corresponds to the length L of a pattern area after each print of a sample.
  • the textile ribbon section is printed with a sequence of 20 patterns A1 to A5, B1 to B5, C1 to C5 and D1 to D5 and the textile ribbon must be further promoted by this sequence so that an unprinted textile belt section is again present at the printing points.
  • the number of pattern areas between the individual printing points 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D is not critical, however, after the printing of the individual pattern areas between the printing points, the textile belt must be conveyed sequentially by the length, which corresponds to the number of printed patterns A1 to A5, B1 to B5, C1 to C5, D1 to D5 times the number of printing points 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D.
  • the installation can also be operated in such a way that the feed of the textile strip corresponds to the number of printing points 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D after each print of length L.
  • a continuous pattern sequence A ', B', C ', D' is possible without the textile belt having to be conveyed after a certain printing sequence by a greater length of the textile belt analogous to the operating mode in FIG. 3a.
  • the number and therefore also the corresponding length of the pattern areas between the individual printing points 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D is set so that it corresponds to the number of printing points, that is to say 4 in the present example.
  • the pattern sequences A ', B', C ', D ! printed.
  • P1 ', P2', P3 ', P4' for example, the pattern sequence A1 ', B2', C3 ', D4' is printed, as can be seen from FIG. 3b.
  • the textile belt part 2b leaving the printing station 4 passes through a fixing station 17 for fixing the pressure.
  • the fixing station preferably works on the basis of electromagnetic waves, in particular UV waves, in order to fix the print by polymerizing the printing inks.
  • a further printing station 18 with a subsequent second fixing station 20 can be connected to the fixing station 17, the print head of which can be designed analogously or differently from that of the first printing station 4.
  • an electrostatic or a thermal printer is used to print on the other side of the tape, which is preferably the back.
  • the finished printed textile tape part 2b can be put down directly or rolled up. Furthermore, the printed textile band part 2b, as shown, can pass through a folding station 22 and / or a cutting station 24. In the folding station 22, the longitudinal edges 26 of the textile tape 2b are folded over and fixed against one another in order to form a softer edge. In the cutting station 24, the printed textile tape 2b is preferably cut into textile tape sections 30 by means of a cutting device 28 in accordance with the repeats of the patterns A, B, C, D and these are expediently placed in a stacking device 32.
  • An electronic control device 34 with a computer is used to control and coordinate the individual components of the system.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show a further system for printing on a textile tape 36, preferably a label tape.
  • the printing station 38 again has two deflection devices 40, 42, via which the textile strip is guided in turns 44.
  • the middle turn 44a is designed as a deflection turn in order to turn the second band side of the textile band outwards. Since the textile belt with the deflection winding 44 changes the direction of travel, the deflection devices 40, 42 must be divided into two deflection device parts 40a, 40b, 42a, 42b and driven in opposite directions.
  • the patterns A, B, C of one side of the tape and on the last turns after the deflection turn can pass through the first three turns, including the incoming textile strip part 36a, each time the print head 46 moves back and forth over the turns 44 44a and on the outgoing textile belt part 36b the patterns X, Y, Z of the other belt side are printed.
  • Fixing stations 48, 50 are assigned to the turns according to the printing areas in order to fix the printing ink of the print.
  • the system can be provided with a print head 12 according to the exemplary embodiment in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the print head 46 is designed and arranged in such a way that the individual color elements 52 of the print head 46 are arranged one behind the other, not transversely to but along the displacement path of the print head, so that all the colors of the pattern are printed immediately when the print head is passed through.
  • both the front and the back of the textile tape 36 are printed with a single printing station with each pass of the print head 46, which results in a particularly economical system.
  • the textile belt is finished after the printing station and can be rolled up or put down.
  • label tapes analogous to the example in FIGS. 1 and 2, the connection of a cutting station 24 with a cutting device 28 and a stacking device 32 is advantageous.
  • An electronic control device 54 with a computer is used to control and coordinate the individual components of the system.
  • deflection device a deflection device part b deflection device part

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L'invention concerne une installation pour imprimer un ruban textile, notamment un ruban d'étiquette. Cette installation est équipée d'un dispositif de commande électronique (34) et d'au moins une station d'impression (4, 18) comportant une station de fixage (17, 20) située en aval de cette dernière. L'objectif de l'invention est d'accroître le rendement et la rentabilité de l'installation. A cet effet, le ruban textile (2) passe par deux unités de déviation (6, 8) de façon à former au moins deux spires juxtaposées (10), et la station d'impression (4) présente au moins une tête d'impression (12) guidée de manière à effectuer un mouvement de va-et-vient au-dessus des spires (10), transversalement à ces dernières, afin d'imprimer une partie du ruban textile (2).
PCT/CH2001/000565 2000-11-15 2001-09-19 Installation pour imprimer un ruban textile, notamment un ruban d'etiquette WO2002040283A1 (fr)

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