US 2012/0073459 A1 · PAD PRINTING MACHINE

Abstract

A pad printing machine with a holder for a printing plate includes an ink supply device having a hollow body which rests with its front face on the printing plate during operation of the machine, a device for producing a relative movement between the printing plate and the hollow body, and a printing pad which can be pressed onto the inked printing plate and receives the ink from recesses in the printing plate and transfers the ink to an object to be printed. The drive assembly for the relative movement between the hollow body and the printing plate has a rotatably driven first cam and the drive assembly for the pad has a rotatably driven second cam, wherein both cams are arranged on a single control disc.

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Dependent claims

A pad printing machine comprising:

a printing plate,
a holder for the printing plate,
an ink supply device having a hollow body with a front face, wherein the front face of the hollow body rests on the printing plate during operation of the machine,
a printing pad constructed to receive ink from recesses disposed in the printing plate, when pressed against the printing plate, and to transfer the received ink to an object to be printed, and
a single control disc having a rotatably driven first cam engaging with a first drive assembly that produces a relative movement between the printing plate and the hollow body, and a rotatably driven second cam engaging with a second drive assembly that produces movement of the pad,
wherein the first cam or the second cam, or both, are formed by ribs or beads axially projecting from the control disc.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Pad printing machine

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Pad printing machine

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Abstract

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