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Printing apparatus

US11247451B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 18, 2017
Grant dateFeb 15, 2022
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Expiry dateMay 25, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2701/19
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to reduce variations in pressing force of a printing nip to make the printing pressure uniform, an apparatus that performs printing on a substrate using a roll-to-roll method according to an aspect of the present application includes: an ink supply member that supplies a printing ink; a blanket cylinder (30) that transfers part of the ink, which has been supplied from the ink supply member and applied on a surface of the blanket cylinder, onto the substrate; a roller mold (40) that removes part of the ink applied on the surface of the blanket cylinder (30); a base (46) on which the blanket cylinder (30) is fixed; a slider (44) that supports the roller mold (40) and moves on the base (46); a moving resistance reduction device (80) that reduces a moving resistance of the slider (44) relative to the base (46); and a roller mold nip device (42) that applies, to the roller mold (40), a nip pressure against the blanket cylinder (30).

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