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Method of manufacturing print belts

US7159511B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 2003
Grant dateJan 9, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41C2210/24
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A manufacturing line for manufacturing a print belt comprising a support-forming strip and a photopolymerized resin forming printing characters, the line comprises spreader means adapted to spread the resin on the strip, photopolymerizer means adapted to solidify that portion of the resin that is to correspond to the printing characters, remover means adapted to remove the non-photopolymerized resin from the strip, and drive means adapted to drive the strip in translation in such a manner that each of its transverse sections passes in succession in register with the spreader means, the photopolymerizer means, and the remover means.

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