Foil deposition
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsItsik Sanders, Erez Heldy, Tzvika Fiksman, Itay Rozen, Ilan Meiri, Ofer Hollenberg
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Abstract
There is disclosed a web transfer apparatus including a web transfer roller to advance a web, a foil transfer roller to advance a foil, and a movable curing unit. The foil transfer roller is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the foil transfer roller is to press the foil against the web and in the second position the foil transfer roller is to disengage the foil from the web. The movable curing unit may comprise a curing device and may be movable between a first position adjacent to the web and a second position remote from the web.
Claims15
A web transfer apparatus comprising:
- a web transfer roller to advance a web;
- a foil transfer roller to advance a foil, wherein the foil transfer roller is movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the foil transfer roller is to press the foil against the web and wherein in the second position the foil transfer roller is to disengage the foil from the web;
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- a movable curing unit comprising a curing device, the movable curing unit being movable between a first position adjacent to the web and a second position remote from the web.
A method comprising:
- moving a foil transfer roller for advancing a foil to a position to press the foil against a web;
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- moving a movable curing unit comprising a curing device to a position adjacent the web to cure the foil to the web.
A print apparatus comprising a foil deposition apparatus, the foil deposition apparatus comprising:
- a web transfer roller to drive a web on a web path;
- a foil transfer roller to drive a foil;
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- a movable curing unit comprising a curing device and a foil driving unit and being movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the foil driving unit is to drive the foil on a first path that converges to the web path and in the second position the foil driving unit is to drive the foil on a second path which diverges from the web path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.