公开(公告)号：US4165966A

公开(公告)日：1979-08-28

申请号：US819354

申请日：1977-07-27

申请人： Edward J. Whelan ,  William L. Douma

发明人： Edward J. Whelan ,  William L. Douma

IPC分类号： B41F23/04 ,  F26B3/18 ,  F26B3/22 ,  F26B15/12 ,  F27B9/00 ,  F26B25/00

CPC分类号： B41F23/04 ,  F26B15/128 ,  F26B3/18 ,  F26B3/22

摘要： A system for decorating cylindrical cans each having one open end including a curing section which receives the decorated cans with the decorations uncured. In the curing section the cans move through a preheat chamber where can temperature is elevated. The heated cans then move through a drying chamber where flames from gas and air fed burner heads impinge directly on the exterior of the can for curing of the decorations. Thereafter the cans pass through a cooling chamber and then exit from the curing section.The preheat chamber is heated by the burners in the heating chamber. These burners are disposed so that the flame jets are directed downstream at an angle of approximately 13.degree. with respect to lines normal to the path of travel for the cans. The burners are arranged in two parallel arrays disposed one above the other. As the cans travel between these arrays flame impingement on the cans is interrupted. Also provided are insulated tunnels within the heating chamber with these tunnels being arranged so that the gas burners are disposed therein.

摘要翻译： 一种用于装饰圆柱形罐的系统，每个筒体具有一个开口端，包括固化部分，该固化部分接收装饰未固化的装饰罐。 在固化部分，罐移动通过预热室，在那里温度可以升高。 加热的罐然后移动通过干燥室，其中来自气体和空气的燃烧器头部的火焰直接撞击罐的外部以固化装置。 此后，罐通过冷却室，然后从固化部分出来。

公开(公告)号：US4052152A

公开(公告)日：1977-10-04

申请号：US658902

申请日：1976-02-18

申请人： Edward J. Whelan ,  William L. Douma

发明人： Edward J. Whelan ,  William L. Douma

IPC分类号： B05C9/14 ,  B05C13/02 ,  B41F23/00 ,  F26B3/18 ,  F26B15/12 ,  F26B15/24 ,  F27B9/14

CPC分类号： F26B15/128 ,  B41F23/005 ,  F26B3/18

摘要： Cylindrical two-piece cans are decorated with thermally curable inks and coatings and are placed on generally horizontally extending pins of a pin-chain conveyor. The cans are then moved through a flame drying chamber to dry the inks and coatings by direct impingement of flame on the can surface. The cans are thereafter moved through a cooling chamber and then are discharged from the pin-chain conveyor which circulates back to the decorator unit to receive newly decorated cans. The pins of the pin-chain conveyor can be at an angle to the horizontal and the pins can have brushes or the like to grip the internal surface of the can. The flame dryer unit consists of gas and air-fed burner heads disposed in one of several different patterns along the path taken by the cans through the flame dryer housing. Flame impinges directly on the can and the can moves through the tunnel at a speed sufficient to prevent heat damage to the can. A programmable controller controls the number of burners in use at any one time and the individual thermal output of any burner as a function of the speed of the can or pin chain conveyor through the oven.

公开(公告)号：USRE29590E

公开(公告)日：1978-03-21

申请号：US607606

申请日：1975-08-25

申请人： Edward J. Whelan

发明人： Edward J. Whelan

IPC分类号： F21V19/00 ,  B05C9/12 ,  C09D5/46 ,  F26B15/12 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G21K5/10

CPC分类号： F26B15/128

摘要： Apparatus for ultra-violet light curing by photopolymerization of radiation free ink or coating material, which is coated on the peripheral surfaces of a multisided rotatable object: each uncured ink coated object is positioned on a rigid or resilient support at the end of a respective mandrel; the mandrels are rotatably journaled to an endless belt, or the like, which moves the mandrels and the objects supported thereon through a radiation oven; each mandrel carries a wheel, which engages a rack that is oriented parallel to the pathway of the mandrels through the oven such that the mandrels and the objects they support are rotated as they move along the path through the oven; a radiation emitting lamp in the oven is in a plane that is spaced from the axes of the objects as they move through the oven and is generally parallel to the path of movement of the objects through the oven; the lamp is oriented obliquely to the direction of extension of the mandrels and the objects as they pass through the oven to cause uniform radiation impingement along the length of each object on its mandrel. A battery of ovens may be provided through which the objects pass successively.

公开(公告)号：US06367380B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-09

申请号：US09327831

申请日：1999-06-08

申请人： Edward J. Whelan

发明人： Edward J. Whelan

IPC分类号： B41F3100

CPC分类号： B41F31/16 ,  Y10S101/33

摘要： To minimize the presence of roll-to-roll nips in an inking system for a printing plate cylinder, an ink transfer belt transfers ink from an ink transfer roller, which receives ink from a supply, to the ink receiving elements on a printing plate cylinder. A plurality of guide rolls inside the loop of the ink transfer belt contact the drivable surface of that belt. A drive is connected with one of the guide rollers for driving it to rotate at a first velocity, which is the velocity of the ink transfer roll and of the printing plate cylinder. An ink distribution roller is disposed outside the loop of the belt in contact with the opposite, ink transfer surface of the belt and between the ink transfer roller and the printing plate cylinder. The ink distribution roller is driven to rotate at a different speed than the ink transfer belt and is also driven to vibrate or to oscillate axially for ink distribution on the ink transfer surface of the belt. Various embodiments include different numbers of guide rollers in the loop of the belt, more than one ink distribution roller in engagement with the ink transfer surface of the belt and more than one belt in engagement with the periphery of the ink distribution roller.

摘要翻译： 为了最小化用于印版滚筒的着墨系统中卷对卷片的存在，墨转印带将油墨从从墨供应的墨水接收的墨转印辊传送到印版滚筒上的墨接收元件 。 墨水输送带环内的多个导向辊与该带的可驱动表面接触。 驱动器与导辊之一连接，用于驱动其以第一速度（即传送辊和印版滚筒的速度）旋转。 油墨分配辊设置在带的环的外侧，与带的相对的墨转印表面以及墨转印辊和印版滚筒之间。 油墨分配辊被驱动以与油墨转印带不同的速度旋转，并且还被驱动以振动或轴向摆动以在油墨转印表面上进行油墨分配。 各种实施例包括带的环中的不同数量的导辊，与传送带的墨传送表面接合的多于一个的墨分配辊以及与墨分配辊的周边接合的多于一个的带。

公开(公告)号：US5337659A

公开(公告)日：1994-08-16

申请号：US20365

申请日：1993-02-22

申请人： Edward J. Whelan

发明人： Edward J. Whelan

IPC分类号： B41F17/22 ,  B41F17/00

CPC分类号： B41F17/007

摘要： Continuous motion apparatus having an offset blanket wheel for applying main images to cylindrical containers is also provided with a plurality of direct printing units that apply auxiliary images to the containers. All of the cassettes are mounted on the blanket wheel. Each cassette is provided with at least one belt having a plurality of auxiliary images in tandem. The belt or belts, as the case may be, is driven continuously at uniform speed along a closed loop path. The cylindrical outer surface having images applied thereto travels at the same linear speed as the offset blanket, and there is a difference in linear speeds between the belt with the auxiliary images thereon and the cylindrical outer surface, even while the auxiliary images are being applied to the cylindrical outer surface.

摘要翻译： 具有用于将主图像应用于圆柱形容器的偏移胶片轮的连续运动装置还设置有将辅助图像施加到容器的多个直接打印单元。 所有的盒都安装在橡皮布轮上。 每个盒具有串联的至少一个具有多个辅助图像的带。 根据情况，带或皮带沿着闭环路径以均匀的速度连续驱动。 具有施加在其上的图像的圆柱形外表面以与偏移橡皮布相同的线速度行进，并且即使在辅助图像被应用于其上时，其与其上的辅助图像的带和圆柱形外表面之间的线速度存在差异 圆柱形外表面。