EP2669088A1 - Dispositif d'obturation pour têtes d'impression - Google Patents

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EP2669088A1
EP2669088A1 EP13169292.3A EP13169292A EP2669088A1 EP 2669088 A1 EP2669088 A1 EP 2669088A1 EP 13169292 A EP13169292 A EP 13169292A EP 2669088 A1 EP2669088 A1 EP 2669088A1
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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
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Preventing or detecting of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16505—Caps, spittoons or covers for cleaning or preventing drying out
    • 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
    • B41J11/0015—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 for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
    • B41J11/002—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
    • 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
    • B41J11/0015—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 for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
    • B41J11/002—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
    • B41J11/0021—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation
    • B41J11/00214—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation using UV radiation
    • 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
    • B41J3/4073—Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
    • 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
    • B41J3/4073—Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
    • B41J3/40733—Printing on cylindrical or rotationally symmetrical objects, e. g. on bottles

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  • the present invention relates to a closure device having at least one print head, in particular an ink jet print head, and at least one radiation source for generating electromagnetic radiation, in particular UV light, for a system for printing on containers, in particular hollow bodies such as transparent plastic or glass bottles the at least one container or, if appropriate, a plurality of containers is first printed by the at least one print head by injecting ink from nozzles of the print head onto the container (s), the printed image subsequently being treated, in particular hardened and / or, by emitted radiation from the radiation source is dried, and wherein the closure means shields the nozzles of the printhead during the treatment of the emitted radiation.
  • the invention relates to a system for printing on containers, such as, for example, transparent bottles, with a closure device according to the invention.
  • UV lamp offset For large-format surface printing is known to pass the print head very close to the substrate to be printed and at the same time offset a UV lamp offset, which hardens the ink after printing, so that it does not run. Basically, there is the problem that remain after printing ink residues or deposited ink aerosols in the area of the nozzles. If UV light hits the nozzles directly or due to scattering, the ink may harden, which adversely affects the printed image. In the worst case, due to clogging failure of the nozzle, whereby the printhead is unusable and must be replaced.
  • the close guidance of the printheads over the printing surface is usually sufficient in conjunction with the remote location of the UV radiation source to prevent the emitted radiation from reaching the surface of the printhead with the nozzles.
  • the electromagnetic radiation can be scattered and partially directed to the print head.
  • a direct illumination or irradiation of the nozzles of the print heads with UV light can also occur.
  • Even with a UV head opposite a printhead of the printhead can be directly illuminated with the nozzles through a transparent container. In principle, it is possible to move the container after printing in the printing station in a position in which there is no line of sight to the printheads.
  • FIG. 10 2010 034 780 A1 shows the DE 10 2010 034 780 A1 an apparatus for printing on containers, preferably by means of ink-jet technology, which has the necessary for printing on the containers print heads.
  • the printheads and possibly other required for pre- and post-treatment facilities are arranged substantially one above the other.
  • the containers may be vertically displaced along a predetermined path and positioned in front of the printheads or other devices.
  • the sprayed ink may run in during the transport time, which adversely affects the quality of the printed image.
  • the DE 697 12 622 T2 For example, an electrically operated nozzle flap or a nozzle closure, which is connected to the respective nozzle and includes a piston to the flap between a working position in which the passage of the nozzles is opened, and a closure position in which the nozzles of the UV light are shielded to move.
  • the problem is that the flap and the actuator connected to it takes up relatively much space and must be provided and controlled individually in each nozzle.
  • such a complex system is relatively expensive to manufacture and susceptible to interference during operation.
  • an ink jet printhead is described with a covering device for the nozzles to dry the nozzles through To prevent ambient air.
  • the nozzle closure is embodied here as a cover device attached directly to the individual nozzle and has a cover plate and an opening formed in the cover plate, wherein the cover plate is displaced or pivoted relative to the print head via a sliding or a lifting system in order to move the print head into release the working position and to cover in a closed position.
  • the guide of the cover plate via grooves or a parallel lifting device is relatively slow, fraught with friction and in terms of mechanics and control complex, even if a plurality of nozzles is provided.
  • a printhead having a plurality of printing nozzles arranged in an array is known.
  • a flexible, up-and-rolling cover is provided, which is pulled in front of the printing nozzles when not being printed. UV curing of the printed image after printing is not provided.
  • the closure device comprises a relative to the at least one print head and the at least one radiation source movable, in particular rotatable, shutter cylinder for receiving the container to be printed, wherein the shutter cylinder has a side wall which surrounds the at least one container and at least one opening for printing the arranged inside the shutter cylinder container through the opening and for irradiating the arranged inside the shutter cylinder container through the opening having.
  • the at least one opening can be arranged either in front of the print head or one of the plurality of print heads or in front of the radiation source or one of a plurality of radiation sources. This means that the one or more openings can not be placed in front of a printhead and / or a radiation source at the same time.
  • Arranging the opening (s) in front of the print head or radiation source can be effected in particular by rotating or moving the shutter cylinder relative to the print head or radiation source, wherein the shutter cylinder can easily be designed to be rotatable about its longitudinal axis and the print head and radiation source are fixed. With only one aperture in the shutter cylinder, it will be understood that this aperture may be located only in front of either one of the printhead or one of the radiation sources.
  • several openings can be provided in the shutter cylinder according to the invention, wherein at least one the first opening for printing and at least one second opening are provided for irradiation and wherein the at least one first opening and the at least one second opening are arranged distributed over the circumference of the shutter cylinder, that in a movement position or position, in particular in a rotational position of the Shutter cylinder relative to printhead and radiation source either the at least one first opening in front of the print head or the at least one second opening in front of the radiation source is arranged.
  • openings for printing these can also be arranged simultaneously in front of different printheads.
  • the openings are preferably distributed over the circumference such that in no movement position of the shutter cylinder at the same time an opening of the shutter cylinder in front of a printing station and another opening in front of a radiation source are arranged.
  • the distribution according to the invention proves to be advantageous because when the (first) openings are positioned in front of printheads, the radiation source passes through the wall of the printer Shutter cylinder is covered, so that no electromagnetic radiation to the nozzles, especially through a transparent container, can pass, because the processing space is not accessible within the shutter cylinder for the radiation source.
  • the (second) opening in front of the radiation source while the printhead or the container in front of the print head is covered by the wall of the shutter cylinder.
  • a simple closure device which covers the radiation source or the ink jet printheads by a simple movement, preferably a rotary one, relative to the printheads or the radiation source.
  • the printheads are covered during UV illumination while the UV light source (radiation source) is protected from ink aerosols during printing.
  • the shutter cylinder is dimensioned such that when the printhead is brought to the container for printing, the printhead is close to the shutter cylinder, thus preventing the incidence of scattered UV light from the sides.
  • a further embodiment of the invention provides for forming the shutter cylinder as a format part adapted to the container or containers to be treated in each case.
  • These so-called format parts are used to act as an adapter between the container and the system, depending on the container shape, a suitably designed format part is used.
  • the format part can then be easily replaced, for example, with different container diameters.
  • the cylinder may also have a shape other than a round shape, for example a polygonal outer shape, wherein a free space for receiving the container is preferably formed in the interior. This is also referred to as the shutter cylinder in the notation of the description.
  • the shutter cylinder may be formed as a thin-walled tube having a flange at at least one end.
  • This flange not only helps to stiffen the tube, but also serves as a support surface and fixing aid of the shutter cylinder.
  • a tube is inexpensive to manufacture.
  • the flange may have, preferably coaxially with the shutter cylinder, an opening for receiving the container or containers and / or a rotating device, for example a turntable, for the container or containers.
  • the object of the present invention is further achieved by a system for printing on containers, such as bottles made of glass or plastic, which has at least one of the closure devices according to the invention.
  • Fig. 1 is designated by the reference numeral 1 of the invention Shutterzylinder.
  • This is in the basic form tubular and has a cylindrical central portion with a side or cylinder wall 2.
  • the shutter cylinder 1 At its lying in the direction of its longitudinal axis 3 ends, the shutter cylinder 1 has an upper flange 4 and a lower flange 5, the circumference of each is wider as the circumference of the side wall 2.
  • the tubular shutter cylinder 1 ends as shown Fig. 1 can be seen on the upper flange 4 in an upper opening 6.
  • a corresponding lower opening 7 is formed on the lower flange 5.
  • the side wall 2 shielding the container from the environment.
  • the side wall 2 has a plurality of first openings 8 distributed on its circumference.
  • the shutter cylinder 1 on the circumference of the side wall 2 and a second opening 9, which in the illustration according to Fig. 1 arranged on the back of the shutter cylinder 1 and therefore is not visible. Shown is the second opening 9, however, in the plan view XX of Fig. 1 in the FIGS. 2a and 2b ,
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b show the shutter cylinder 1 in plan view during operation.
  • a container to be printed in the form of a bottle 10 is arranged inside the shutter cylinder 1.
  • only one bottle 10 is arranged in the shutter cylinder 1.
  • a plurality of containers for example bottles 10 can be accommodated in the shutter cylinder.
  • the plurality of containers or bottles 10 are preferably distributed around the inner circumference of the shutter cylinder 1, wherein
  • Each bottle at least one opening 8,9, preferably each associated with at least a first opening 8 and a second opening 9 in the shutter cylinder.
  • the further explanations relate to only one received bottle 10 as containers. These apply when receiving several bottles 10 or container accordingly, as the skilled artisan readily recognizes.
  • the outer peripheral surface of the bottle 10 has areas to be printed, which are printed on printheads 11, wherein the bottle 10 rotates relative to the printheads 11. Furthermore, the show FIGS. 2a and 2b Also, the second opening 9, which serves to carry out the light emitted from a radiation source 12 designed as a UV light source 12 on the surface of the bottle 10 to cure the sprayed from the printheads 11 on the bottle 10 ink.
  • a radiation source 12 designed as a UV light source 12
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b show two operating positions and also processing phases of the printing process for the bottle 10.
  • the first openings 8 are positioned in front of the print heads 11 so that the bottle 10 can be printed by the print heads 11 through the first openings 8.
  • the second opening 9 is not arranged in front of the UV light source 12, but offset.
  • neither ink on the radiation source 12 nor light from the UV light or radiation source 12 can reach the nozzles of the printing heads 11, neither through the shutter cylinder, nor along its outer wall. Therefore, any ink residues in the print heads 11 can not be cured when the radiation source 12 is turned on in this rotational position of the shutter cylinder 1.
  • the side wall 2 which is arranged in front of the radiation source 12 that, for example, ink aerosols reach the radiation source 12, settle there, harden and reduce the efficiency of the radiation source 12, which is designed as a UV light source.
  • the shutter cylinder 1 is switched by being rotated relative to the printheads 11 and the radiation source 12, in the illustrated example rotated 45 ° counterclockwise around the container longitudinal axis 3, which in the representation of Fig. 2a runs vertically through the center of the shutter cylinder 1.
  • the UV light source (radiation source) 12 Due to the new switching state of the shutter cylinder 1, the UV light source (radiation source) 12 has been released while the print heads 11 have been closed or concealed. The openings 8 and the side wall 2 thus act as a closure.
  • the second opening 9 is now arranged in front of the UV light source 12, while the first openings 8 have been added to the print heads 11, so that the side wall 2 covers the nozzles of the print heads 11. In this way, the nozzles of the print heads 11 are shielded from the radiation which passes from the UV light source 12 through the second opening 9 into the interior of the shutter cylinder 1.
  • the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the UV light source 12 cures the ink previously applied to the bottle 10 from the print heads 11.
  • a short movement of the shutter cylinder 1 is sufficient to switch the one closure device alternatively in front of the print heads 11 or in front of the UV light source 12.
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