# US 10,369,805 B2 · Method for carrying out printing on inner and outer surfaces of building

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- Number: US 10,369,805 B2
- Document ID: US10369805B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/578,468
- Filed: 2016-06-09
- Published: 2018-06-21
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2015-06-18
- Assignees: Human Korea. Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Human Korea. Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Ki Ho Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369805B2

## CPC

- B41J 3/407: for marking on special material
- B41J 3/28: for printing downwardly on flat surfaces, e.g. of books, drawings, boxes {, envelopes, e.g. flat-bed ink-jet printers}
- B41J 11/0015: {for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing (selective coating B41J2/2114)}
- B41M 5/0011: {Pre-treatment or treatment during printing of the recording material, e.g. heating, irradiating (after-treatment of prints B41M7/00; printers for treating or overcoating copy materials before, during or after printing B41J11/0015)}
- B41M 5/0047: {by ink-jet printing}
- B41M 7/00: After-treatment of prints, e.g. heating, irradiating, {setting of the ink, protection of the printed stock (pre-treatment or treatment during printing B41M5/0011; printers for treating or overcoating copy materials before, during or after printing B41J11/0015)}
- B41M 7/0081: {using electromagnetic radiation or waves, e.g. ultraviolet radiation, electron beams}
- G09F 19/22: Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated
- B05D 3/002: {Pretreatement}
- B05D 3/065: {After-treatment}
- B05D 3/12: by mechanical means
- B41M 3/06: Veined printings; Fluorescent printings; Stereoscopic images; Imitated patterns, e.g. tissues, textiles
- B41M 5/007: {on glass, ceramic, tiles, concrete, stones, etc.}
- B41M 2205/12: Preparation of material for subsequent imaging, e.g. corona treatment, simultaneous coating, pre-treatments
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P)
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- B05D: PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (conveying articles or workpieces through baths of liquid B65G, e.g. B65G49/02)

## Abstract

Provided is a method for carrying out printing on the inner and outer surfaces of a building. The method includes printing print text on the inner and outer surfaces of the building by using a printing apparatus in which a printing ink to be used for a piezo method or a printing ink made of a UV curable material can be placed in a spray means according to a user's selection, the piezo method or a UV curing method can be selected according to the type of printing ink placed in the spray means, and spraying of the printing ink of the piezo method or the UV curing method, curing and spraying of a coating agent are sequentially carried out during driving since the spray means, a curing means and a coating agent application means are sequentially arranged.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for carrying out printing on inner and outer surfaces of a building, which performs printing of a print text on the inner and outer surfaces of the building by using a printing apparatus in which printing ink used for a piezo method or printing ink made of a UV curable material is contained in a spray means according to user's selection, the piezo method or a UV curing method is selected according to a type of the printing ink contained in the spray means, and the spray means, a curing means, and a coating agent application means are sequentially disposed to sequentially perform spraying of the printing ink in the piezo method or the UV curing method, curing of the printing ink, and spraying of a coating agent while the apparatus travels, the method comprising:
a pre-processing step of removing foreign matters from the inner and outer surfaces of the building;
a printing step of applying ink made of the UV curable material onto the inner and outer surfaces of the building, which is cleaned through the pre-processing step, by using the spray means of the printing apparatus and curing the applied ink through ultraviolet rays (UV) by using the curing means of the printing apparatus to adhere, thereby forming the print text;
a coating step of applying the coating agent by using the coating agent application means to prevent the surfaces of the building from being neutralized and reinforce the surfaces in a state in which the print text is formed on the surfaces of the building through the printing step;
a glossing step of polishing the inner and outer surfaces by using a diamond resin pad when the coating of the surfaces by using the coating agent is completed through the coating step; and
a surface protection agent coating step of applying a water repellent agent onto the surfaces of the building, which are polished through the glossing step, to buff the surfaces by using a buffing pad, thereby performing water repellent on the surfaces of the building,
wherein the printing apparatus operates to select the piezo method or the UV curing method through an input of a separate switch or keypad means to operate, and the coating agent application means is mounted on a rear end of a body or the curing means to spray the coating agent to a UV-cured position,
in the printing step and the coating step, a desired amount of the printing ink and an amount of the coating agent to be applied are measured by using a distance measuring function of the printing apparatus to form the print text by using the measured amounts, and
the body has a plate shape and is provided with the spray means therein or on a surface thereof, and a moving means receiving power to move the body in front/rear and left/right sides is disposed on each of both ends of the body.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the pre-processing step further comprises a grinding process of grinding the surfaces of the building by using a grinder to flatten the surfaces.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the pre-processing step further comprises a polishing process of polishing the surfaces by using a diamond pad after the grinding process.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the moving means comprises a caterpillar belt that allows the body to travel to a desired position and in a desired direction and has a slip prevention structure that is capable of smoothly traveling without being slipped on a surface of an object to be printed.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein a photographing means that is disposed on the body to photograph a surface of an object to be printed while the body travels and thereby to datafy a surface state of the object to be printed; and a distance measuring means disposed on the body to measure a spaced distance between the object to be printed and the body while the body travels and thereby to datafy the measured distance are provided.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein a control means that calculates the surface state of the object to be printed, which is datafied through the photographing means and the distance measuring means and controls the moving means, the spray means, and the coating agent application means according to inputted data so that a printing material and the coating agent are sprayed onto the surface of the object to be printed on a basis of set data is provided.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the body comprises:
a display means for forming an image of the data calculated by the control means so that a user visually recognizes the data through his/her naked eyes; and
a keypad means for allowing the user to input printing conditions into the control means.

### Claim 8

A method for carrying out printing on inner and outer surfaces of a building, which performs printing of a print text on the inner and outer surfaces of the building by using a printing apparatus in which printing ink used for a piezo method or printing ink made of a UV curable material is contained in a spray means according to user's selection, the piezo method or a UV curing method is selected according to a type of the printing ink contained in the spray means, and the spray means, a curing means, and a coating agent application means are sequentially disposed to sequentially perform spraying of the printing ink in the piezo method or the UV curing method, curing of the printing ink, and spraying of a coating agent while the apparatus travels, the method comprising:
a pre-processing step of removing foreign matters from a surface of concrete constituting the surfaces of the building;
a spray step of spraying a water-soluble metallic salt stain to the inner and outer surfaces of the building, which are cleaned through the pre-processing step, by using the spray means of the printing apparatus in the piezo method by applying electrical vibration and a physical pressure in a direction of the surface to allow the metallic salt stain to be permeated into the surfaces of the building and thereby to form the print text;
a coating step of applying and drying the coating agent by using the coating agent application means of the printing apparatus to prevent the surfaces of the building from being neutralized and reinforce the surfaces in a state in which the print text is formed on the surfaces of the building through the spray step;
a glossing step of polishing the surfaces by using a diamond resin pad when the coating on the surfaces by using the coating agent is completed through the coating step; and
a surface protection agent coating step of applying a water repellent agent onto the surfaces, which are polished through the glossing step, to buff the surfaces by using a buffing pad, thereby performing water repellent on the surfaces of the building,
wherein the printing apparatus operates select the piezo method or the UV curing method through an input of a separate switch or keypad means to operate, and the coating agent application means is mounted on a rear end of a body or the curing means to spray the coating agent to a position at which the printing ink is sprayed in the piezo method,
in the printing step and the coating step, a desired amount of the printing ink and an amount of the coating agent to be applied are measured by using a distance measuring function of the printing apparatus to form the print text by using the measured amounts, and
the body has a plate shape and is provided with the spray means therein or on a surface thereof, and a moving means receiving power to move the body in front/rear and left/right sides is disposed on each of both ends of the body.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the metallic salt stain has acidity ranging from PH 0.1 to PH 0.6.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the metallic salt stain has a particle size of 10 nm to 500 nm in a water-soluble state.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the pre-processing step further comprises a grinding process of grinding the surfaces of the building by using a grinder to flatten the surfaces.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the pre-processing step further comprises a polishing process of polishing the surfaces by using a diamond pad after the grinding process.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the moving means comprises a caterpillar belt that allows the body to travel to a desired position and in a desired direction and has a slip prevention structure that is capable of smoothly traveling without being slipped on a surface of an object to be printed.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein a photographing means that is disposed on the body to photograph a surface of an object to be printed while the body travels and thereby to datafy a surface state of the object to be printed; and a distance measuring means disposed on the body to measure a spaced distance between the object to be printed and the body while the body travels and thereby to datafy the measured distance are provided.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, wherein a control means that calculates the surface state of the object to be printed, which is datafied through the photographing means and the distance measuring means and controls the moving means, the spray means, and the coating agent application means according to the inputted data so that a printing material and the coating agent are sprayed onto the surface of the object to be printed on a basis of set data is provided.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein the body comprises:
a display means for forming an image of the data calculated by the control means so that a user visually recognizes the data through his/her naked eyes; and
a keypad means for allowing the user to input printing conditions into the control means.