EP0265982A2 - Maschine für den Mehrfarbensiebdruck von zylindrischen Behältern im allgemeinen - Google Patents

Maschine für den Mehrfarbensiebdruck von zylindrischen Behältern im allgemeinen Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0265982A2
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: mandrels; containers; gear; machine; shaft
Prior art date: 1986-10-31
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EP87201888A

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EP0265982A3 (en

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Giorgio Aiassa

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CERVE SpA

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CERVE SpA

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1986-10-31

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1987-10-03

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1988-05-04

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1987-10-03 Priority to AT87201888T priority Critical patent/ATE73391T1/de

1988-05-04 Publication of EP0265982A2 publication Critical patent/EP0265982A2/de

1989-04-19 Publication of EP0265982A3 publication Critical patent/EP0265982A3/en

1992-03-11 Application granted granted Critical

1992-03-11 Publication of EP0265982B1 publication Critical patent/EP0265982B1/de

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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
- B41F15/00—Screen printers
- B41F15/08—Machines
- B41F15/0872—Machines for printing on articles having essentially cylindrical surfaces
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
- B41F15/00—Screen printers
- B41F15/08—Machines
- B41F15/10—Machines for multicolour printing

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the present invention relates to a high productivity printing machine able to carry out multi-colour silk-screen printing on cylindrical containers in general.
Machines for the multi-colour silk-screen printing of such containers which rotatably support the container and hold it temporarily stationary while a screen, previously positioned in contact with the container, is slid tangential to this latter. Briefly, the friction between the screen and container causes this latter to rotate, with simultaneous application of a single-coloured part of the required decoration. In order to apply other different coloured parts of the same decoration, the same procedure is repeated at successive screens.
Machines are also known in which the entrainment between the screen and object is determined by a rack, but these machines are excessively slow.
the main object of the present patent is to provide a high-productivity printing machine able to carry out multi-colour silk-screen printing which is unblurred and in which the various colour applications are perfectly centered relative to each other. This is attained by means of a rational and reliable design.
the idea on which the invention is based consists of kinematically linking the screens and support means for the containers to be printed, so that during each printing stage the screen slides in contact with the container, this latter being caused to rotate with a peripheral speed equal to the linear speed at which the screen slides. In this manner, any slippage between the screen and container is prevented, this latter undergoing one complete revolution during each printing stage so that it is perfectly positioned when presented to the next printing stage.
the structure proposed by the invention comprises a container loading station, at least two printing stations and a discharge station all distributed equidistantly along a horizontal circular path, and a like number of identically distributed horizontal mandrels which support the containers and are caused to follow said circular path by undergoing stepwise motion with an angular amplitude equal to that of their distribution.
the screens can slide tangentially to said circular path, and on the central shaft of the machine there is idly mounted a gear with which corresponding gears associated with said screens and mandrels are constantly engaged.
Said gear according to the invention is rotated with reciprocating motion in steps of any angular amplitude, so that during its return motion, which is completed during the transfer of the mandrels between one station and the next, it causes the mandrels to rotate so as to reposition them in their starting position, whereas during its outward motion it causes rotation of the mandrels while they remain stationary, together with simultaneous concordant sliding of the screens which rest against the containers.
the speed at which the screens slide is equal to the peripheral speed of the containers, thus enabling silk-screen printing to be obtained which is unblurred and in which the different colour applications are perfectly positioned relative to each other, the machine being able to operate at a production rate which is considerably higher than that of known multi-colour silk-screen printing machines.
any number of printing stations can be provided, as the chararacteristic elements of the invention illustrated in the figures are suitable for machines comprising any number of printing stations exceeding two, in addition to a container loading station and a container discharge station. Said stations must be equidistant for the reasons stated hereinafter.
FIG. 1 shows a hollow vertical shaft 1 which is idly mounted on a fixed platform 2 under which the drive (not shown) for said hollow shaft 1 is located.
Said drive consists of an intermittent motion unit suitable for causing the hollow shaft 1 to undergo successive rotations of 60° each.
the invention comprises four equidistant printing stations indicated overall by 3, a loading station for the containers 4 and a container discharge station, these being indicated diagrammatically only by means of their axes 5 and 6 respectively, as the means proposed for loading/discharging the containers do not form a characterising part of the invention.
said loading/discharge means can consist of two gripper members caused to oscillate in the two vertical planes on the lines 5 and 6, either by autonomous control means or by means linked to said drive for the hollow shaft 1.
a double ring bevel gear 8 having its lower toothing engaging with four bevel gears 9 pertaining to the four printing stations 3.
the bevel gears 9 are fixed onto corresponding shafts 10 positioned radially to the hollow shaft 1 and mounted on convenient supports 11 (see Figure 1).
the four bevel gears 9 have a pitch circle diameter which is equal to 1/6 of the pitch circle diameter of the double ring bevel gear 8.
an interchangeable spur gear 12 which has a pitch circle diameter equal to the outer diameter of the containers 4 to be printed and engages with a height-adjustable rack 13.
This latter is rigid with a horizontal slide 14 positioned orthogonally to the shaft 10 and slidingly mounted on two overlying cylindrical bars 15 which are supported by a bracket 16 fixed to the platform 2.
a screen support frame 18 is pivoted to each slide 14 and extends towards the centre of the machine to surmount the circular path followed by the containers 4.
said frame 18 is supported by an idle wheel 19 which is mounted on a slidable vertical rod 20, this latter being driven with vertical rectilinear to-and-fro translational motion in perfect synchronism with the transfer and printing stages of the containers 4.
Said to-and-fro motion is controlled by a rack and pinion 21, the latter element of which is fixed onto a horizontal shaft 22 idly mounted on a profiled support structure 23. At its other end, said shaft 22 idly carries a second pinion 24 which is in constant engagement with a corresponding rack.
This latter is formed on a profiled member 25 which is fixed to the top of a hollow cylindrical bar 26 slidingly contained within the hollow shaft 1.
the hollow bar 26 contains a slidable rod 27, and said bar 26 and rod 27 are driven with vertical to-and-fro motion by respective linkages connected to the main machine drive. No description is given of said linkages as these are of known type.
each linkage 29 which are not described as they are of usual type in the silk-screen printing field, are connected to the upper end of the rod 27 by way of a connecting member 28.
each linkage supports at its free end a knife 30 which surmounts the corresponding screen 31.
a disc structure 32 fixed on the hollow shaft 1 and having a descending skirt 33.
the skirt 33 supports six angularly equidistant radial mandrels, each comprising a sleeve 34 in which a shaft 35 is rotatably mounted.
a plug 36 On the outer end of this latter there is fixed a plug 36 on whih the containers 4 are to be tightly fitted, whereas the inner end of said shaft 35 carries a bevel gear 37.
This latter has the same pitch circle diameter as the bevel gear 9.
the bevel gear 37 is constantly engaged with the upper toothing of the double ring bevel gear 8, and between said shaft 35 and bevel gear 37 there is interposed a front-acting clutch device clearly shown in Figure 3. From this latter figure it can be seen that the bevel gear 37 is mounted idly on the shaft 35, and has fixed to its rear a sleeve 70, the opposite end of which is closed by a ring gear 71. Through this latter there emerges the hemispherical head of a push rod 72 which rests by way of a disc 722 against a bush 74, this latter embracing a sleeve 73 fixed to the shaft 35.
the sleeve 73 comprises external cylindrical toothing with which conjugate toothing provided on the inside of the bush 74 engages in an axially slidable manner.
a helical compression spring 75 arranged to maintain two conjugate frontal toothings 721 provided on the facing surfaces of said bush 74 and ring gear 71 in mutual engagement.
Said front-acting clutch disengages immediately before the printed containers are discharged, and engages immediately after the containers to be printed are loaded, so as to torsionally disengage/engage said shaft 35 and bevel gear 37 respectively, so as to prevent undesirable rotation of the containers during the loading/discharge stages.
Said engagement/disengagement is effected by a rocker lever 38 pivoted to the disc structure 32 and controlled by an annular cam 39 fixed to the structure 23 (see Figure 1).
a tube 40 opens into the bush 34, and thus also into the shaft 35 which is provided at its front with a convenient duct 76 (see Figure 3), said tube communicating at its other end with an annular header 41 fixed to the structure 23.
the header 41 comprises a cavity shaped as an open ring in which a vacuum is maintained in order to retain the containers 4 against the plugs 36, and also comprises a small recess which is provided in correspondence with the discharge station 6 and is connected to a compressed air source.
each printing station 3 there is associated as rear support 42 arranged to cooperate with the plugs 36 in order to support the containers 4 during printing.
the rear support 42 is held on a slide 43 which is slidingly mounted on two bars 44 fixed to the platform 2 and positioned to the sides of the shaft 10.
the slide 43 is connected by a connecting rod 45 to a rocker arm 46 which is controlled by a cam 47, the motion of which derives from the main machine drive.
a connecting rod 50 is hinged to said crank 49 as shown in Figure 2, and is further hinged to a rocker lever 51, which is connected to the ring gear 8 by a further connecting rod 52.
the invention operates as follows. Each time a mandrel faces the loading station 5, where is stops, the loading device positions a container 4 in front of the plug 36, with its mouth resting against this latter. The vacuum induced in the container 4 through 35 draws the container towards the plug 36, which thus supports it.
the hollow shaft 1 undergoes a 60° rotation (in the anticlockwise direction with respect to Figure 2), and at the same time the ring gear 8 undergoes the same rotation under the control of the lever system 50, 51, 52.
the elements 1 and 8 rotate rigid with each other so that the gearwheel 9 is rotated in such a manner as to cause the slide 14 to slide upstream with reference to the direction of rotation of the hollow shaft 1.
the screens 31 are moved upwards, and the corresponding knives 30 are spaced apart from these latter.
the rear support 42 closes against the end of the container 4, after which the screen 31 is rested against this latter, the knife 30 is lowered, and the ring gear 8 then undergoes rotation through the same angle as the preceding but in the opposite direction, whereas the hollow shaft 1 remains temporarily stationary.
the screen 31 thus moves with a linear speed which is identical to the speed of rotation of the outer surface of the container 4, which undergoes a complete revolution.
the printed region of the container 4 becomes repositioned in its exact original position, which is perfectly centered with respect to the next printing station 3.
the aforesaid operations are repeated identically from this moment onwards, with a printed container being discharged at 6 and a container to be printed being loaded at 5 each time the hollow shaft stops.
the machine can obviously be constructed with any number of printng stations, of which only that number corresponding to the number of colours to be printed are activated.
the invention also teaches how containers provided with a handle, such as jugs, can undergo multi-colour silk-screen printing.
a free-wheel device is interposed upstream of the plug 36, and on its fixed part there is fitted a stop which projects beyond the corresponding plug 36.

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EP87201888A 1986-10-31 1987-10-03 Maschine für den Mehrfarbensiebdruck von zylindrischen Behältern im allgemeinen Expired - Lifetime EP0265982B1 (de)

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AT87201888T ATE73391T1 (de)	1986-10-31	1987-10-03	Maschine fuer den mehrfarbensiebdruck von zylindrischen behaeltern im allgemeinen.

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
IT4685386		1986-10-31
IT8646853A IT1216379B (it)	1986-10-31	1986-10-31	Macchina per la stampa serigrafica a piu' colori di contenitori cilindrici in genere

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EP0265982A2 true EP0265982A2 (de)	1988-05-04
EP0265982A3 EP0265982A3 (en)	1989-04-19
EP0265982B1 EP0265982B1 (de)	1992-03-11

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EP (1)	EP0265982B1 (de)
AT (1)	ATE73391T1 (de)
DE (1)	DE3777328D1 (de)
ES (1)	ES2031122T3 (de)
GR (1)	GR3004485T3 (de)
IT (1)	IT1216379B (de)

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EP0405644A2 (de) *	1989-06-29	1991-01-02	Tecno 5 - Societa' A Responsabilita' Limitata	Zentrumeinheit für Siebdruckmaschinen für das Mehrfarbendrucken von zylindrischen Behältern
US5372064A (en) *	1991-07-15	1994-12-13	Societe D'exploitation Des Machines Dubuit	Printing assembly for printing machines
EP0943434A1 (de) *	1998-03-17	1999-09-22	Tecno 5 - Societa' A Responsabilita' Limitata	Mehrzwecksiebdruckmaschineneinheit für Rundtischmaschinen für den Mehrfarbensiebdruck von Behältern mit gekrümter Oberfläche
EP1099550A2 (de) *	1999-11-02	2001-05-16	AISA S.p.A.	Siebdruckmaschine zum Bedrucken von zylindrischen Gegenständen

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1986
- 1986-10-31 IT IT8646853A patent/IT1216379B/it active
1987
- 1987-10-03 DE DE8787201888T patent/DE3777328D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1987-10-03 ES ES198787201888T patent/ES2031122T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-10-03 AT AT87201888T patent/ATE73391T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1987-10-03 EP EP87201888A patent/EP0265982B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
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EP1099550A2 (de) *	1999-11-02	2001-05-16	AISA S.p.A.	Siebdruckmaschine zum Bedrucken von zylindrischen Gegenständen
EP1099550A3 (de) *	1999-11-02	2001-09-12	AISA S.p.A.	Siebdruckmaschine zum Bedrucken von zylindrischen Gegenständen

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Publication number	Publication date
IT8646853A0 (it)	1986-10-31
EP0265982B1 (de)	1992-03-11
EP0265982A3 (en)	1989-04-19
IT1216379B (it)	1990-02-22
GR3004485T3 (de)	1993-03-31
ATE73391T1 (de)	1992-03-15
DE3777328D1 (de)	1992-04-16
ES2031122T3 (es)	1992-12-01

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US4750419A (en)	1988-06-14	Process and a machine for printing on articles by silk screening
EP0265982A2 (de)	1988-05-04	Maschine für den Mehrfarbensiebdruck von zylindrischen Behältern im allgemeinen
US5249663A (en)	1993-10-05	Apparatus to load workpieces
US2739531A (en)	1956-03-27	Decorating machine
US4398627A (en)	1983-08-16	High productivity device for feeding cylindrical objects to silk-screen printing machines
US2885957A (en)	1959-05-12	Surface decorating apparatus
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US3269305A (en)	1966-08-30	Machine for printing upon bottles and similar bodies
US3090300A (en)	1963-05-21	Silk screen printing machine
US4798135A (en)	1989-01-17	Process and a machine for printing on articles by silk screening
US4543883A (en)	1985-10-01	Apparatus for printing frustoconical articles
US4005649A (en)	1977-02-01	Special article screen printer and drive therefor
US3249044A (en)	1966-05-03	Automatic stencilling machine with smear preventing means
US3363546A (en)	1968-01-16	Container decorating means with means for holding and indexing work
US4109573A (en)	1978-08-29	Article, screen and squeegee drive for screenprinter
US4122768A (en)	1978-10-31	Screen printing press attachment for printing objects of revolution
EP0727309B1 (de)	1998-10-21	Mehrfarben-Siebdruckmaschine für Behälter mit gekrümmter Oberfläche
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US4848227A (en)	1989-07-18	Device for the silk-screen printing of cylindrical objects having an elliptical cross-section
US2951440A (en)	1960-09-06	Machine for printing on bodies of revolution by the silk screen process
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CA1113781A (en)	1981-12-08	Process decorator
EP1099550A2 (de)	2001-05-16	Siebdruckmaschine zum Bedrucken von zylindrischen Gegenständen

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