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US 8,011,922 B2Granted
Apparatus for decorating objects by sublimation
AssigneeDecoral System USA Corp.
InventorPaolo Checcucci
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Abstract
Apparatus and a process for the continuous cycle decoration of profiled bars for shutters and frames, or other similar objects, with a carrier film of plastic material, printed with the desired decoration with sublimable inks. The process provides for a significant number of profiled bars or decorated steel sheets to be produced per unit of time.
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Apparatus for decorating objects by sublimation comprising:
- a kiln for heating said objects;
- a conveyor device having a supporting arrangement for supporting said objects, each object being associated with a transferring sheet having a sublimable decoration;
- a sucking arrangement for sucking air between said transferring sheet and said object
- wherein said supporting arrangement comprises a frame for supporting a plurality of said objects;
- said frame comprising an elongated element extending transversely of an advance direction of said conveyor device and a pair of rods arranged transversely of said elongated element;
- each rod of said pair of rods comprising a plurality of suction ports for sucking air between said transferring sheet and said object, so that a pair of opposite suction ports can be inserted in opposite open ends of an enclosure made from said transferring sheet and wrapping said object;
- said suction ports being staggered along each rod, so that two consecutive suction ports protrude from opposite sides of each rod.
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Apparatus for decorating objects by sublimation comprising:
- a kiln for heating said objects;
- a conveyor device having a supporting arrangement for supporting said objects, each object being associated with a transferring sheet having a sublimable decoration;
- a sucking arrangement for sucking air between said transferring sheet and said object,
- wherein said supporting arrangement comprises a frame for supporting a plurality of said objects;
- said frame comprising an elongated element extending transversely of an advance direction of said conveyor device and a pair of rods arranged transversely of said elongated element;
- said frame further comprising at least one intermediate rod interposed between said rods of said pair of rods, said at least one intermediate rod comprising a plurality of supporting members for supporting said objects in an intermediate portion thereof.
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Apparatus for decorating objects by sublimation comprising:
- a kiln for heating said objects;
- a conveyor device having a supporting arrangement for supporting said objects, each object being associated with a transferring sheet having a sublimable decoration;
- a sucking arrangement for sucking air between said transferring sheet and said object,
- wherein said supporting arrangement comprises a frame for supporting a plurality of said objects;
- said sucking arrangement comprising at least one sucking channel extending along, and parallel to, a portion of said conveyor device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.