Device for transferring decorative rigid bodies onto a substrate
AssigneeGratzer! Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
InventorRoland F. Gratzer
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Abstract
A cartridge for accommodating a transfer strip carrying an array of decorative bodies each having at least one flat surface comprises an uptake reel carrying a first portion of the transfer strip without decorative bodies; a supply reel carrying a second portion of the transfer strip with the array of decorative bodies; and at least one guide reel for guiding the transfer strip from the supply reel to the uptake reel along a strip pathway, wherein the guide reel is positioned between the uptake reel and the supply reel along the strip pathway, wherein the uptake reel and the supply reel are parallel and non-coplanar.
Claims21
1-28. (canceled)
An apparatus for transferring decorative rigid bodies each having at least one flat side from a transfer strip carrying the decorative rigid bodies onto a substrate, the apparatus comprising:
- a first reel for carrying the transfer strip with the decorative rigid bodies;
- a second reel for receiving the transfer strip after the decorative rigid bodies have been transferred to the substrate;
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- a piston, located at a position between the first reel and the second reel as measured along the transfer strip, and adapted for individually bringing the decorative rigid bodies into contact with the substrate.
An apparatus for mounting body-like elements onto a face of a substrate, the apparatus comprising:
- a first and a second reel, and
- a transfer strip supporting a plurality of the body-like elements, and which transfer strip is windable from the first to the second reel,
- wherein the first and the second reel and the transfer strip carrying the elements are accommodated in a casing, and wherein a plunger is arranged in the casing between the first and the second reel, which plunger has access to the face of the transfer strip opposite the elements for transferring one element from the transfer strip to the face of the substrate, respectively.
A device for transferring decorative bodies onto a substrate from a transfer strip carrying an array of such decorative bodies each having a flat surface, the device comprising:
- an uptake reel carrying a first portion of the transfer strip without decorative bodies;
- a supply reel carrying a second portion of the transfer strip with the array of decorative bodies;
- at least one guide reel for guiding the transfer strip from the supply reel to the uptake reel along a strip pathway, wherein the guide reel is positioned between the uptake reel and the supply reel along the strip pathway;
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- a casing accommodating the uptake reel, the supply reel and the guide reel,
- wherein the casing further accommodates a piston arranged for exerting a force on each one of the decorative bodies individually so as to protrude at least the flat surface of the respective decorative body from the cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.