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Device for producing a coating on printed products from a printing press

US7451698B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 13, 2005
Grant dateNov 18, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10K71/13
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for producing a coating on printed products from a printing press is provided. The coating device can be actuated digitally via printing image data thereby allowing the coating motif to be designed in a variable manner The coating device can include an inkjet printer in the form of an inkjet head array or an inkjet head bar acting as a varnishing unit that operates line-by-line on large-format printing material. The coating device can also be integrated in a rotary press having a varnishing unit for coating a printing material that has been processed in the printing press. The coating device can also be integrated with a dryer. The printing material can be passed under the outlet openings of the inkjet heads and the dryer can be arranged directly after the inkjet printer in the transport direction of the printing material in order to dry the liquid coating material on the printing material after the application.

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