Printing machines
AssigneeDelta Plastics Limited
InventorsKurt Anton Kuhne, Alexander Wassilieff
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Abstract
A magazine type printing head for a printing machine having at least one two part chamber with a stack of typeface carrying slugs in each part. The head has means which move an upper slug from a stack in one part of the chamber to the second part and then moves a lower slug in the second part to a printing position in the first part of the chamber. The printing head has particular application in a hot stamping machine where means to heat the slugs are provided. A dye carrying foil is conveyed adjacent the typeface of the slug or slugs in the printing position. A movable support retains an article to be stamped and presses the article together with the foil against the typeface.
Claims15
A magazine type printing head for a printing machine comprising:
- at least one two part chamber;
- a first stack of typeface carrying slugs in a first of said parts, one end of said first stack defining a printing position;
- a second stack of typeface carrying slugs in the second of said parts, one end of said second stack defining a removal position, the other end of said second stack defining a depositing position;
- operating means movable between a rest position and a second position, said operating means including a first means to move a first slug from the end of said stack remote from said printing position to the depositing position of said second stack as said operating means is moved from said rest position to said second position;
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- cooperating means on said slugs for moving each slug in said first stack away from said printing position, said operating means further including a second means to move a second slug from the removal position of said second stack to the printing position of said first stack when said operating means is moved from said second position to said rest position.
A hot stamping machine including a printing head comprising:
- at least one two part chamber;
- a first stack of typeface carrying slugs in a first of said parts, one end of said first stack being a printing position;
- a second stack of typeface carrying slugs in the second of said parts, one end of said second stack being a removal position, the other end of said second stack being a depositing position;
- operating means movable between a rest position and a second position, said operating means including a first means to move a first slug from the end of said stack remote from said printing position to the depositing position of said second stack as said operating means is moved from said rest position to said second position;
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- cooperating means on said slugs for moving each slug in said first stack away from said printing position, said operating means further including a second means to move a second slug from the removal position of said second stack to the printing position of said first stack when said operating means is moved from said second position to said rest position, said machine further including means to heat the slugs in both parts of the chamber, means to convey a dye carrying foil adjacent the typeface of the slug in the printing position and a movable support to retain an article to be stamped and press it, together with the said foil against the typeface of the said slug.
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