Printing system and method
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1. A support assembly for treating objects, wherein said support assembly configured to concurrently carry at least one stream of objects, the support assembly comprising:
- movable board coupled to a lane for moving said at least one stream of objects along said lane;
at least one array of grippers arranged on said movable board in one or more rows, each of the grippers configured to be received inside a respective one of the objects for holding the objects thereon; and
a mobilizing mechanism mounted on said movable board and configured and operable to controllably move said movable board along the lane for applying along said lane at least one treatment process to surface areas of the objects held by the at least one array of grippers.
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Abstract
A printing technique is presented for efficiently printing (i.e. with production lines rates at high resolution and high accuracy) on outer surfaces of a plurality of objects passing in an optimized stream through a printing route/zone. According to this technique, at least one array of printing head units is provided being configured to define at least one printing route along a printing axis, where the at least one printing route is a substantially linear segment of a closed loop lane along which the objects are progressing.
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25 Claims
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1. A support assembly for treating objects, wherein said support assembly configured to concurrently carry at least one stream of objects, the support assembly comprising:
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movable board coupled to a lane for moving said at least one stream of objects along said lane; at least one array of grippers arranged on said movable board in one or more rows, each of the grippers configured to be received inside a respective one of the objects for holding the objects thereon; and a mobilizing mechanism mounted on said movable board and configured and operable to controllably move said movable board along the lane for applying along said lane at least one treatment process to surface areas of the objects held by the at least one array of grippers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of treating outer surface areas of a plurality of objects, wherein the method utilizing a support platform for concurrently moving at least one stream of said objects along a lane, the method comprising:
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moving a movable board of said support assembly to a loading zone and loading the at least one stream of objects onto at least one array of grippers, said grippers arranged on said movable board in one or more rows and each gripper configured to be received in a respective one of the objects; and activating a mobilizing mechanism mounted on said movable board for moving said movable board along the lane and applying at least one treatment process to outer surface areas of said at least one stream of objects in one or more treatment zones located along said lane. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A support assembly for treating objects, wherein said support assembly configured to carry at least one stream of objects thereon, the support assembly comprising:
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at least two parallel rows of grippers coupled to said support assembly, each of the grippers configured to be received inside a respective one of the objects for holding the objects thereon; and a mobilizing mechanism carried by said support assembly and configured to move said support assembly along a lane for simultaneously applying a treatment process to surface areas of the objects held by the grippers of said at least two parallel rows of grippers.
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