Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printing press comprising a magnetic orientation unit and a movable drying/curing unit
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Application No.: US15520273Application Date: 2015-10-29
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Publication No.: US10016971B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Bradley Booth
- Applicant: KBA-NotaSys SA
- Applicant Address: CH Lausanne
- Assignee: KBA-NotaSys SA
- Current Assignee: KBA-NotaSys SA
- Current Assignee Address: CH Lausanne
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: EP14191103 20141030
- International Application: PCT/IB2015/058362 WO 20151029
- International Announcement: WO2016/067247 WO 20160506
- Main IPC: B41F35/00
- IPC: B41F35/00 ; B41F23/04 ; B41F15/12 ; B41F13/00 ; B41F19/00

Abstract:
There is described a printing press (100) comprising a printing group (2) adapted to apply on a substrate at least one ink or varnish vehicle containing magnetic or magnetisable flakes and at least one magnetic orientation unit (10) located downstream of the printing group (2) along a path of the substrate, which magnetic orientation unit (10) includes at least one magnetic-field-inducing device (12) adapted to orient the magnetic or magnetisable flakes contained in the ink or varnish vehicle applied on the substrate to induce an optically-variable effect in the ink or varnish vehicle. The printing press (100) further comprises a drying/curing unit (15) located along the path of the substrate and cooperating with the magnetic orientation unit (10), which drying/curing unit (15) is adapted to dry or cure the ink or varnish vehicle applied on the substrate following orientation of the magnetic or magnetisable flakes. The drying/curing unit (15) is mounted on a movable supporting structure (16) that is adapted to move the drying/curing unit (15) between a working position (WP), where the drying/curing unit (15) is cooperating with the magnetic orientation unit (10) and which is located proximate to the path of the substrate next to the magnetic orientation unit (10), and a retracted position (RP), where the drying/curing unit (15) is retracted away from the magnetic orientation unit (10) and from the path of the substrate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170326873A1 PRINTING PRESS COMPRISING A MAGNETIC ORIENTATION UNIT AND A MOVABLE DRYING/CURING UNIT Public/Granted day:2017-11-16
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