US 7,572,348 B2
	Method and device for printing objects
Marc Maria Leo Jan LaFaille, Kapellen (Belgium)
Assigned to Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V., Arnhem (Netherlands)
Appl. No. 10/516,081 PCT Filed Apr. 24, 2003, PCT No. PCT/BE03/00072 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 29, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO03/101748, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 11, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 2002/0359 (BE), filed on May 31, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2005/0150592 A1, Jul. 14, 2005
Int. Cl. B65H 37/04 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01); B32B 38/16 (2006.01); G03G 7/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); B29C 65/50 (2006.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01); B32B 39/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 156—240  [156/230; 156/235; 156/239; 156/281; 156/306.9; 156/307.1; 156/389; 156/540; 399/302; 399/388]

16 Claims

1. A method for printing objects, with a multi-layered print, the method comprising, providing two or more layers of printing medium, at least partially situated one above the other, on a supple carrier, subjecting at least one of said layers to a partial curing treatment simultaneously transferring said layers onto the object to be printed by bringing said layers of printing medium on said carrier and the object into mutual contact, and removing the object from the carrier after the transfer of said layers is completed, and wherein the method is carried out with a device comprising several carriers along a closed circuit, which successively are brought into different processing stations and a printing device, wherein the different processing stations comprise at least one of a processing station where an at least partial curing or drying of already applied said layer of printing medium takes place, a processing station where a cleaning of said carrier is performed, and a processing station where said printing medium is applied on said carrier by means of screen-print, printing, or tampon printing.