Ink jet printing machine
First Claim
1. An ink jet printing machine including a loading means, a pretreatment station, a printing station and a unloading means, the pretreatment station including a pretreatment device and the printing station including an ink jet printing device, wherein the ink jet printing machine has a high degree of precision in the relative positioning between a surface of an object to be printed and ink ejection nozzles of the printing device, and wherein:
- the loading means, the pretreatment station, the printing station and the unloading means are mounted on the same frame;
the loading means places an object on a first support provided on the frame, said first support defining a first standby position;
the pretreatment station includes a first object holder that grips the object on the first support in the first standby position;
brings the obj ect into a pretreatment position in front of the pretreatment device;
moves the object during a pretreatment process of the object performed by the pretreatment device; and
, upon conclusion of the pretreatment process, places the object on a second support provided on the frame, said second support defining a second standby position;
the printing station includes a second object holder that grips the object on the second support in the second standby position;
brings the said object into a printing position in front of the printing device and maintains the object in this printing position while a printing process is performed on the object by the printing device;
moves the object during the printing process performed on the object by the said printing device by rotating the object about an axis, in a manner such that different generatrices of the object pass in front of the printing device; and
, upon conclusion of the printing process, transfers the object to the unloading means,the printing device being mounted to be movable in translation relative to the frame, parallel to the axis.
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Abstract
An improved ink jet printing machine (10) having an object loading means (30), capable of placing an object (1) in a first standby position on a first support (11) of the machine; a pretreatment station (40), including a first object holder (50) capable of: gripping an object (1) in the first standby position; bringing it into a pretreatment position in order to allow a pretreatment device (41) to perform a pre-treatment process on the said object; and, upon conclusion of the pretreatment, bringing it into a second standby position on a second support (12) of the machine; a printing station (60), including a second object holder (70) capable of: gripping an object in the second standby position; bringing it into a printing position in order to allow an inkjet type printing device to print the desired graphic on the said object; and, upon conclusion of the printing process, transferring it to an unloading means (80).
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12 Claims
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1. An ink jet printing machine including a loading means, a pretreatment station, a printing station and a unloading means, the pretreatment station including a pretreatment device and the printing station including an ink jet printing device, wherein the ink jet printing machine has a high degree of precision in the relative positioning between a surface of an object to be printed and ink ejection nozzles of the printing device, and wherein:
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the loading means, the pretreatment station, the printing station and the unloading means are mounted on the same frame; the loading means places an object on a first support provided on the frame, said first support defining a first standby position; the pretreatment station includes a first object holder that grips the object on the first support in the first standby position;
brings the obj ect into a pretreatment position in front of the pretreatment device;
moves the object during a pretreatment process of the object performed by the pretreatment device; and
, upon conclusion of the pretreatment process, places the object on a second support provided on the frame, said second support defining a second standby position;the printing station includes a second object holder that grips the object on the second support in the second standby position;
brings the said object into a printing position in front of the printing device and maintains the object in this printing position while a printing process is performed on the object by the printing device;
moves the object during the printing process performed on the object by the said printing device by rotating the object about an axis, in a manner such that different generatrices of the object pass in front of the printing device; and
, upon conclusion of the printing process, transfers the object to the unloading means,the printing device being mounted to be movable in translation relative to the frame, parallel to the axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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