Glass container having an inkjet printed image and a method for the manufacturing thereof
AssigneeAnheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
InventorsJonas Vandecruys, Marin Steenackers, Johan Van de Velde, Frederik Fernand S. De Graaf
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Abstract
A glass container has an outer glass surface with an inkjet printed image provided on the surface. An at least partially water soluble cold-end coating (CEC) with a thickness from 0.002 to 10 micrometers is present between the outer glass surface and the inkjet printed image. The glass container is preferably a one-way beverage bottle. A method of inkjet printing an image on a glass container comprises the steps of (a) manufacturing a glass container having an at least partially water soluble CEC layer with a thickness from 0.002 to 10 micrometers, and (b) inkjet printing an image on the glass container.
Claims19
A glass container having an outer glass surface with an inkjet printed image, wherein an at least partially water soluble cold-end coating, CEC, with a thickness from 0.002 to 10 micrometers is present between the outer glass surface and the inkjet printed image,
- the glass container comprising a silica containing layer between the CEC and the inkjet printed image, wherein the inkjet printed image is printed onto the silica containing layer.
A method of inkjet printing an image on glass container comprising the steps of:
- (a) manufacturing a glass container having an at least partially water soluble CEC layer with a thickness from 000.2 to 10 micrometers,
- (b) a flame or plasma treatment of the CEC;
- (c) applying a silica layer on the glass container after the flame or plasma treatment;
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- (d) inkjet printing an image on the silica layer of the glass container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.