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WO2002030576A1 - Procede d'impression decorative de surfaces, notamment de dalles et autres, et machine fonctionnant selon ce procede - Google Patents

Procede d'impression decorative de surfaces, notamment de dalles et autres, et machine fonctionnant selon ce procede Download PDF

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WO2002030576A1
WO2002030576A1 PCT/IT2000/000403 IT0000403W WO0230576A1 WO 2002030576 A1 WO2002030576 A1 WO 2002030576A1 IT 0000403 W IT0000403 W IT 0000403W WO 0230576 A1 WO0230576 A1 WO 0230576A1
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mask
colouring substance
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PCT/IT2000/000403
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Mauro Cestari
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Arktype S.R.L.
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Priority to EP00969823A priority Critical patent/EP1324833B1/fr
Priority to AU2000279467A priority patent/AU2000279467A1/en
Priority to PCT/IT2000/000403 priority patent/WO2002030576A1/fr
Priority to ES00969823T priority patent/ES2262542T3/es
Priority to DE60029360T priority patent/DE60029360D1/de
Publication of WO2002030576A1 publication Critical patent/WO2002030576A1/fr

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B11/00—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles
    • B28B11/001—Applying decorations on shaped articles, e.g. by painting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F16/00—Transfer printing apparatus
    • B41F16/0006—Transfer printing apparatus for printing from an inked or preprinted foil or band
    • B41F16/0073—Transfer printing apparatus for printing from an inked or preprinted foil or band with means for printing on specific materials or products
    • B41F16/008—Transfer printing apparatus for printing from an inked or preprinted foil or band with means for printing on specific materials or products for printing on three-dimensional articles
    • 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
    • B41P2217/56—Printing presses for particular purposes for printing ceramic tiles

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  • the present invention relates to a method for the decorative printing of surfaces, particularly of tiles and the like, according to the preamble to main Claim 1.
  • the invention also relates to a machine designed for implementing the method of the invention.
  • ink-jet methods which allow printing to be performed on such surfaces without any contact between the surfaces
  • the printing means are known.
  • One of these methods provides for the colouring substance, for example, an ink, to be sprayed in a jet through a nozzle onto the surface to be decorated, the jet stream being directed by means of a mask interposed between the nozzle and the surface.
  • the pressurization of the colouring substances may be quite complex since, because these substances are generally constituted by suspensions of solids in liquids, they are not very homogeneous and tend to create deposits with possible undesired sedimentation.
  • the jet of colouring substance expelled from the nozzles of the printing head is normally subject to dispersal before it reaches the surface to be decorated, which may compromise and reduce the quality of the printing of the figure or the decoration produced.
  • the main object of the present invention is ' to provide a method for the decorative printing of surfaces, particularly of tiles, which is designed to overcome the limitations complained of with reference to the prior art mentioned.
  • This object and others which will become clear from the following description are achieved by the invention by means of a method and a machine having the characteristics defined in detail in the appended claims. Best mode of carrying out the invention The characteristics and the advantages of the invention will become clearer from the detailed description of some preferred embodiments thereof, described by way of non- limiting example with reference to the appended drawings, in which: - Figure 1 is a partially-sectioned, schematic, side elevational view of a machine for decorative printing operating in accordance with the method of the invention,
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the machine of Figure 1
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show details of the machine of the previous drawings, on an enlarged scale
  • FIG. 7 is a partially-sectioned, perspective view of a further variant according to the invention of a detail of the machine of the previous drawings.
  • a machine for the decorative printing of a surface 2 for example, one of the opposed surfaces of a tile 3, in accordance with the method of the present invention, is generally indicated 1.
  • the machine 1 has one or more conveyor means 4, for example, a belt conveyor, shown schematically and partially in Figure 1, for moving the tiles 3 or other similar products to be decorated, during the printing stages provided for.
  • the machine 1 also comprises a printing head, generally indicated 5 and including a device 6 for emitting compressed air the function of which will become clearer from the following description, a dispenser 7 for distributing a colouring substance, for example, a paint or other coloured pigment, and a device 8 for recovering the excess colouring substance dispensed at the printing stage .
  • the device 6 comprises a first chamber 9 which is in communication with a nozzle 10 having a substantially rectangular outlet cross-section 10a, elongate along a major axis ( Figure 2) and facing the conveyor belt 4.
  • the chamber 9 is in communication with a second chamber 11, which in turn is in communication with a third chamber 12 by means of through-holes 13 aligned along the longitudinal axis of the nozzle 10 ( Figure 3) .
  • the chamber 12 is supplied with compressed air which is transported through the holes 13 to the chambers 11 and 9 and from the latter to the expulsion nozzle 10.
  • the function of the chambers 9 and 11 is to permit a homogeneous distribution of the compressed air along the entire longitudinal extent of the nozzle.
  • the dispenser 7 has a structure substantially similar to that of the device 6 and differs therefrom mainly in that it preferably has a pair of chambers 14, 15.
  • a main chamber 14 is supplied with the colouring substance under pressure and is in communication with an intermediate chamber 15 which in turn is connected, by means of holes 16, to a nozzle 17 which also has a rectangular cross-section, elongate along a major axis.
  • the chamber 15 has the function of permitting partial expansion of the colouring substance prior to its expulsion through the nozzle 17.
  • the recovery device 8 comprises a pair, of suction chambers 18, 19 which are in communication with one another, the chamber 19 opening into a duct 20 with a rectangular cross-section elongate in the " same longitudinal direction as the nozzle 17, and . having the function of recovering the excess colouring substance which is not deposited on the surface 2 during printing. Conveyor means, not shown, are provided for transporting the colouring substance recovered back to the dispenser 7.
  • the machine according to the present invention also comprises a .mask in the form of a belt, indicated 21 and shown partially in the drawings, arranged in a closed loop around a set of guide rollers two of which, indicated 22a, 22b, are disposed on opposite sides of the device 6 of the printing head.
  • the guide rollers define three corresponding portions 23a, 23b, 23c of the mask 21.
  • the portion 23b is disposed between the rollers 22a, 22b and is interposed, in operation, between the nozzle 10 and the surface 2 of the tile to be decorated.
  • the portion 23a which is defined upstream of the portion 23b, with reference to the direction of movement of the mask indicated by the arrow A of Figure 2, faces the nozzle 17 of the dispenser 7 and the portion 23c, which is defined downstream of the portion 23b, faces the device 8 for recovering colouring substance.
  • the belt-like mask 21 is moved around the guide rollers 22a, 22b in a manner such that the portion 23b performs a translational movement relative to the device 6 and the portion 23a is similarly translated relative to the dispenser 7.
  • the method of the invention provides for the jet of colouring substance emitted by the nozzle 17 of the dispenser 7 to strike the mask 21, during the. movement of the mask 21 relative to the printing head 5, in order to deposit the colouring substance on the belt-like mask 21, and for the jet of compressed air to strike the mask downstream of the dispenser, along the portion 23b, in order to direct and transfer the colouring substance onto the surface 2 of the tile in the manner described in greater detail in the following description, thus bringing about the printing of the preselected decorative figure .
  • the tile 3 is moved along by the belt conveyor means 4 with a translational movement synchronous with the movement of the mask 21 and the transfer of the colouring substance by means of the compressed-air jet takes place continuously, without interruption, whilst the tile 3 passes beneath the device 6 of the printing head.
  • the direction in which the colouring substance is emitted by the dispenser 7 is substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the compressed-air jet is emitted by the device 6 of the printing head. More specifically, the colouring substance is emitted by the nozzle 17 substantially in a horizontal plane, whereas the compressed-air jet extends vertically (Figure 1) .
  • the method of the invention provides for the belt-like mask 21 to have a plurality of depressions or recesses 24 ( Figure 5) formed on the side of the mask facing the dispenser 7 in order to house the colouring substance ejected by the nozzle 17.
  • the colouring substance is distributed over the entire width of the mask 21, filling exclusively the depressions, in accordance with an intaglio method.
  • the arrangement of the depressions 24 is correlated with a respective preselected decorative figure to be printed on the surface 2 of the tile.
  • the mask 21 is struck by the compressed-air jet and is urged resiliently into contact with the surface 2 so as to transfer the colouring substance onto the surface 2 of the tile by contact and to produce the preselected decorative figure by virtue of the synchronous movement of the mask 21 and of the surface 2.
  • the excess colouring substance which is not transferred onto the tile 3 is recovered by suction by the recovery device 8 and is then transported back to the dispenser 7.
  • a second embodiment of the invention provides for the mask 21 to have a plurality of through-holes 25 in a substantially matrix-like arrangement, some of the holes being blocked in accordance with a preselected configuration correlated with a corresponding decorative figure to be printed on the tile 3 ( Figure 6) .
  • the colouring substance is then distributed on the belt-like mask 21 by means of the dispenser 7 and the mask is subsequently struck by the compressed-air jet emitted through the nozzle 10.
  • the colouring substance deposited in the region of the open holes 25 is discharged onto the surface 2 of the tile under the action of this compressed-air jet, thus bringing about the printing of the preselected decorative figure by virtue of the alternation of the open and closed holes 25 of the matrix .
  • the elongate shape of the nozzle 10 allows the compressed-air jet to strike the mask 21 throughout its width and consequently to transfer the colouring substance over the entire extent of the tile 3 transverse its direction of movement .
  • a third embodiment of the invention provides for the device 6 of the printing head to comprise a plurality of compressed-air nozzles 26 ( Figure 7) each of which is constituted by a micro-duct 27 connected to the pressurization chamber 9 and having a shut-off member 28 so that the individual nozzle 26 can be shut off selectively in order to control its compressed-air flow.
  • the belt-like mask 21 has . a matrix of through-holes 25 representative of a preselected decorative figure, all of the holes being open without exception and the figure being produced by the selective opening/closure of the individual nozzles 26, the respective shut-off members 28 of which are controlled, for example, by a piezoelectric control .
  • each of the embodiments described above also provides for the mask 21 to be replaceable by other masks each having an arrangement of depressions 24, of blocked and open holes 25, or of holes which are open without exception.
  • this arrangement is representative of a corresponding decorative figure to be printed and, in the third embodiment, it is simply a means of conveying the colouring substance in an undefined manner since, in this embodiment, the decorative figure is defined which emit compressed air, entraining the corresponding spots of colouring substance in a jet onto the surface to be decorated.
  • the invention thus achieves the objects set, affording many advantages over known solutions .
  • the method and the machine according to the invention enable better precision and quality of printing to be achieved by virtue of the use of compressed air as a printing medium suitable for transferring the colouring substance onto the surface to be decorated.
  • a second advantage is that the present invention facilitates and improves the re-homogenization of the colouring substance by virtue of the fact that it provides for the colouring substance to be supplied, in the dispenser, in a substantially horizontal direction relative to the vertical direction in which the compressed-air jet is emitted, so as to reduce possible sedimentation and deposits of the solid components of the colouring substances.
  • a further advantage which is noticeable in particular in the second and third embodiments of the invention described is that it is possible to decorate with ink-jets using an ink which is substantially a suspension of solids, which is difficult to achieve with conventional ink-jet printing techniques. Not the least advantage is that the method and the machine of the invention achieve faster printing speeds than can be achieved in known ink-jet printing machines.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé et une machine destinés à l'impression décorative de surfaces, notamment de dalles et autres, procédé selon lequel une substance colorante est transférée sur une surface (2) à décorer à travers un masque (21) sur lequel ladite substance est répartie. La substance est transférée sur la surface (2) par l'action d'un jet gazeux dirigé sur le masque (21).
PCT/IT2000/000403 2000-10-09 2000-10-09 Procede d'impression decorative de surfaces, notamment de dalles et autres, et machine fonctionnant selon ce procede WO2002030576A1 (fr)

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EP00969823A EP1324833B1 (fr) 2000-10-09 2000-10-09 Procede d'impression decorative de surfaces, notamment de dalles et autres, et machine fonctionnant selon ce procede
AU2000279467A AU2000279467A1 (en) 2000-10-09 2000-10-09 A method for the decorative printing of surfaces, particularly of tiles and the like, and a machine operating in accordance with the method
PCT/IT2000/000403 WO2002030576A1 (fr) 2000-10-09 2000-10-09 Procede d'impression decorative de surfaces, notamment de dalles et autres, et machine fonctionnant selon ce procede
ES00969823T ES2262542T3 (es) 2000-10-09 2000-10-09 Un metodo para la impresion decorativa de superficies, particularmente de azulejos y similares, y una maquina que funciona de acuerdo con el metodo.
DE60029360T DE60029360D1 (de) 2000-10-09 2000-10-09 Verfahren zum bedrucken von flächen, insbesondere von mantelsteine, und eine arbeitende maschine nach diesem verfahren

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JP2013085975A (ja) * 2011-10-13 2013-05-13 O Well Corp 塗布装置及び該塗布装置を用いた塗布方法
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