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US 5,303,646 AGranted
Relief printing method and apparatus for its implementation
AssigneeMelzer Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorsRainer Melzer, Roland Melzer
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Abstract
A relief printing technique wherein the material to be printed on is placed between an inked relief and a supporting assembly comprising a dressing web and a second relief reproducing the pattern of the printing relief.
Claims7
A relief printing method wherein a first stereotype block having an ink-carrying relief pattern is pressed against a material to be printed on, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a rigid support,
- providing a resilient dressing web,
- providing a first stereotype block having a relief pattern thereon,
- providing a second stereotype block repeating the relief pattern of said first stereotype block,
- combining said dressing web and said second stereotype block such that said relief pattern of said second stereotype block faces said dressing web, and
- placing said combined dressing web and second stereotype block on said rigid support such that the relief patterns of said first and second stereotype blocks are in register with the relief patterns of both of said first and second stereotype blocks facing said dressing web.
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An apparatus for relief printing comprising:
- a rigid support,
- a printing block displaceable towards and away from said rigid support,
- a first stereotype block mounted on said printing block and having an ink-carrying relief pattern facing said rigid support,
- a resilient dressing web forming a combination with a second stereotype block having a relief pattern repeating the relief pattern of said first stereotype block, the relief pattern of said second stereotype block facing said dressing web, and said combination being placed on said rigid support,
- means for positioning said first and second stereotype blocks in register with one another with the relief patterns of said first and second stereotype blocks being in register and both facing said dressing web when said printing block is displaced towards said rigid support so as to transfer printing ink to material supported by said combination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.