Mounting device for receiving a hollow cylindrical object and printing system
AssigneeVinventions USA, LLC
InventorsKarl Helmut Thate, Jens Peter Jäger
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Abstract
A mounting device for holding a hollow cylindrical object, particularly a screw cap, in a printing system, comprises a support member, and a mandrel for receiving a hollow cylindrical object arranged at the support member, and a heating device for heating the hollow cylindrical object mounted at the mandrel. A printing system for printing on hollow cylindrical objects, preferably screw caps, comprises at least one mounting device, and at least one printhead configured to print on surfaces of cylindrical objects, preferably screw caps.
Claims27
A mounting device for holding a hollow cylindrical object in a printing system, comprising:
- a support member, and
- a mandrel for receiving the hollow cylindrical object arranged at the support member, characterized by
- a heating device for heating the hollow cylindrical object mounted at the mandrel,
- wherein the heating device comprises a fluid supply conduit for supplying a flow of heating fluid to the mandrel,
- wherein the mandrel comprises a heating fluid passage for directing the flow of fluid towards an inner surface of the hollow cylindrical object;
- wherein the mandrel comprises a mounting sleeve comprising a form of a hollow cylinder,
- and wherein one or more spacers are arranged on an outer surface of the mounting sleeve for providing a gap between the outer surface of the mounting sleeve and an inner surface of the hollow cylindrical object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.