公开(公告)号：WO2004080813A3

公开(公告)日：2004-11-18

申请号：PCT/US2004007016

申请日：2004-03-09

申请人： APEX MACHINE CO ,  SCHERER PHILIP G ,  CONINGSBY GREGG O

发明人： SCHERER PHILIP G ,  CONINGSBY GREGG O

IPC分类号： B41F17/22 ,  B67B1/03 ,  B41F17/14 ,  B41F17/20

CPC分类号： B41F17/22 ,  B67B1/03

摘要： A printing machine (10) for printing on the outer surface of a cork, having a rotatable carrier assembly (11) having first and second Ferris wheels (25, 26) mounted about a common axis for synchronous rotation. Each of the Ferris wheels includes respective first and second pluralities of cork carriers (38) laterally-mounted thereon for rotation relative to the Ferris wheels. Each of the cork carriers is adapted for holding and carrying a cork to be printed during rotation. A feeder (13) simultaneously presents successive corks to successive cork carriers of both the first and second Ferris and for loading the corks into the cork carriers. An indexing drive system provides synchronous, incremental rotation of the carriers around the circumference of a respective one of the Ferris wheels and through a predetermined sequence of cork processing steps and ejection from the printing machine. A printer (15) prints an image on an exterior surface of the cork as the cork is rotated by the cork carrier in which the cork is carried.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在软木的外表面上印刷的印刷机（10），其具有可旋转的载体组件（11），所述旋转载体组件具有围绕公共轴安装的用于同步旋转的第一和第二摩天轮（25,26）。 每个摩天轮包括横向安装在其上的相应的第一和第二多个软木托架（38），用于相对于摩天轮转动。 每个软木塞适于在旋转期间保持和携带要被打印的软木塞。 进料器（13）同时呈现连续的软木塞到第一和第二弗里斯的连续的软木托架，并将软木塞装入软木托架中。 分度驱动系统提供载体围绕相应的一个摩天轮的圆周同步地增量旋转，并且通过预定的软木处理步骤顺序并从印刷机喷出。 当软木由携带软木的软木托架旋转时，打印机（15）在软木的外表面上打印图像。