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Printing apparatus for printing plastic food bags

US10308398B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 2018
Grant dateJun 4, 2019
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H23/26
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing apparatus for printing on continuous plastic food bags, each of the continuous plastic food bags containing a printable area integrated in a plastic foil thereof, includes: a plastic food bag holder for holding the continuous plastic food bags; a plastic food bag guiding mechanism for guiding the continuous plastic food bags from the plastic food bag holder in the direction of a plastic food bag printer, the plastic food bag printer including a printhead for direct thermal printing onto the printable area of each of the continuous plastic food bags; a plastic food bag transporting mechanism for pulling the continuous plastic food bags through the plastic food bag guiding mechanism towards the plastic food bag printer; and a plastic food bag ejector for detaching an individual plastic food bag from the continuous plastic food bags.

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